Prof. George Okello CANDIYA Bongomin

Prof. Okello Candiya Bongomin

Deputy Vice Chancellor-Research and Consultancy

Email: dvc-research-consultancy@ulk.ac.rw

Educational Qualifications:

  • PhD in Finance (Financial Inclusion) – Makerere University Kampala (2012 – 2014)
  • Master of Science in Accounting and Finance Degree (MSC Accounting & Finance) – Makerere University Kampala (2005 – 2009)
  • Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Accounting) – Makerere University Kampala (1999 – 2003)

Prof. Okello obtained his PhD from Makerere University in Uganda

Key Competencies

  • Artificial intelligence, machine learning, report writing, capacity building, research, case studies, lecturing, academic course design and development, research supervision, financial products modeling using artificial intelligence and machine learning, financial technology, MSMEs, digital financial innovations, financial inclusion, micro-financing (rural financing), financial management, corporate governance, financial accounting, management accounting, accounting theory, accounting information systems, financial markets, international financial management, banking, financial literacy, accounting software programme, strategic management, investment and portfolio management, business communication skills, quantitative methods, statistics, information technology, randomized control Trails (RCTs), Quasi-experiment, cross-sectional research, data management, data collection, application of mix research methods (quantitative and qualitative), use and application of data analysis software such as statistical package for social sciences (SPSS), STATA, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, SAS, LISREL, Smart-PLS, GenStat, PYTHON, AMOS, SEM, EPIDATA, E-VIEWS, and Nvivo software among others

ORCID;

0000-0001-9758-1646

Other Trainings Obtained

  • Certificate in Leading and Managing Research and Innovation Grant Project – Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund – 2019
  • Certificate in Gender Analysis in Research and Application – LASER PULSE PURDUE UNIVERSITY – 2019
  • Certificate in Introduction to Embedded Research Translation Training – LASER PULSE PURDUE UNIVERSITY – 2019
  • Certificate in Resource Management and Security – UN/IOM – 2007
  • Certificate in Security in the Field – UN/IOM – 2007
  • Certificate in Civil Society Organization – URDT – 1998

Area of Specialization: 

Accounting and Finance

Subjects Taught:

Financial management, corporate governance, financial accounting, management accounting, accounting theory, accounting information systems, financial markets, international financial management, banking, financial literacy, accounting software programme, strategic management, investment and portfolio management, business communication skills, quantitative methods, statistics, information technology.

Research Interests

Financial inclusion, artificial intelligence and financial services, machine learning and financial services, digital financial services, development and business finance, rural finance (microfinance), behavioural finance, banking and finance practice, institutional economics, financial consumer protection, and business psychology.

Publications:

