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{UAH} I AM UNDER ARREST AT LIRA CPS-SLEEPING IN THE CELL FOR PUBLISHING MY STORY

As I write iam going to sleep in Police cell

On 19/08/2014, WILTEC10 via Ugandans at Heart (UAH) Community
<ugandans-at-heart@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Trade and Investment Forum
> Friday August 29, 2014 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
> 26th Annual Convention of the Ugandan North American Association
> Hyatt Regency Hotel, La Jolla (San Diego), CA
> UGANDAN TECH STARTUP TRYING TO POP DIASPORA REMITTANCES BUBBLE
> Diaspora Remittances are a massive cash cow in Africa and the rest of the
> developing world. The service fees for transacting money from across the
> continent or abroad amounts to an estimated US$60-billion; a ridiculous
> amount
> that is said to even outweigh Western aid in the continent. But the cost
>
> isn't limited to taxing financial fees. The value of time and security
> also affects a massive portion of the developing world.
> Africans sending money home from abroad are charged an average of 12%
> according to the World Bank.
> Apart from traditional system's high costs, transferring money from point
> A to point B also takes time and is too often insecure. US services like
> PayPal, MoneyGram and Western Union meanwhile simply charge too much.
> It's little surprise then that there are many startups trying to solve
> this hindrance (and possibly milk the cash cow) using advanced technology.
> By
> leveraging technologies such as mobile phones, the internet and the
> popular digital currency bitcoin, startups are finding innovative solutions
> for
> unique problems.
> Powered by Redcore Interactive, Remit (_www.remit.ug_
> (http://www.remit.ug/) ) is a Ugandan based startup that offers real-time
> card to mobile money
> transfers from anywhere in the world to registered mobile money users based
>
> in Uganda. Targeting the Ugandan diaspora, the company claims to offer a
> more affordable, resilient, faster, safer, and more convenient way to
> transfer money to Africa.
> Remit charges a transaction fee of 5.4%.
> WorldRemit (_www.worldremit.com/en/Uganda_
> (http://www.worldremit.com/en/Uganda) ) is a global online money transfer
> business based in England.
> Immigrants and expatriates in over 50 countries can make online payments to
>
> families and friends in over 100 destinations including Uganda.
> WorldRemit offers a wide range of options to send and receive payments.
> Senders can make payments online, through smartphones or tablets, by debit
> or
> credit card, or via bank transfer. Recipients can get paid via bank
> deposit, direct transfers to mobile wallets, cash pickup or delivery, or
> airtime
> top-up for their mobile phones.
> It is a little difficult to compute the fees charged by WorldRemit but
> unrelated sources quote between 5% and 8% of transfer amount.
> Join us for a full discussion on remittance transfer options with
> representatives from PostBank Ltd. during the Trade and Investments Forum
> at the
> upcoming 26th Annual Convention of the Ugandan North American Association
> in
> San Diego.
> Registration: UNAA Member - Actual Forum is Free - Lunch
>
> is $30.00
> Non-Member - $50.00 (includes hosted lunch)
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Aroma Patrick
Founder & Executive Director- Camkwoki Grass Root Initiative For Development
And Secretary for Administration and Coordination of Lango Community
Development Cluster-Consortium of Ten NGO'S,Cooperative Societies and one
Company

Founder & Managing Director
Camkwoki Investments Limited
And Founder&Chairman Lira Innovative Business Club Association-Consortium
of Thirty Registered Companies Pooling Resources On The Basis of Advanced
VSLA Model Together and Doing Diverse Businesses
P.o Box 268-Lira,Tel-0782-658-458,0791-616-766,0701-658-459,0755-524-343

Email:camkwoki@gmail.com/aromaguzi@gmail.com/
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My Motto "OBSTACLES CAN'T STOP ME,PROBLEMS CAN'T STOP ME AND MOST OF ALL
THE MAFIAS AND THE DEVILS SHALL NEVER-NEVER-NEVER STOP ME"

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