Afriset Fintech

Electronic Money Issuer — Uganda

The Uganda category mapped to issue e-money / hold customer funds. Regulator: Bank of Uganda. NPS Act 2020 s.11: issues e-money only after equivalent cash is deposited in a trust/special account. Mapping human-reviewed and approved in the Phase-2 plan, 2026-07-02 (dual-map rule: maps_to follows the statutory definition; dual only where the definition itself spans both activities).

As of 2026-07-02 (date of retrieval — the source publishes no date) · source: Bank of Uganda · 5 entities

# Provider Status (as reported) Licensed / granted Source
1 Interswitch East Africa (U) Limited licensed Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02
2 Mcash Uganda Limited licensed Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02
3 Micropay Uganda Limited licensed Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02
4 MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited licensed Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02
5 Wave Transfer Limited licensed Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02

The equivalent in other markets

Categories mapped to the same normalized activity (fintech:EMONEY_ISSUE):