  1. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2023). Agent liquidity: A catalyst for mobile money banking among the unbanked poor population in rural sub-Saharan Africa, Cogent Economics & Finance, 11:1, 2203435, DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2203435: https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2203435
  1. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2023). Contactless digital financial innovation and global contagious COVID-19 pandemic in low income countries: Evidence from Uganda, Cogent Economics & Finance, 11:1, 2175467, DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2175467: https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2175467
  1. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2021). Psychoanalysis of the mobile money ecosystem in the digital age: generational cohort and technology generation theoretical approach. Development in Practice. Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2021.1937539.
  1. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G. & Ntayi, J.M. (2021). Reimaging the mobile money ecosystem and financial inclusion of MSMEs in Uganda: Hedonic motivation as mediator. International Journal of Social Economics, DOI 10.1108/IJSE-09-2019-0555.
  1. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2021). Financial Intermediation by Microfinance Banks in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Financial Intermediation Theoretical Approach. Journal of Comparative International Management, Special Issue December, 2021.
  2. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Digital financial innovations in the 21st century: do transaction tax exemptions promote mobile money services for financial inclusion in developing countries? Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, 36 No. 3, pp. 185-203: DOI 10.1108/JEAS-01-2019-0007.
  3. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Analyzing the relationship between financial literacy and financial inclusion by microfinance banks in developing countries: Social network theoretical approach. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, DOI: 1108/IJSSP-12-2019-0262. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  4. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Ntayi, J.M. (2020). Trust: mediator between mobile money adoption and usage and financial inclusion. Social responsibility Journal, 16 No. 8, pp. 1215-1237, DOI 10.1108/SRJ-01-2019-0011.
  5. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Microfinance accessibility, social cohesion and survival of Women MSMEs in post-war communities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical evidence from Northern Uganda. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-12-2018-0383. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  6. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Munene, J.C. (2020). Examining the role of financial intermediaries in promoting financial literacy and financial inclusion of the poor in developing countries: Lessons from rural Uganda. Cogent Economics and Finance. DOI: 10 1080/23322039.2020.1761274. Taylor & Francis.
  7. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Ntayi, J.M. (2020). Mobile money adoption and usage and financial inclusion: mediating effect of digital consumer protection. Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance: DOI 1108/DPRG-01-2019-0005. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  8. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). “Access to Finance and Survival of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises: Social Learning and Consumer Socialization Theoretical Perspectives”. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences: DOI: 10.1108/JEAS-12-2019-0142.
  9. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Do social networks promote mobile money usage for financial inclusion in rural settings in sub-Saharan Africa? Empirical evidence from poor households in Uganda. International of Finance & Economics, IJEF -21-0007Wiley & Sons.
  10. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Munene, J.C. (2019). Financial Inclusion of the Poor in Developing Economies in the Twenty-first Century: Qualitative Evidence from Rural Uganda. Journal of African Business. DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2019.1646601.
  11. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Munene, J.C. (2019). Analyzing the Relationship between Mobile Money Adoption and Usage and Financial Inclusion of MSMEs in Developing Countries: Mediating Role of Cultural Norms in Uganda. Journal of African Business. DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2019.1695189.
  12. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Munene, J.C. (2019). Procedural and declarative cognitions: Do they boost financial literacy among clients of microfinance banks in developing countries? International Journal of Ethics and Systems. DOI 10.1108/IJOES-01-2019-0026.
  13. Okello Candiya Bongomin, G & Munene, J.C. (2019). Examining the role of institutional framework in promoting financial literacy by microfinance deposit-taking institutions in developing economies: Evidence from rural Uganda. Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance. DOI 1108/JFRC-12-2018-0158.
  14. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Mobile money and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: The moderating role of social networks. Special Issue: Mobile technologies and inclusive development in Africa. Journal of African Business: https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2017.1416214.
  15. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Institutions and financial inclusion in rural Uganda: Mediating role of social capital. Journal of African Business. DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2018.1425961, https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2018.1425961.
  16. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Exploring the mediating role of social capital in the relationship between financial intermediation and financial inclusion in rural Uganda. International Journal of Social Economics: 45 No. 5, pp. 828-846. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-08-2017-0357.
  17. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Collective action among rural poor: Does it enhance financial intermediation by Banks for financial inclusion in emerging economies? International Journal of Bank Marketing. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-08- 2017-0174.
  18. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Social networks: testing the predictive power of its dimensions in explaining financial inclusion of the poor in rural Uganda. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies: 9 No. 3, pp. 388-406. DOI 10.1108/AJEMS-07-2017-0157.
  19. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Analyzing the relationship between institutional framework and financial inclusion in rural Uganda: A social network perspective. International Journal of Emerging Markets: 13 No. 4, pp. 606-630. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJoEM-02-2017-0057.
  20. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Determinants of SMMEs Growth in post-war communities in developing countries: testing the interaction effect of government support. World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development: 14 No. 1, pp. 50-73. DOI 10.1108/WJEMSD-06-2017-0026.
  21. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Financial intermediation and financial inclusion of the poor: testing the moderating role of institutional pillars in rural Uganda. International Journal of Systems and Ethics: 34 No. 2, pp. 146-165, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-07-2017-0101.
  22. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Nexus between financial literacy and financial inclusion: examining the moderating role of cognition from a developing country perspective. International Journal of Bank Marketing: 36 No. 7, pp. 1190-1212, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-08-2017-0175.
  23. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Institutional framework in developing economies: Do all dimensions matter for financial intermediation by microfinance deposit-taking institutions? Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 271-286: DOI 1108/JFRC-02-2017-0025
  24. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2017). Financial inclusion in rural Uganda: The role of social capital and generational values. Cogent Business & Management. Vol. 4: 1302866. DOI 10.1080/23311975.2017.1302866.
  25. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2017). Financial intermediation and financial inclusion of poor households: mediating role of social networks in rural Uganda. Cogent Economics & Finance (2017) 5: 1362184. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2017.1362184.
  26. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2017). Institutional framing and financial inclusion: testing the mediating effect of financial literacy using SEM Bootstrap approach. International Journal of Social Economics: 44 No. 12, pp. 1-19. DOI 10.1108/IJSE-02-2015-0032.
  27. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2017). Financial literacy: Do all components matter for financial inclusion of poor households in rural Uganda? Managerial finance: 43 No. 12, pp. 1310-1331. DOI 10.1108/MF-04-2017-0117. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-04-2017-0117.
  28. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2017). The relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in developing economies: Financial literacy as a moderator. Review of International Business and Strategy: 27 No. 4, pp. 520-538. DOI 10.1108/RIBS-04-2017-0037.
  29. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2016). Social Capital: Mediator of Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion in Rural Uganda. Review of International Business and Strategy: 26 No. 2, pp. 291-312. DOI 10.1108/RIBS-06-2014-0072.
  30. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2016). Institutional Frames for Financial Inclusion of Poor Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Rural Uganda. International Journal of Social Economics: Vol. 43 No. 11, pp. 1096-1114. DOI 10.1108/IJSE-06- 2014-0110.
  31. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2015). Financial inclusion in rural Uganda: testing interaction effect of financial literacy and networks. Journal of African Business: DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2016.1117382. Manuscripts under peer review:
  1. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Crowd Funding: A Contemporary Altruistic Approach for Financial Inclusion and Social Entrepreneurial Start-Ups in Emerging Market Economies
  2. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Do Digital Biometric Identification System, Financial Consumer Protection, Consumer Rights’ Awareness, Financial Literacy and Digital Literacy promote Access to Formal Credit among Women, Youth and PWDs owned MSMEs in Post-War Communities in Sub-Saharan Region?
  3. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). An evaluation of the role of Biometric Identification Enrollment, Digital Payments, Agency Banking and Trust in promoting unconditional Cash Transfer and Aid Delivery under Refugees Assistance Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  4. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Regulative institutional support, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in developing economies
  5. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Financial literacy, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in Sub-Saharan region
  6. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Financial experience, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  7. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Trust, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in developing economies
  8. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Community oriented action learning, microfinance accessibility and survival of MSMEs
  9. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Financial attitude, access to financial services, and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  10. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2020). Cognitive institutional support, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in developing economies
  11. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Reflection in action, attitude towards access to financial services and survival of MSMEs in Sub-Saharan countries.
  12. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Access to financial services, human capital and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  13. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Attitude towards access to financial services, psychological capital, access to financial services and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  14. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Financial experience, psychological capital, access to financial services and survival of MSMEs in Uganda
  15. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Reflective learning, financial experience, access to financial services and survival of MSMEs in Uganda
  16. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Attitude towards access to financial services, cognitive institutional support and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  17. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Financial experience, tacit knowledge and survival of MSMEs in Uganda
  18. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Attitude towards access to financial services, tacit knowledge and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  19. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Financial experience, financial behavior, attitude towards access to financial services and survival of MSMEs
  20. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Financial behavior, normative institutional support and survival of MSMEs
  21. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Normative institutional support, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in developing economies
  22. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Financial behavior, venture capital inclusion and survival of MSMEs in developing economies
  23. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Social cohesion, normative institutional support and survival of MSMEs
  24. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Examining the association between Microfinance accessibility and Survival of MSMEs in postwar communities: the mediating role of financial literacy
  25. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Networks: Mediator between Microfinance accessibility and survival of MSMEs in developing countries
  26. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Microfinance accessibility and survival of MSMEs in developing countries: the mediating role of social capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
  27. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Mobile money and financial inclusion of MSMEs in Developing Economies: the moderating effect of regulator supervisory quality in Uganda
  28. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Analyzing the relationship between mobile money and financial inclusion: the moderating role of mobile network operators’ integrity in Uganda
  29. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Exploring the association between mobile money and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: the mediating effect of digital literacy among MSMEs in Uganda
  30. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Mobile money and financial inclusion of MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: testing the interaction effect of contemporaneous consumer protection in Uganda
  31. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Debt literacy: mediator between microfinance accessibility and survival of Women MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Northern Uganda
  32. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2019). Financial experience, cognitive institution and survival of MSMEs in Uganda
  33. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). An examination of the relationship between microfinance accessibility and survival of MSMEs in post war communities: an insight into the moderating role of financial product suitability
  34. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). The relationship between microfinance accessibility and survival of Women MSMEs: analysis of the mediating role of credit counseling in developing countries
  35. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). An investigation of the association between microfinance accessibility and Survival of women MSMEs in Northern Uganda: financial behavior as moderator
  36. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). The nexus between microfinance accessibility and Survival of Women MSMEs: the mediating role of trust in post war communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
  37. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Financial experience: moderator between microfinance accessibility and Survival of Women MSMEs in Northern Uganda
  38. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Analysis of the relationship between microfinance accessibility and Survival of MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: the interaction effect of cultural norms
  39. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Financial inclusion and Financial Literacy: the interaction effect of Regulative institutional pillar in Developing Countries
  40. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Examining the relationship between financial inclusion and financial literacy: the moderating effect of norms in rural Uganda
  41. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Market penetration among semi-formal Banks: Does it promote microfinance accessibility and Survival of MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  42. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Network structures, access to finance and business start-ups among refugees in developing countries
  43. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Collective action, Kinship and VSLA formation in northern Uganda: Does it promote financial inclusion among former IDPs.
  44. Okello Candiya Bongomin et al., (2018). Mobile Money adoption and usage and financial inclusion in Uganda: A Regulative Perspective

