Ugandan fintech companies are positioning themselves for a regional market where businesses increasingly need to move money between countries, currencies, and payment systems. This push will be showcased at the Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 in Nairobi, bringing together investors, technology companies, financial institutions, developers, and regulators from across Africa and beyond. The festival, themed "Capital, Code, and Continuity: Building Africa’s Permanent Digital Economy," will run from October 15 to 17 at the Sarit Expo Centre.
The Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 is expected to draw over 3,000 delegates from more than 20 countries. The program will cover blockchain infrastructure, stablecoins, cross-border payments, tokenization, digital identity, and regulation, alongside investor forums and startup showcases. Ugandan fintech companies, such as MUDA, are developing products to solve friction in moving money across African markets. MUDA describes itself as a liquidity infrastructure provider for the digital economy, offering global collections and payouts, virtual accounts, stablecoin wallets, and stablecoin-to-fiat conversion.
MUDA's platform supports USDC, USDT, and cNGN, providing access to liquidity in over 50 countries. The company's infrastructure allows banks, fintechs, remittance businesses, and other enterprises to move money between traditional financial systems and digital-asset networks. This addresses a problem facing businesses operating across borders, where transactions often pass through multiple financial institutions, currencies, and settlement systems before reaching the final recipient.
Equator Finance, trading as EQPay Finance Ltd, is another Kampala-based company pursuing a regional strategy. It provides digital-asset settlement, stablecoin liquidity, over-the-counter trading, remittances, and cross-border payment services. Equator Finance serves Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, with settlement corridors involving the Gulf, China, and Japan. Its management team includes Chief Operations Officer Brian Ashimwe, Business Development Lead Brisa Mukunde, and Senior Advisor Daniel Kimotho.
Ugandan-founded fintech tisini is exploring another application of blockchain technology: credit. The company combines artificial intelligence and credit intelligence with blockchain infrastructure. In 2025, tisini partnered with Sphere Labs to integrate its AI-powered credit intelligence with SphereNet, a blockchain network designed for financial applications. This partnership aims to enable eligible African credit assets to be represented digitally on a blockchain.
The regional market offers Ugandan fintechs a larger customer base but also brings additional complexity. Companies operating across several countries must work with different currencies, banks, mobile-money platforms, and regulatory regimes. They also need adequate liquidity and reliable settlement arrangements to ensure that money reaches its destination. The Africa Blockchain Festival is designed around this emerging ecosystem.
Uganda will have government representation at the event, with Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation Monica Musenero Masanza listed as a speaker at the official opening. Yellow Card’s Country Manager for Kenya and Uganda, Isaac Wabuge, is also listed among the festival speakers. For Ugandan fintech firms, the Nairobi event offers access to a regional ecosystem discussing digital infrastructure to support cross-border commerce.
Key points
- Ugandan fintech companies are seeking opportunities beyond the domestic market.
- The Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 will bring together investors, technology companies, and regulators from across Africa and beyond.
- Ugandan fintechs aim to build financial systems that work reliably across borders.
