The Bank of Uganda (BoU), together with other financial sector regulators, is hosting Financial Services Expo scheduled for October 28 –November 1, 2019 at the Constitutional Square, Kampala.
The event is part of BoU’s commemoration of World Savings Day on October 31st, 2019 and is aimed at highlighting the importance of savings under the theme; “Save More, Achieve More.”
Other financial sector regulators like participating as hosts of the event are; Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA), Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA).
Key stakeholders such as Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), Uganda Bankers Association (UBA), Uganda Insurers Association (UIA), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), and Private Education Network, among others, are also involved. Regulated financial services providers in the various sub-sectors are have been invited to participate.
The event will provide guests the opportunity to: Receive financial literacy education and learn how to plan for your money better under the topics of Savings, Loans Management, Investment, Retirement, Consumer Protection and Insurance; Understand ways in which you can achieve more by making sound financial decisions with your savings; Increase awareness of the various financial services, products and options that are available to suit your respective financial needs and Commemorate the World Savings Day celebrated on October 31, 2019 along with the rest of the world.
There will also be a press conference where officials from different entities will address and update journalists on financial inclusion, retirement benefits sector, investment, insurance, microfinance, taxation and deposit protection.
BoU Governor Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile is expected to give World Savings Day key note address.