PROPOSED RESEARCH WORK – 2022/2023/2024:

  1. Digital financial innovations and contagious COVID-19 pandemic: Reimaging the Banking Ecosystem and Financial Inclusion at Lockdown in Low Income Countries.
  2. Deferred loan repayments, subsidized government recapitalization, and Resilience of MSMEs in the post COVID-19 era in Developing countries
  3. Digital payments and COVID-19 pandemic: Does it promote unconditional cash transfer and aid delivery among refugees at lockdown?
  4. Financial literacy, financial health and financial inclusion in developing countries
  5. Financial confidence, financial literacy and financial inclusion among the poor in rural Uganda
  6. Financial capability, Debt capacity, financial behavior and financial inclusion among PWDs in Sub-Saharan Africa
  7. Financial literacy and entrepreneurship among the youth: evaluating the role of cultural norms
  8. Financial literacy and retirement planning: does it contribute towards financial success of youth in older age in developing countries?
  9. Financial consumer protection: A financial literacy perspective for financial inclusion in developing countries
  10. Credit risk literacy, self-efficacy and Debt uptake among Disabled persons in developing countries
  11. Borrowing risk literacy and financial behavior: Do they promote financial inclusion in developing economies?
  12. Financial competence, financial behavior and enterprise success: the role of financial literacy and financial education in developing countries
  13. Financial literacy and financial capability: does it promote financial well-being among the refugees in developing countries?
  14. Financial literacy program effectiveness, financial behavior and financial inclusion among youth adults in rural Uganda
  15. Mobile money adoption and usage in developing countries: the role of religious belief on mobile wallet adoption in Uganda
  16. Financial capability, financial behavior and financial inclusion among adult youth in Uganda
  17. Financial inclusion of orphaned-adolescents in Secondary Schools: Does financial literacy and social capital improve financial self-efficacy in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  18. Digital innovation, entrepreneurial agility and access to finance: the role of informal networks
  19. Financial well-being of working adults in older age: does financial capability promote better financial behavior, financial discipline and retirement planning in Sub-Saharan Africa?
  20. Financial viability, financial literacy and financial market participation in developing countries
  21. Debt literacy and financial inclusion: the mediating role of credit counseling in developing countries
  22. Edutainment among the youth: Does it promote financial decision for financial inclusion in developing countries?
  23. Household financial preference, financial awareness and financial inclusion in developing countries
  24. Financial literacy, financial education, consumer welfare and financial inclusion
  25. Financial experience, financial capabilities and financial inclusion of migrants: the mediating effect of financial literacy in developing countries
  26. Financial literacy and achieving long term security: does culture matter in developing countries?
  27. Financial inclusion and household resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from post-war communities in northern Uganda
  28. Financial education, financial awareness and insurance uptake in developing countries
  29. Financial inclusion in the developing world: Does postal service outlets add any value in the rural communities?
  30. Digitalizing postal services, community acceptance, trust and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
  31. Digital wallet, convenience of payment and financial inclusion in rural Uganda
  32. Mobile banking and financial inclusion: analyzing the moderating role of trust in rural Uganda
  33. Attitude, coping practices, mobile phone adoption and usage, and financial inclusion in rural Uganda
  34. Saving behavior and financial inclusion: the roles of generational values in developing economies
  35. Does financial inclusion promote financial health in Uganda? The role of consumer protection and financial advice
  36. Social capital, financial decisions and financial inclusion in developing economies
  37. Mobile wallet usage and financial inclusion: the mediating role of culture among rural population in Uganda
  38. Digital payments in the presence of informal community networks: does it promote financial inclusion in emerging economies?
  39. Mobile wallet a panacea for financial inclusion in developing countries: the effectiveness of mobile network operators in rural Uganda
  40. The beauty of free ATM cash withdrawal services in promoting financial inclusion in developing countries
  41. Digitalization of rural post office in developing countries: Does it promote financial inclusion in rural Uganda?
  42. Remittances and financial inclusion: the role of government support
  43. Mobile banking and financial inclusion: the role of generational values
  44. Bank linkages and financial inclusion: Does informal structures such as VSLAs matter in rural communities?
  45. Digital pension payments in Uganda: can it promote financial inclusion and welfare among retirees?
  46. Mobile money usage, agency convenience, agency liquidity, and financial inclusion in rural Uganda
  47. Mobile banking, mobile telephone network efficiency and financial inclusion in rural Uganda
  48. Gender disparities, mobile banking adoption and financial inclusion in developing countries
  49. Financial behavior and financial inclusion: evaluating the role of social networks
  50. Mobile banking and financial inclusion: Does financial product awareness matter in rural communities?
  51. Exploring the relationship between credit counseling and financial inclusion: Does financial literacy mediates the relationship?
  52. Mobile money and financial inclusion: the impact of fraud on growth of digital financing in Uganda.
  53. Agency banking in the 21st century: Does it promote financial inclusion among farmers in rural Uganda?
  54. Financial literacy and financial intermediation in rural Uganda
  55. Harnessing financial education to spur financial inclusion among rural poor households: does credit behavior matter?
  56. Procedural and declarative cognition among the poor: Do they supplement financial literacy to promote financial inclusion?
  57. Mobile money: operational risk and financial inclusion in Uganda
  58. Mobile wallet adoption and use for financial inclusion: does culture matter among Savings and internal lending communities (SILC) in rural Uganda?
  59. Institutional frames and financial literacy in rural Uganda
  60. Digital financial services for financial inclusion: role of pricing in merchant payments
  61. Merchant payments and financial inclusion: why the telecoms are looking away
  62. Merchant payments, acquisition and awareness in Uganda
  63. Financial education and savings for retirement among Ugandan Diaspora: does social capital matter?
  64. Mobile money as a tool for financial inclusion in Uganda: Unified theory of acceptance and use perspective
  65. Remittances and Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa: the interaction effect of trust in Uganda
  66. Remittances and real estate’s growth: the interaction effects of trust in Uganda
  67. Gender disparities, culture practices and use of digital financial services in rural Uganda: an empirical examination
  68. Pricing in merchant payments and its impacts on digital financing as strategy for financial inclusion
  69. Merchant payments convenience, ease of acquisition, awareness and usage in Uganda
  70. Saving behavior, financial literacy and remittances among Diaspora
  71. Technology-enabled Know Your Customer (KYC) usage and financial inclusion: Does it promote digital financial inclusion among the under-banked population?
  72. Priority banking service, financial capabilities, and financial inclusion of people with disability in developing countries? Empirical data from Uganda
  73. Linkages among financial services providers and financial inclusion: the role of informal financial structures in developing countries
  74. Financial inclusion: the role of government support, regulations and internationalization of mobile money services
  75. Financial planning and financial inclusion among youth: the moderating role of financial education in developing countries
  76. Financial-wellness and financial inclusion: the role of financial behavior among youth in developing economies
  77. Harnessing financial education to spur financial inclusion among rural poor households: does credit behavior matter?
  78. Service effectiveness and Mobile money usage: the role of interoperability among the mobile money services providers in developing countries
  79. Innovative lending and financial inclusion among the rural unbanked in Uganda: evaluating the role of financial literacy
  80. Social interaction, financial literacy and saving behavior among the Ugandan Diaspora
  81. Remittances and transgenerational entrepreneurship: the role of individual trust in Uganda
  82. Knowledge management among Ugandan Diaspora: the role of social networks for entrepreneurial growth in Uganda

