Making Sense of Borrowing To Pay School Fees

Uganda’s education system dictates that tuition fees are paid at the start of every term of three months, or in a lump sum, for the full year. The opening days of school therefore often turn out to be very stressful for parents, and head teachers too, due to the financial challenges with these terms of payment, only 30% of children have their fees cleared on day-one of the school term.

Empowering Parents & Schools on Every Child’s School Journey

As the second and longest term continues, there’s the all too familiar buzz in the air: uniforms, stationery, and the phrase “school fees” in every other conversation. For school administrators and educators, it’s also a critical time for thoughtful planning, and the engine driving this planning? Timely payment of school fees by the start of […]

Leave No Child Behind: How Furaha Uses Digital Banking To Keep Kids In Class

If you’ve ever had to tell your child they can’t return to school because of fees, you know the pain. It’s a reality many Ugandan parents face every term; scrambling to raise money, taking small contributions from friends, or standing in long queues with no guarantee of help. We built Furaha to change that. From […]

Furaha partners with School Pay to ease education financing

Financial technology platform Furaha has entered into partnership with Service Cops, the owners of School Pay to help revolutionalise education financing. Through this partnership, parents will be able to acquire loans to finance education and pay later.