Payment Service Provider — Uganda
The Uganda category mapped to process payments (no float). Regulator: Bank of Uganda. NPS Act 2020 s.10: licensed provision of payment services (the processing-services licence, distinct from the s.9 operator licence). 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 · 8 entities
| # | Provider | Status (as reported) | Licensed / granted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 2 | Chipper Technologies | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 3 | Interswitch East Africa (U) Limited | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 4 | IOTEC Limited | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 5 | Mcash Uganda Limited | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 6 | Micropay Uganda Limited | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 7 | MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited | licensed | — | Bank of Uganda · as of 2026-07-02 |
| 8 | 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:PAYMENT_PROCESSING):
- PAYMENT SOLUTION SERVICE PROVIDER (PSSP) AUTHORISATION (Nigeria)
- SWITCHING & PROCESSING LICENCE CATEGORY (Nigeria)
- Electronic Retail Payment Service Provider (Kenya)
- Third Party Payment Provider (South Africa)
- System Operator (South Africa)
- Payment Service Provider (Tanzania)
- Payment Aggregation Service Provider (Zambia)
- Aggregator (Rwanda)