Review membership of editorial bodies

  • Global Finance Journal – Elsevier
  • Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity – Elsevier
  • Journal of Comparative International Management
  • Journal of African Business (WJAB) – Taylor & Francis
  • Technology in Society – Elsevier
  • Children and Youth Services Review – Elsevier
  • Review of Development Economics – Wiley Blackwell
  • Journal of International Development – John Wiley & Sons
  • Financial Innovation – Springer Nature
  • Journal of Economic Survey – Taylor & Francis
  • Economic Change and Restructuring – Taylor & Francis
  • Internet Research – Emerald
  • Sustainability – MDPI
  • World – MDPI
  • Socio-Economic Planning Sciences – Elsevier
  • Water – MDPI
  • Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development – Emerald
  • World Development Perspective – Elsevier
  • Management Research review – Emerald
  • Asian Journal of Accounting Research
  • Review of Economics and Political Science
  • Discover Sustainability
  • International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management – Emerald
  • Telecommunication Policy – Elsevier
  • Asian Academy of Management Journal – Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Journal of Financial Services Marketing – Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
  • Forum for Social Economics – Springer International Publishing
  • International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy – Emerald
  • Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance – Emerald
  • Development in Practice – Taylor & Francis
  • Social Responsibility Journal – Emerald
  • Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences – Emerald
  • Information Technology for Development – Taylor & Francis Online
  • Small Enterprise Research – Taylor & Francis Online
  • Review of International Business & Strategy – Emerald
  • Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship – Taylor & Francis
  • International Journal of Emerging Markets– Emerald
  • International Journal of Bank Marketing – Emerald
  • Review of Behavioral Finance – Emerald
  • Managerial finance – Emerald
  • Community Development – Oxford University Press
  • Enterprise Development and Microfinance – practical action publishing
  • Cogent Social Sciences – Taylor & Francis
  • International Social Science Journal – Wiley-Blackwell
  • Telematics and Informatics Reports – Elsevier
  • Revista de Administração Contemporânea
  • International Journal of Financial Studies – MDPI
  • Cogent Economics & Finance – Taylor & Francis
  • Cogent Business & Management (OABM) – Taylor & Francis
  • Cogent Psychology – Taylor & Francis
  • World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development – Emerald
  • Journal of Financial Regulations and Compliance – Emerald
  • International Journal of Ethics and Systems – Emerald
  • African Journal of Economics and Management (AJEMS) – Emerald
  • International Journal of Social Economics (IJSE) – Emerald
  • Journal of Financial Economic Policy – Emerald
  • Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development – Emerald
  • Open Journal of Business and Management (OJBM)
  • Global Finance Review
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
  • International Journal of Finance & Economics
  • SAGE open
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
  • Journal of the Community Development
  • Scientific Research Publishing
  • Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences – Emerald
  • Statistics, Politics and Policy
  • Journal Smart Tourism
  • International Journal of Agricultural Policy and Research
  • Business and Management Journal
  • African Journal of Management – Taylor and Francis
  • The Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment
  • Heliyon

International Professional Membership:

  • American Finance Association, USA.
  • Academy of African Business and Development, Canada.
  • Laboratory for Financial Engineering at Laval University, Canada.
  • African Business and Research Society, Syracuse University, New York, US.
  • Honorary Rosalind Member of London Journals Press, London, UK – Membership ID#AO91590.

