Uganda

UG · UGA · 800AfricaUGX USh19 methods

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

~20M

online population

~58%

banked adults

~2%

credit card population

Mix Methods Behaviour Banks Sources Facts

Payment mix

share of e-commerce spend

CategoryShare

Mobile Money60%
Cash30%
Bank Transfer7%
Card2%
Other1%

Methods in use

top 8 of 19

MethodType

All 19 methods in Uganda →

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: 19
Banks covered: 36

Largest banks

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