Hi Pelle

If you go to here and select Ugaanda from the list, it says you can send money from there, but not receive/withdraw it there.

https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-co... gives a complete list of countries supported by Paypal. You can send money from a lot of places but only receive it in a few, none of which are in Africa.

From a Nabuur-wide point of view, you CAN receive in India and some of the central/south American countries. And it may be worth dropping them an email to ask if they are intending to expand...

According to their website Moneybookers works everywhere. I only know one person in Uganda who has tried it and he has had a few problems withdrawing money but I don't think that is a general thing...

There is very limited help information at http://www.moneybookers.com/app/faq.pl

To get more information you have to be registered on the system (which I am not), then you can get it via the Messaging Centre accessible from http://www.moneybookers.com/app/help.pl?s=contact

The bank you withdraw the money to has to be connected to the SWIFT network.

Only other options I know of are using Western Union or MoneyGram, both of which are quick but charge quite high fees, or via direct bank transfer which also charges high fees and can take a while.

Hopefully someone else will know more...

Mary

Ok, so I’ve done a brief research on the net and here’s what I found:
- iKobo – online money transfer system - http://www.ikobo.com/africa/money-transfer-uganda.html
Apparently, they charge lower fees than Western Union and it’s quick. Should also be safe. I haven’t used the service, though, so I can’t tell you first-hand experience.
- this is some sort of service for international money transfers, works in Uganda as well http://duales.com/eng/Content/home.asp
However, I don’t think that’s what you look for, it seems more like a bank card for individuals. Still, you might take a look.
- Postal money orders are said to be safe, but I’m sure they’re really slow.

I’ve also searched through NGOs in Uganda, to see how are they receiving donations. Didn’t find any organization using the Paypal scheme that’s actually based in Uganda. So, as Mary said, it probably doesn’t work for receiving money. I saw that orgaizations use either bank transfers or post for receiving money.

Hope that helps a bit,
Paula

Hello,

I know Moneygram has been mentioned already, but it has lower fees than Western Union, and it is safe and reliable. I have sent four times to Uganda now. The fees are also less than bank transfers. Someone has to go to the nearest location to receive the funds, but all they need is the sender information (name and address) and a reference number. People can also send funds via the Internet with Moneygram, which makes it convenient for senders and a link to moneygram can be made on the My Space page. I have always sent to Kampala. I'm not sure if there are other locations in Uganda.
Barb

Moneygram is actually one of the best ways to send money. There are several outlets in most towns in Uganda making it very competitive and thus convenient.

Thanks for your research, everyone!

Pelle is away until Monday (August 27th) but will reply to your posts when he comes back.

Warm regards,

Romina

Dear All

You are doing a good work.

Few days back,i came to know

"STATE BANK"
HAS BRANCHES IN ALMOST ALL THE MEDIOCR & BIG
CITIES OF WORLD.

It's details-

1)It's International bank.

2)It's Nationalised(collaboration with Government of every country) bank.So no chances of money cheating.

2)It's Safe & Secure.

3) Facility of online transaction(a people in one end of world can send money to other end of world),provided if s/he has the account number,& name of branch of the person-whom s/he want to donate or send the money.

If you want,you can try.

Good luck.

Take care,

Warm regards,
Sushmita,
India

Thanks for all the information!
MoneyGram seems the most feasible solution, as it has proven to work for Paul also.

One of our next actions is to get it to work :-D
I'll close this task now!

Pelle

Are you then? Something wrong?
Arithmomaniac