Grants/awards won

  • Principal Investigator (PI) – $600,000 project on digital financial services under research collaboration between Makerere University Business School and Bank of Uganda under the National Payment System Department to promote digital financial inclusion.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – UGX 75 Million awarded to carry out a study on Women, Youth and PWDs owned MSMEs in Uganda by the Government of Uganda through Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund (RIF) – Received.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – UGX 60 Million awarded to carry out a study on Digital Financial Innovations and Global COVID-19 pandemic by the Government of Uganda through Makerere University Research and Innovation Fund (RIF) – Received.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – £500,000 pending award to carry out a study on COVID-19 pandemic in refugee settings in Uganda by National Institute for Health Research, UK – Anticipated.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – $300,000 pending award to carry out a study on digital credit, financial literacy, and digital literacy among women, youth, PWDs, and refugees in Uganda, Rwanda, and Ghana by Consumer Protection Initiative – Innovation for Poverty Action, U.S – Anticipated.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – $50,000 pending award to carry out a study on COVID-19 pandemic in refugee settings in Uganda by Innovation for Poverty Action Peace and Recovery Program, USA – Anticipated.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – $500,000 anticipated project on education by SPENCER Foundation to improve education system in higher institution of learning in Africa.
  • Principal Investigator (PI) – $105,000 anticipated on Loan Modeling through Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning from The Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Secretariat, Kampala, Uganda.
  • Lead Principal Investigator (PI) – Seed Grant $5,000 to support team formation in Uganda, Rwanda and Ghana for $300,000 upcoming grant on digital credit from Center for Effective Global Action’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO), University of California at Berkley, California U.S with generous support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Research Collaborations:

  • SOAS University of London, UK
  • Oxford University, UK
  • Coventry University, UK
  • Syracuse University, USA
  • University of California at Berkeley, USA
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia USA
  • University of New Orleans
  • Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
  • Laval University, Quebec, Canada
  • University of Alberta, Canada
  • Ivey Business School, London Ontario, Canada.
  • University of Regina, Regina Canada
  • University of Maryland, USA
  • University of South Wales, Scotland
  • State University of New York, USA
  • Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
  • Agder University, Norway
  • Kempten University, Bavaria Germany
  • University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”
  • Jakarta State University, Indonesia
  • INPHB, Côte d’Ivoire
  • Ghana Institute of Public Administration, Ghana
  • Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute Of Technology

Research Supervision

POSTGRADUATE THESES SUPERVISED AND EXAMINED:

  1. ATUHA SANCTUS – 15/MBA/BU/G/1033 MBA (Finance & Accounting)

Topic: “Income Tax Proficiencies and Tax Compliance of Small and Medium Business from Selected Business Areas in Kira Municipality Wakiso District”.

  1. NAMUGGWANYA SARAH KATAMBA – 15 /MBA/KA/G/1032: MBA (Finance & Accounting)

Topic: “Management Accounting Information Quality and Organizational Performance: A Case of Chain Supermarkets in Kampala Capital City Authority Uganda”.

  1. SISAY BIZUNEH – 16/MBA/BU/G/1001: MBA (Finance & Accounting)

Topic: “Tax Administration and Tax Revenue Performance in Uganda: A Case of Uganda Revenue Authority”.

  1. KABASUKKA ROBERT – 16/MBA/BU/G/1029: MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Corporate Governance and Financial Sustainability of SACCOs in Nansana Municipality: Wakiso District, Uganda”.

  1. GOLOOBA ROBERT – 17/MAC/BU/G/1016: MBA(Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Financial Management Training and Financial Performance of Primary Schools in Nakisunga Sub-county, Mukono District, Uganda”.

  1. ABDIKAFI MOHAMED WARSAME – 16/MBA/BU/G/1010 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Financial Services Accessibility and Sustainability of SMEs in Kiganda Zone Village, Mengo Kisenyi 2 Parish, Kampala Central Division, Uganda”.

  1. NAKAWEESA LOY – 16/MBA/BU/G/1035 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Employee Competence and Local Revenue Mobilization in Town Councils of Wakiso District, Uganda”.

  1. NYUENY YOHANNES-16/MBA/BU/G/1011: MBA (Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management)

Topic: “Entrepreneurship Skills and the Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nansana Trading Centre, Wakiso District Uganda”.

  1. MATE GERSHOM-14/MBA/KA/G/025: MBA (Human Resource Management)

Topic: “Working Conditions and Employee Turnover Intentions in Floriculture Industries: A Comparative Study of Mairye Estates LTD and Xclusive Cuttings LTD Wakiso District – Uganda”.

  1. NAKANGU DESIRE – 15/MBA/BU/G/1029: MBA (Human Resource Management)

Topic: “Work Related Stress and Employee Performance in Hotel Industry: A Study of Three Star Hotels in Ntinda Kampala – Uganda”.

  1. SUSAN NINSIMA – 15/MBA/BU/G/1037: MBA (Project Planning and Management)

Topic: “Participatory Budgeting Process and Budget Performance of Lower Local Governments in Mbarara and Isingiro Districts, Uganda”.

  1. KUTEESA DAMALIE MBA (Human Resource Management)

Topic: “Leadership Styles and Voluntary Turnover among Medical Officers of Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala District.”

  1. KYOMUHANGI CAROLINE SMART – 16/MBA/BU/G/1012: MBA (Procurement, Logistics and Supplies Management)

Topic: “Inventory Management Techniques and Performance of Public Health Sectors, Study of Mukono Health Centres”.

