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Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Zap: Much more than Money Transfer

So MTN Money is not the only mobile-phone based money transfer service (mobile banking services not-withstanding), Zain Uganda also offers Zap, with marginally lower prices, and what seems to be slightly less restrictive than MTN Money – no 1M UGX limit on the balance to be held by the mobile service provider being the one [...]

Pyramid Schemes in Uganda: Together as One Community Project

People have long been prey to pyramid schemes all over the world, and it seems that Uganda is not an exception. (Apparently South Africa has already made pyramid schemes illegal, according to Wikipedia.) I was in my office today and I overheard my co-workers discussing a finance club, some disparaging, others curious, so I asked [...]