Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Following its high-profile rebranding, Pearl Bank has tapped two seasoned financial and technology executives to anchor its next phase of market expansion. The bank recently named veteran corporate counsel Dorcas Balimukuubo Kiwemba as its new Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary, and confirmed long-serving …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Industry players have been urged to support the growth of Uganda’s mineral sector to unlock its potential through appropriate financing and investment options that will spur its growth and enable the country to attain its US$500 billion GDP target by 2040. The call …
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Pearl Bank Deepens Digital and Development Banking Drive as Loan Book Crosses UGX1 Trillion Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Pearl Bank has reaffirmed its ambition to become Uganda’s leading indigenous, digitally driven and impact-focused financial institution. This, as the bank whose purpose is to foster prosperity for Ugandans, accelerates …
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Pearl Bank Loan Book Hits UGX 1 Trillion as Growth Strategy Gains Momentum Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Pearl Bank, whose purpose is to foster prosperity for Uganda, has announced that its loan book has crossed the sh1 trillion mark, a major milestone in the Bank’s transformation and …
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What Financial Inclusion Is Teaching Us About Uganda’s Economy COMMENT | ABDALLAH AZIZ EPALAT | It is easy, from inside the formal financial sector, to define inclusion in terms of accounts opened, transaction volumes or numbers reached. But when you work closely with communities that have traditionally operated …
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Self-service replacing the brick-and-mortar model COMMENT | LAURA BAHEMUKA | The evolution of banking from what it was, brick-and-mortar, to what we are witnessing today is all thanks to the growth in technology and innovations. These have enabled digitisation in banking so that more people are ushered into …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda’s Pearl Bank marks a year since rebranding, officials are confident that their new identity reflects the bank’s transformation into a digitally progressive, inclusive, and nationally grounded financial institution. “The rebranding also signifies the bank’s readiness to embrace the future with confidence, ensuring …
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Agri SMEs urged to take advantage of available funding opportunities at 3 Day Bootcamp by Pearl Bank Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Pearl Bank, in partnership with Ronalds in Africa, on Friday concluded a 3-day bootcamp aimed at encouraging farmers to take advantage of available funding opportunities so …
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French Ambassador Impressed by Impact of Agric-Financing Extended Through Pearl Bank Mbarara, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Over 170,000 individual and farmer groups are already reaping from a Pearl Bank and AFD partnership for a concessional credit line of €15 million Sh60 billion and an additional €1 million (Sh4 billion) …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | As the government intensifies implementation of its ATMS agenda – Agriculture, Tourism, Minerals and Science & Technology – with a strong emphasis on commercialising agriculture, Pearl Bank is increasingly emerging as one of the financial institutions helping translate that vision into reality. Agriculture …
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