  1. MUGISA BRIAN – 16/MBA/BU/G/1004: MBA (Procurement, Logistics and Supplies Management)

Topic: “Public Procurement Practices and Service Delivery in the Local Government. A Study of Hoima Municipal Council”.

  1. ABEL KAGUMIRE – 16/MBA/BU/G/1011 MBA (Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management)

Topic: “Border Custom Management Practices and Revenue Collection Performance of Uganda Revenue Authority Malaba, Uganda”.

  1. NTANZI ROBERT – 16/MBA/BU/G/1028 MBA (Project Planning & Management)

Topic: “Employee Working Environment and Project Performance: A study of Care International Construction Project in Rhino Refugee Settlement, Arua District, Uganda”.

  1. NDHURA EMMANUEL – 16/MBA/BU/G/1043 MBA (Marketing Management)

Topic: “Customer Orientation and Customer Satisfaction in Selected Hotel in Kampala Capital City, Uganda”.

  1. KAMAL BILLE HASSAN – 16/MBA/BU/G/1016 MBA (Marketing Management)

Topic: “Financial Accountability and Implementation of Relief Projects in Galkaio, Somalia”.

  1. KADAR DIRIE JAMA – 16/MBA/BU/G/1042 MBA (Human Resources Management)

Topic: “Reward Systems and Employee Performance in City Tyres Kampala, Uganda”.

  1. ABITI FRANCIS – 17/MBA/BU/G/2001 MBA

Topic: “Effectiveness of Credit Risk Management Practices on Loan Performance in Commercial Bank: Case of DFCU Bank in Uganda”.

  1. ASENDU DANI FLAVIA – 17/MBA/BU/G/2004 MBA (Project Planning and Management)

Topic: “Budgetary Control and Project Performance in ARIVU Sub-County, Arua District”.

  1. YOLOYA CHARLES LOKONGA – 17/MBA/BU/G/2003 MBA

Topic: “Factors Associated with the Performance of Small and Medium Scale Hotels in Arua Municipality”.

  1. LUMAGO CHARLES SORO JOSEPH – 17/MBA/BU/G/2002 MBA (Project Planning and Grants Management)

Topic: “Entrepreneurial Competence and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises: A Case of Metal Fabrication in Oli Division, Arua Municipality”.

  1. MUHINDO EZRAH – 16/MBA/BU/G/1022 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Budget Participation and Budget Performance in Public Universities in Uganda”.

  1. TUYISHIME ANNIE – 17/MAC/BU/G/1002 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Cash Conversion Cycle and Financial Performance of selected Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Kalagala Sub-County, Luwero District, Uganda”.

  1. BWAMBALE GODWIN – 16/MBA/BU/G/1040 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Accounting Practices and Operational Status of Commercial Bank Agents in Hoima Municipality, Uganda”.

  1. MULINGE SYOKAU – 17/MAC/BU/G/1001 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Factors affecting Investment and Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises in Kalagala Sub-County, Luwero District, Uganda”.

  1. MWESIGYE MOSES – 17/MBA/BU/G/1003 MBA (Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management)

Topic: “Entrepreneurial Skills and Performance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kalagala Sub-County, Luwero District, Uganda”.

  1. AGERU ZIPPORAH – 17/MHR/BU/G/1007 MBA (Human Resource Management)

Topic: “Role of Motivation Strategies on Service Delivery in Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (UHTTI), Jinja, Uganda”.

  1. EVERLYNE MUGWE – 17/MHR/BU/G/1004 MBA (Human Resources Management)

Topic: “Motivation Strategies and Employee Retention at the Aids Support Organization (TASO), Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda”.

  1. NUWAGABA JOHN BOSCO – 13/MIE/BU/G/1002 MBA (Investment & Entrepreneurship)

Topic: “Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: A Case of Selected Equity Bank Branches, Uganda”.

  1. AKOTH O MARTABELL – MBA (Marketing)

Topic: “Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in Health Centres of Central Division of Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda”.

  1. MUSIKA MOSES – MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Internal Auditing Practices and Quality of Internal Control System in the Ministry of Public Service of Uganda”.

  1. ABDIHAFID HASSAN MOHAMED – 17/MAC/BU/G/1006 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Credit Risk Management and Profitability of Commercial Banks in Uganda”.

  1. ALLEN NABATTE – 14/MBA/KA/G/036 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Administrator’s Leadership Styles and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Wakiso District, Central Uganda”.

  1. ROLLINS OTIENO OILE – 17/MBA/BU/G/1001 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Internal Control and Corporate Governance among selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Nairobi, Kenya”.

  1. SEHEWA MASWAGA – 17/MHR/BU/G/1002 MBA (Human Resource Management)

Topic: “Employee Training and Performance of Manufacturing Industries in Mafinga District, Iringa, Tanzania”.

  1. MOHAMUD AWIL ABDI – 17/MAC/BU/G/1005 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Cash Management Practices and Financial Performance of Medium Scale Enterprises in Kisenyi-Mengo Parish, Central Division, Uganda”.

  1. DATA EDISON UMAR – 14/MPL/B/G/003 MBA (Procurement & Logistics Management)

Topic: “Strategic Procurement Planning and Quality Service Delivery in Arua Municipal Council”.

  1. ALEXANDRE GAKIZA – 17/MAC/BU/E/9011 MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Microfinance Services Access and Poverty Alleviation: A Case of CECM Microfinance Institution in Mpanda Commune, Bubanza Provice, Burundi”.

  1. KAGAYO JEANNE D’ARE – 16/MPM/BU/G/9035 MBA (Project management & Planning)

Topic: “Stakeholders’ Participation and Beneficiaries Satisfaction in Land Management Project in Ngozi Province, Burundi”.

  1. HAKIZIMANA ALEXIS – MBA (Project management & Planning)

Topic: “Community Participation and Environmental Project Implementation Performance in Cohoha Landscape Burundi”.

  1. HAKIZIMANA CYRIAQUE – MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Financial Management Practices and Financial Performance of SMEs in Bujumbura Province, Burundi: A Case of Supermarkets in Mukaza Commune”.

