Joel Muhumuza, CEO, FlyHub breaks down what the uptake and usage levels are of digital technologies among the Ugandan Youth paying special attention to the differences in penetration among urban and rural populations.

We hear from Samuel Bulenzi, the head of the Data and Analytics department at Stanbic Bank on the future of digital with the young Ugandan entrepreneur as one of the main consumers of digital technologies.

[This is a webinar recording from 12 April 2023.]

To drive scalable, sector-wide impact that leads to gender transformative outcomes in financial inclusion and resilience for migrants and their families, particularly migrant women and women recipients, UNCDF has established the Gender Collaborative for Remittances (Gender Colab). This Gender Colab connects key stakeholders in the remittance sector to share insights and experiences on remittance policy, research, and innovation, targeting and/or prioritising migrant women and recipients.

This webinar—the first in a multi-part series under the Gender Colab in 2023— focuses on understanding the gendered experience within South-South migration and remittances as experienced within Africa. About 70 per cent of people migrating from Africa are moving within the African region. We explore the experience of migrant women remittance senders and women remittance recipients as African customers, gaining a deeper understanding of who they are as a customer group. Determinants of South-South migration within and from or to African countries, the socio-economic dimensions (networks, income, gender, seasonal movement, etc.), and the impact of the global crises, i.e., the COVID pandemic, on remittance trends associated with South-South migration within Africa are discussed. By sharing our learnings, we can discover new insights towards migrant-centric and gender-smart improvements in financial inclusion for migrant women and women recipients.

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Joel Muhumuza, CEO, FlyHub discusses what the role of the National Education System is in enabling youth to use digital tools to improve their livelihoods. He shines a light on the accessibility of education nowadays, outside of formal avenues and highlights the responsibility of the individual when it comes to learning.

iFarmer is an agriculture platform that helps smallholder farmers to access quality agri-inputs through partnerships with agri-input companies and retailers and allows the farmers better market access by aggregating products from the farmers and selling them to institutional buyers, retailers, and wholesale markets.

UNCDF has supported iFarmer with generous funding from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN to establish 200 collection centres across the country to help over 10,000 smallholder farmers better coordinate with buyers to sell their produce.

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Dr Aminah Zawedde is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT & National Guidance. She highlights the ministry's contribution to the ecosystem over the past five years, including the contributions of the National ICT Innovation Hub. She speaks to the country's focus in the innovation space.

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Tubayo is a Ugandan online travel marketplace and one of the fastest-growing digital innovations in East Africa. We hear from their founder Brian Namanya about their innovation experience over the last five years.

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Numida is a Uganda-based fintech that raised $12.3M in 2022. Their founder Mina Shahid sat down with our partners Startup Uganda. He spoke about some of the company's achievements and what they are hoping for in the innovation ecosystem in Uganda.

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A key highlight for Collins Mbulakyalo, Co-Founder of Waape, has been the ecosystem's focus on reaching entrepreneurs beyond Kampala because great ideas are all over the country.

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