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The Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) is a government agency responsible for the licensing, supervision and regulation of Tier-4 micro finance institutions, money lenders, savings cooperatives and any money-lending institution with capital of less than USh500 million (US$140,000).
This is a list of regulated "Microfinance Deposit-taking Institutions" in Uganda. They are supervised and regulated by the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA). [1] FINCA Uganda Limited [2] Pride Microfinance Limited [2] UGAFODE Microfinance Limited [2]
These institutions are regulated by the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA). They are not authorized to accept deposits from the public. They may, however, offer loans backed with collateral or without collateral to the public. In 2008, it was estimated that there were over 1,000 such institutions in the country. [31]
UGAFODE was founded in 1994 as the Uganda Agency for Development Limited, a non-governmental organization whose primary objective was to provide affordable financial services to its customers. In September 2010, in preparation to become an MDI, UGAFODE Microfinance Limited was incorporated as a limited company.
FINCA Uganda was licensed as an MDI in 2004, although the institution has been in the country since 1992. [4]FINCA provides financial services to Uganda's lowest-income entrepreneurs with the aim of alleviating poverty through lasting solutions that help people to create jobs, build assets, and improve their standard of living.
EFC Uganda Limited (EFCUL), also known as EFC Uganda, was a microfinance deposit-taking institution (MDI) in Uganda whose license was withdrawn and liquidated by Bank of Uganda on 19 January 2024. [ 1 ]
Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority; Uganda National Council for Higher Education; Uganda National Entrepreneurship Development Institute;
Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority; Uganda National Bureau of Standards; Uganda National Cultural Centre; Uganda National Meteorological Authority;