  1. BIMENYIMANA ALAIN – MBA (Project management & Planning)

Topic: “The Implementation of Service Quality Practices and Customer Satisfaction: A Case Study of Lumitel Company”.

  1. ASSANI-SHABANI DANIEL – MBA (Project management & Planning)

Topic: “Project Management Information Systems Quality and Projects Success: A Case Study of DAFI-RET Burundi”.

  1. GILLES NGABO – 16/MPM/BU/G/9036 MBA (Project management & Planning)

Topic: “Project Management Practices and Project Performance: A Case study of Twunganire Abahungutse Project”.

  1. NIMUBONA EMMANUEL – MBA (Accounting & Finance)

Topic: “Credit Risk Management and Financial Sustainability of Financial Institutions in Burundi”

  1. BONAVENTURE NYABENDA – 16/MPM/BU/G/9005 MBA (Project management & Planning)

Topic: “Inventory Management and Performance of Manufacturing Projects in Burundi” MBA (Project management & Planning)

  1. KIMENYI Jean Claude – 202110002 MBA

                  Topic: “Commercial banking and international trade financing of export oriented firms in Rwanda”

  1. KAGOYIRE Nadia – 202110014 MBA

Topic: “Mobile money banking, security of transactions, culture and access to financial services by unbanked rural population in Rwanda”

  1. MFITIRYAYO Jean De Dieu – 202111402 MBA

Topic: “Community social economic empowerment by local NGOs in Rwanda: the role of agency, stakeholders and stewardship at Caritas Kigali”

  1. ABIRAGIYE Marie Claire Providence – 201511623 MFIN

Topic: “Agent banking, access to credit and agricultural productivity among smallholders’ farmers in rural Rwanda”

  1. MUGISHA John – 201811628 MFIN

Topic: “Mobile money services, users’ confidence, network quality and access to financial services in Rwanda”

  1. BAJENEZA John – 202110689 MFIN

Topic: Employees motivation and service quality in commercial banks in Rwanda

  1. NDAYISABA Sylvestre – 202110858 MFIN

Topic: “Financial product design, financial literacy and financial inclusion by microfinance banks in Rwanda”

  1. BYIRINGIRO Jean Jacques Rousseaux – 202111672 MFIN

Topic: “Risk management strategies, loan portfolio quality and microcredit lending by microfinance deposit taking institutions in Rwanda”.

  1. MUHAWENIMANA Olivia – 202110938 MFIN

Topic: “Bank credit accessibility and sustainability of smallholders’ dairy farmers in Rwanda”

  1. MUHIGIRWA Lodi – 202111356 MBA

Topic: “Marketing mix and customer satisfaction among Bank of Kigali clients”

Conferences/Workshops attended

Papers Presented at International Conferences:

  • Finance for Post-COVID-19 Era in sub-Saharan Africa: Case of the East African Community countries. George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Makerere University Business School, Uganda; Issouf Soumare, Laval University, Canada; Lemma Senbet, University of University of Maryland, US. 10th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS), the Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF) and the CEDIMES Institute USA, in collaboration with Université Laval’s Faculty of Business Administration and other partner institutions on May 18 to 21, 2022 at Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.
  • Evaluating Access to Finance and Survival of MSMEs: Social Learning and Consumer Socialization Theoretical Perspectives. George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Makerere University Business School, Uganda; Elie Chrysostome, State University of New York Campus of Plattsburgh; Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda, University of Regina; and Pierre Yourougou, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire. 10th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS), the Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF) and the CEDIMES Institute USA, in collaboration with Université Laval’s Faculty of Business Administration and other partner institutions on May 18 to 21, 2022 at Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.
  • Kinship network, extended social cohesion and financial inclusion post Covid-19 era: Lessons from unbanked rural poor households in sub-Saharan Africa. George Okello Candiya Bongomin and Francis Yosa, Makerere University Business School, Uganda; Pierre Yourougou, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire; Alain Manzi Amani, Kigali Independent University ULK, Kigali Rwanda. 10th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS), the Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF) and the CEDIMES Institute USA, in collaboration with Université Laval’s Faculty of Business Administration and other partner institutions on May 18 to 21, 2022 at Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.
  • Contactless Digital Financial Inclusion and Global Contagious COVID-19 Pandemic in Low Income Countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda. George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Waswa Balunywa, Mohammed Ngoma, Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa, Makerere University Business School, Uganda. 10th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS), the Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF) and the CEDIMES Institute USA, in collaboration with Université Laval’s Faculty of Business Administration and other partner institutions on May 18 to 21, 2022 at Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.
  • Mobile Money Service and Sustainability of Microfinance Banks under Covid-19 lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa: Pragmatic Lessons from Uganda. George Okello Candiya Bongomin and Francis Yosa, Makerere University Business School, Uganda; Pierre Yourougou, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny de Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire; Alain Manzi Amani, Kigali Independent University ULK, Kigali Rwanda. 10th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS), the Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF) and the CEDIMES Institute USA, in collaboration with Université Laval’s Faculty of Business Administration and other partner institutions on May 18 to 21, 2022 at Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.
  • Remittances and Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa: the interaction effect of trust in Uganda, George Okello Candiya Bongomin, John Munene, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire). Joint 8th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society & 14th Makerere Leadership and Entrepreneurship Conference: October 4-7, 2017; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
  • Financial literacy: moderator between access to finance and growth of SMEs in Africa, George Okello Candiya Bongomin, John Munene, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire). Joint 8th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society & 14th Makerere Leadership and Entrepreneurship Conference: October 4-7, 2017; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
  • Determinants of SMMEs Growth in post-war communities: testing the interaction effect of Government policy, George Okello Candiya Bongomin, John Munene, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire). Joint 8th Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society & 14th Makerere Leadership and Entrepreneurship Conference: October 4-7, 2017; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
  • Do Social Networks Promote Mobile Money Usage for Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Rural Uganda. George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Nanziri, Lwanga Elizabeth, University of Oxford, and Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire). Centre for the Study of African Economies, 2018 conference: 18-20 March 2018; CSAE, Department of Economics University of Oxford Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ, UK.
  • Microfinance accessibility, social cohesion and survival of Women MSMEs in post war communities in Sub-Saharan Africa? Empirical evidence from Northern Uganda. George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire), and Aziz Wakibi, Makerere University Business School, Uganda. 8th International Research Workshop in Microfinance: 27-28 September 2018; Oslo, Norway.
  • Do Cultural Norms, Hedonism, Consumer Protection, Trust and Generational Differences matter for Mobile Money Adoption and Usage in Sub-Saharan Africa? George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, and Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire).
  • International Conference on Digital Innovation and Financing (DIF-2018) June 11-12, 2018, Lyon, France.
  • An empirical analysis of the relationship between mobile money adoption and usage and financial inclusion: New insight on mediating effect of Generational differences in Emerging Economies. George Okello Candiya,\ and John Munene, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire). INFINITI Conference on International Finance, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, 9-11 June, 2019.
  • Digital Financial Services in the 21st Century: Do transaction tax exemptions promote mobile money adoption and usage for financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa? George Okello Candiya Bongomin and John Munene, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, Pierre Yourougou, Syracuse University (USA) and INPHB (Côte d’Ivoire). 9th Annual International Conference on Accounting and Finance (AF 2019) to be held in Singapore on 15 – 16 July 2019.

CONFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS:

  • Lead Panelist – Financial Inclusion Strand – 8th  African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference, Kampala, Uganda – 29th – 31st March, 2017.
  • Session Chair – 8th International Research Workshop in Microfinance: 27th – 28th September 2018; Oslo, Norway.

Past employment

  • Deputy Director, Finance & Administration – $30 Million USAID/JSI/Northern Uganda Malaria, AIDS & Tuberculosis Project, Gulu-Uganda (June 2008 to May 2011).
  • Finance & Administration Manager – UN/International Organization for Migration, Uganda (July 2005 to May 2008).
  • Finance Controller – Uganda Australia Foundation/ABC Children’s Fund-Uganda & Australia (May 2004 to June 2005).
  • Grants Coordinator – Reach – Out HIV/AIDS Initiative/Project – Uganda (January 2003 to March 2004).
  • Consulting Auditor – Manji Financial Consulting Limited – Uganda (June 2002 to December 2002).

Consultancies performed

  • International Lead Consultant – Conducting research on evidenced-based Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) for Joint Program – United Nations Development Programme, Kigali Rwanda (November, 2022 – February 2023).
  • International Lead Consultant – Drafting evidenced-based Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) for Joint Program – United Nations Development Programme, Kigali Rwanda (November, 2022 – February 2023).
  • International Lead Consultant – Baseline research for Regional Youth Peace building Programme and Solutions (RYPP) for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Humanitarian and Development Consortium (HDC), Juba Urban Response, Juba South Sudan (November 2021 – to date).
  • International Lead Consultant – Training of Youth Master Trainers in Peace building for Regional Youth Peace building Programme and Solutions (RYPP) for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Humanitarian and Development Consortium (HDC), Juba Urban Response, Juba South Sudan (2021 – to date).
  • Lead Consultant – Production of Illustrated Annual Report – Action Against Hunger (ACF) Uganda Country Programme (April, 2017 – July, 2017).
  • Consulting Director of Research and Development – Emoney Microfinance Africa Ltd: Digitalizing Financial Services For Coffee Value Chain And Dairy Value Chain (2016).
  • Technical Due Diligence Specialist/Consultant – World Bank/Private Sector Foundation Uganda/SDF – Skill Development Facility Project – $100 Million (2017-to date);
  • Lead Consultant – Governance, Business Skills and Financial Management Training for Farmers Cooperative Groups in Eastern and South Western Uganda – Reach Uganda Project – International Fertilizer Development Centre – Washington USA – £40 Million (September, 2017 –October, 2017);
  • Lead Consultant – Financial Literacy & Management Training of VSLAs (Youth Savings Clubs in Northern Uganda) – International Rescue Committee (IRC) Uganda Program – $20 Million (May-July 2015);
  • Frame Work Agreement Financial literacy Consultant – Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI) – September 2018 – To date.
  • Lead Consultant – Business Development Class and Financial management– Agri-Skills 4u – European Union/Netherlands Government/ZOA Uganda: West Nile Region – €2.3 Million (April, 2016 – December, 2016);
  • Financial Inclusion Consultant for developing Financial Literacy Guide – Germany Technical Corporation (GIZ/GTZ) – Bank of Uganda – Financial Systems Development- Uganda (April, 2015 – October, 2015);
  • Lead Consultant – Sexually & Gender-Based Violence Baseline Survey Central Equatorial – European Union/French Embassy/Oxfam Novib: South Sudan (March, 2015 – June, 2015);
  • Resilience Lead Content Developer – Disaster Resilience Leaders and Management (DRL/DRM) Tulane University and Somalia Disaster Resilience Institute (SDRI), Benadir Region, Somalia (September 2016).
  • Lead Principal Investigator/Researcher – Randomized Baseline Survey of Resilience among IDP Camps in Benadir Region, Somalia, HoA RILab Member, Somali Disaster Resilience Institute, Benadir Region, Somalia (October, 2015 – December, 2016);
  • Lead Consultant – Baseline Survey & Mapping of Economic Situation & Businesses in Gulu District, Northern Uganda – Gulu Women Economic Development & Globalization (GWED-G) & Geneva Fund-USA (August, 2015 – January, 2016);
  • Lead Consultant – Baseline Survey/Conducting a Situational Analysis of Economic Activities and Business Opportunities for People With Disabilities (PWDs) in West Nile Region and Developing a Specialized Business Skills Training Manual for PWDs for Cheshire Services Uganda, Leonard Cheshire Disability & European Union Commission (September, 2015 – October, 2015);
  • Lead Financial Inclusion Consultant – Microfinance Institution Assessment and Feasibility Study – Yako MDI Uganda Limited (August, 2015 – April, 2016).

Contribution to community service

  • Food distribution in refugee camps – Northern Uganda
  • Psychological support to victim of floods – Eastern Uganda

Hobbies

Rugby, Basketball, Cycling, football, Swimming and hunting among others

Citations:

Over 1000

Citations over time

h-index 18

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