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Alan Rakatungu

Ugandan entrepreneur and CEO of Xente (fintech) and Intelligent Tyms (AI platform); founder-speaker discussing startup ecosystem and government support in Uganda.

Jul 17, 2026

28:23
Uh-huh.
28:24
The banking wave came.
28:26
Again, because we don't have an entrepreneur ec- ecosystem, we're only celebrating the CEOs and MDs, right? FinTech wave came, right? Yeah.
28:38
We tried to participate, right? Some of the largest FinTech companies are Ugandan-owned.
28:44
I think we're going to see the fruition in about 10, 15 years.
28:48
I actually tell guys that when you look at the balance sheets, you know, we publish in the papers, I think some of the largest financial institutions, uh, will be FinTechs, right?
33:23
Mm-hmm.
33:24
You would see it in employment numbers.

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