Mobile Money Regulation: Lessons from Uganda
Ugandan lawyer Dalie Tibugwisa has identified the key regulatory challenges for mobile money in Uganda and more generally.
Ugandan Mobile Money Services Suspended Following Major Fraud
Stanbic Bank Uganda, MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda said they faced “unprecedented technical challenges”.
Mobile Money Loans: Are RA Teams Ready?
Here are eight recommendations for any telco revenue assurance team confronting the risks of issuing loans via their mobile money service.
Huawei Engineers Caught Spying for Governments
A Wall Street Journal investigation says Huawei staff intercepted encrypted messages by opponents of Uganda’s government, and helped Zambia’s police to arrest opposition bloggers.
Uganda U-Turn: Mobile Money Tax Is Halved
President Museveni said the 1 percent tax on mobile money withdrawals was a known ‘error’, but approved that law anyway. Now his government has cut the tax to 0.5 percent.
Tax Protests as Ugandan RA System Goes Live
Governments are nationalizing telco revenue assurance so they can impose stealth taxes, but Ugandan plans are awry after the police needed tear gas and bullets to disperse anti-tax protesters.
Uganda Fights Crime by Ending Prepaid Scratch Cards
President Museveni is responding to a spate of kidnappings, but banning scratch cards will also benefit telcos by reducing fraud.
Customer Makes Mobile Money Mistake, Telco Pays
Uganda’s regulator will investigate MTN to see what more can be done about customers sending mobile money to the wrong numbers.
Social Media Tax in Uganda
Telcos will face additional pricing headaches as the Ugandan government imposes a tax on social media users of 200 shillings (roughly 5 US cents) per day.
KYC Uganda Style: Keep Your Cards
The regulator’s botched implementation of controls to verify who buys SIMs has taken work away from young people and caused a nightmare for telcos.