Barclays University, which is an initiative of the Barclays PLC, is an internet based learning concept, was first hatched out in 2002 and has since been rolled out in Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Botswana and Ghana. Today, Uganda joins the above mentioned African countries in hosting Barclays University learning centre.
This quantum of progress in a space of four years is a result of the effectiveness of policy and concerted efforts by the financial services industry to bring services to the doorsteps of the previously unserved and underserved. I therefore wish to seize this opportunity to commend the financial services industry for moving in the right direction.