An MTN mobile money agent in Kampala. PHOTO | FILE
Last year, fraud and crime rates recorded by Ugandan mobile money agents were the highest in the region, according to latest industry research, but revenues earned by local operators remained the highest regionally.
The total number of mobile money users grew by 12.2 per cent to 21.1 million people in 2015, according to government data, out of a total population of 34.6 million people.