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Save, pay and get paid in UGX.

Wellth in Uganda. Run your circle by its own rules, pay school fees and organisations on MTN Mobile Money or Airtel Money, and let Ugandans abroad pay home in GBP, EUR, USD or AED. Every amount in Ugandan shillings.
Currency
Ugandan shillings (UGX)
Mobile money
MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money
Phone format
+256, then 9 digits
Contact
+256 703 952 775, hello@tallgrasshq.com

What Wellth does in Uganda.

The app is the same in every country. Software runs today; each money feature switches on in Uganda once its licensed partner and licence are in place.
  • Live in the app

    Club governance and ledgers

    Members, roles, secret ballots, loans with two keys, fines, the social fund and an audited share-out.

  • Live in the app

    Circle goals

    Save toward something with a name, every member watching, two keys to pay out.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Wellth Pay: money in

    Contributions, repayments and fines paid from mobile money, confirmed by the network.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Wellth Pay: money out

    Loans and share-outs sent to the member's mobile money once both keys are in.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    School fees

    Parents anywhere pay a learner's fees; the bursar gets the same receipt by SMS.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Organisation payments

    Clinics, shops, churches, SACCOs and NGOs take payments by payer number or counter number.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Organisation payouts

    Organisations pay suppliers and petty cash after two keys from two different people.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Pay from abroad by bank

    Family abroad pays contributions and fees by bank, every line shown before they pay.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Wellth balance

    Payouts can land in a Wellth balance to keep and spend later.

  • Launching with licensed partners

    Wellth Card

    Prepaid cards loaded from the Wellth balance: Wellth, Gold, City and Scholar.

What each feature waits for in Uganda, line by line: licensing status.

Uganda's networks.

Each payment is routed by the network of the number that pays or is paid.
  • MTN Mobile MoneyMoney in and out
  • Airtel MoneyMoney in and out

Uganda's rules.

Set by the Uganda pack. Two keys, secret ballots and the audited share-out are the same everywhere.
Contributions
UGX 1,000 to UGX 10,000,000 a month
Loans that go to the whole circle's vote
Above UGX 500,000
Loan cap
3 x the member's savings
Members
Up to 30 per circle, 100 per mother group
Phone numbers
+256, typed locally as 0772 123 456

Ugandans abroad pay home in their own currency.

Contributions, repayments and school fees. Your circle or the school receives UGX. The fee and the rate are separate lines, shown before anyone pays. Receiving is always free.
Paying into Uganda from abroad, by bank
Pay inBy bank: fee + rate margin
Pounds (GBP)£0.99 + 0.9%
Euros (EUR)€0.99 + 0.9%
US dollars (USD)$0.99 + 1%
UAE dirhams (AED)AED 4.00 + 1%
Canadian dollars (CAD)Personal requests onlyC$0.99 + 1%
Australian dollars (AUD)Personal requests onlyA$0.99 + 1%

Placeholder prices until our licensed partner's quote is in. School fees to a school on Wellth have no fee, just the rate. Canadian dollars and Australian dollars are taken for personal requests only for now.

Schools and organisations.

Fees and payments land in UGX, with an SMS to the bursar or the owner. Every payment out takes two keys from two different people.

Schools

Parents anywhere pay a learner's fees from MTN Mobile Money or Airtel Money, or by bank from abroad. The school signs an agreement with us first. For schools

Clinics, shops, churches and SACCOs

Payer numbers, bills, counter numbers and a poster for each site; the owner sees every site. For organisations

  • CollectFreePayer numbers, bills, family shares, counter numbers and the poster: money in.
  • RunUGX 150,000 a monthCollect, plus the cash desk and cash-up, suppliers, two-key payments out, petty cash, the summary at your closing time and the audit export.
  • Run PlusUGX 450,000 a monthRun, plus Analytics and connecting your own system through the API and webhooks.

Organisation plans are placeholder prices; pilots come first and nothing is billed yet.

Talk to us in Uganda.

Starting a circle, bringing a school or an organisation on, or partnering with us. We answer every message.
Emailhello@tallgrasshq.comPhone+256 703 952 775