Country
Uganda

Source
Report by Research ICT Africa

Title
The state of ICT in Uganda - 23 May 2019

About
A detailed report | Lots of information on ICT in country

Key findings
Taken from the Conclusion: the introduction of regressive social networking and mobile money taxes by the central government. The taxes undermine the country’s Vision 2040 and the Digital Uganda Vision, which strives to empower citizens and achieve the goals of universal inclusion, sustainable development, economic progress and poverty eradication through digital innovations | Low levels of Internet and even mobile phone penetration | Uganda has the lowest percentage of people who have bank accounts among all the surveyed countries, at 2%, but the country benefited from mobile money. Due to the advent of mobile money services, a third of the population above 15 years of age is able to send, receive and save money. While these services allow the majority to be financially included, the Government’s decision to introduce a mobile money tax has undermined the impact of mobile money on financial inclusion in Uganda.

Website
https://researchictafrica.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019_After-Access-The-State-of-ICT-in-Uganda.pdf