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Tujijenge Uganda has been a MYC4 Provider for two months now. The statistics on the Tujijenge Uganda Provider Profile show that so far 20,179 euro has been disbursed in 28 loans to 22 businesses. So how come some businesses have received more than one loan? Tujijenge Uganda is the first MYC4 Provider to offer group [...]

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Yesterday, we announced that Tujijenge Uganda has joined the MYC4 platform as a new provider. Today, you have the opportunity to make a bid on their first loan: Asianut Women’s Group. This also happens to be the first real group loan on the MYC4 platform, something which has been in demand from a lot of [...]

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Today we have some exciting news to share: Tujijenge Uganda joins the platform as a new MYC4 Provider. The name may be familiar to some of you; most likely because its sister company, Tujijenge Tanzania, is already operating on the MYC4 platform and has been a Provider since early 2009. Tujijenge Uganda brings something new [...]

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It is no secret that MYC4 investors have been hit hard by currency losses this year. One of our biggest providers, Gatsby Uganda, has decided to act on this fact by introducing new loan products which offer a higher interest rate to investors. Titus Kuria, MYC4′s Credit Operations Manager has worked closely with Gatsby over the [...]

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The East African shilling currencies (Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian) are going through a rough patch, losing value against both the dollar and the euro over the past year. The past couple of months have been especially hard on the Ugandan shilling (UGX), which has depreciated by almost 20 % against the Euro. This means, that [...]

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In the Provider Dialogue Forum it’s possible for investors to ask questions directly to the MYC4 loan providers. From time to time, the Providers also post small updates there to keep the investors informed about their daily operations, strategic decisions, and whatever else they feel like sharing. At the moment, you can read about… Gatsby [...]

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On a rainy afternoon in Kampala, I meet with Lwanyaga Haruna by the side of a busy road. His warm smile immediately welcomes me. “Do you want to see the store rooms, the workshop, or my show room?” he asks proudly. He knows that I have come together with a loan officer from Gatsby Microfinance [...]

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Fusion Capital and MYC4 placed a joint advertisement in the Kenyan newspaper the ‘Daily Nation’ today. The advertisement tells about one of the unique features of MYC4 – the ability for businesses in Africa to apply for loans directly on the MYC4 website. These applications are passed on to Fusion and other partners who evaluate [...]

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