Uganda

UG · UGA · 800AfricaUGX USh18 methods

Revised · 3 sources

Mobile money has 34.6 million active subscribers, significantly outpacing the formal banking sector.

~20M
online population
~58%
banked adults
~2%
credit card population

Payment mix

share of e-commerce spend
  • Mobile Money60%
  • Cash30%
  • Bank Transfer7%
  • Card2%
  • Other1%

Methods in use

top 8 of 18 · by spend

Checkout behaviour

MTN Mobile Money processes ~UGX 159 trillion (~US$43B) annually, equivalent to major portions of GDP.

USSD is the dominant access technology due to widespread feature phone usage in rural areas.

Facts
ISO 3166
UG · UGA · 800
Region
Africa
Population
~50M
Currency
UGX USh
Banked adults
~58%
Methods live
18
Banks covered
36
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