\n Airtel Money and NSSF have renewed their partnership to help Ugandans join SmartLife and begin long-term saving with Shs500.\n <\/p>\n
Shs500 savings: Ugandans can start contributing to SmartLife with only Shs500 Airtel Money access: Customers can register and save using their mobile phones<\/p>\n
Shs199.3 billion assets: SmartLife Flexi has attracted more than 130,000 members.<\/p>\n
Financial inclusion: The plan targets formal workers, informal earners and Ugandans abroad.<\/p>\n
Ugandans can now start building long-term savings with as little as Shs500 following a renewed partnership between Airtel Money and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).<\/p>\n
The deal will widen access to SmartLife, NSSF\u2019s flexible savings plan for people in both formal and informal employment. It also covers Ugandans living abroad.<\/p>\n
Customers can register and contribute through Airtel Money. Each transaction attracts a charge starting at Shs150.<\/p>\n
The service targets traders, boda boda riders, farmers, entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals whose incomes may not follow a fixed monthly schedule.<\/p>\n
SmartLife Flexi had accumulated Shs199.3 billion in assets by August 28, 2026. More than 130,000 people had joined the scheme in less than two years.<\/p>\n
Airtel Uganda has more than 20 million subscribers. NSSF hopes to use this reach to attract more people to voluntary social security savings.<\/p>\n
Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda managing director Japhet Aritho said the partnership would make long-term saving easier.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether you are a trader, boda rider, farmer, entrepreneur, or self-employed professional, SmartLife gives you an opportunity to save consistently and secure your future,\u201d Aritho said.<\/p>\n
He said Airtel Money wanted to connect customers to essential financial services through technology they already use.<\/p>\n
NSSF deputy managing director Gerald Paul Kasaato said SmartLife was created for people in the formal and informal sectors as well as the diaspora.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur partnership with Airtel Money enables us to reach more people where they are, using a trusted digital platform that they interact with daily,\u201d Kasaato said.<\/p>\n
Airtel Money and NSSF will promote the service through social media, financial literacy programmes, community outreach and customer campaigns.<\/p>\n
The partnership seeks to make saving a regular habit and extend social security coverage to more Ugandans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Airtel Money and NSSF have renewed their partnership to help Ugandans join SmartLife and begin long-term saving with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-755783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}