M-KOPA
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Founded Date January 1, 1900
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Sectors Technology
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Posted Jobs 9
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Company Description
M-KOPA Uganda Limited is a leading fintech and renewable energy enterprise that provides affordable, life-enhancing assets to underbanked consumers through a flexible pay-as-you-go credit model. Founded to provide decentralized utility access, the company leverages a combination of connected technology and micro-loans to help low-income households bridge the digital divide. The firm manages its central national operations, customer care registry, and technical repair hub from Plot 13B, Acacia Avenue in Kololo, Kampala.
The company’s primary mission focuses on driving financial inclusion by bypassing the traditional banking requirement for collateral or formal credit scores. To make expensive hardware instantly affordable, M-KOPA utilizes embedded IoT (Internet of Things) technology to offer micro-credit lines that require only a small upfront deposit. This system allows clients to buy everyday essentials on credit, building a positive, verifiable payment history that eventually unlocks cash loans and health insurance options.
To ensure broad community reach, the organization operates an expansive grass-roots retail network composed of thousands of localized sales agents (M-KOPA Elites). These field representatives deploy directly across trading centers, suburbs, and rural communities to verify identities and register smartphone configurations within minutes. Backed by major international impact investors, the platform has scaled rapidly, providing affordable tech financing to over one million registered customers across Uganda.
The essential asset-financing packages, consumer electronics, and financial solutions distributed by M-KOPA Uganda include:
- Financed Smartphones: Modern 4G internet-enabled devices from leading brands like Samsung, Nokia, and Xiaomi, secured with low daily or weekly mobile money installments.
- Solar Home Systems: Multi-light off-grid configurations outfitted with high-capacity solar panels, bright LED bulbs, phone chargers, and rechargeable radios.
- Digital Cash Loans: Seamless, low-interest micro-loans accessible to existing customers who have built a reliable credit profile through consistent asset repayments.
- Hospital Cash Insurance: Affordable medical insurance add-ons providing daily financial compensation to customers during periods of overnight hospitalization.
- Energy-Efficient Televisions: Low-wattage smart TVs optimized specifically to run on decentralized domestic solar batteries without draining household power.
- e-Mobility Solutions: Evolving pilot initiatives designed to finance electric motorcycles (e-bodas) to lower daily operational fuel costs for transport operators.
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Active Jobs From M-KOPA
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Technical Assistant
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- Kampala District
- Technology
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Sales Executive – Busia
- @ M-KOPA
- Kampala District
- Technology
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Sales Administrator
- @ M-KOPA
- Kampala District
- Technology
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Stock Controller – Lyantonde
- @ M-KOPA
- Kampala District
- Technology
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Stock Controller – Kyotera
- @ M-KOPA
- Kampala District
- Technology