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Livingstone Mukasa, founder of Four One Financial Services,Uganda's first micro-pension service and Mayicard platform, won the Best Catapulter Award from CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa, a week-long bootcamp on financial inclusion organised by the LHoFT Foundation. Besting 10 other fintech finalists from Africa, Mukasa's final pitch during the culmination of the bootcamp on November 9th focused on pioneering innovations in social security for Uganda's citizens, and captured the imagination of the expert jury.
"When you realize that your failure might mean someone living in poverty, perhaps for the rest of their lives, you have no choice but to succeed," said Livingstone Mukasa, who lived in poverty in the slums of Kampala until aged 25. He received a college education and...
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