Inside Uganda's emerging fintech ecosystem
"Fintech" is Africa's modern-day gold rush, with investors betting big on startups that offer services from digital banking to retail payments and health care. In Uganda, pioneers in this emerging realm are catapulting even rural communities into the digital era.
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On July 1, a cable emerged from the Atlantic Ocean in Swakopmund, a small coastal city in western Namibia. Mostly known as a seaside resort, Swakopmund is used to visitors. But the giant ship out at sea, the string of buoys, and a fleet of smaller vessels manned by workers in hard hats and fluorescent bibs was an arrival of a different kind.
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