Opportunity Bank

Opportunity Bank Uganda Limited (OBUL) is a member of the Opportunity Transformational Inc (OTI). In December 2008, OBUL acquired a Tier 2 Financial Institutions license from Bank of Uganda to operate as a regulated Credit Institution making OBUL effectively a Savings & Loan Organisation offering micro loans, savings and insurance products specializing in transformational lending in urban, peri-urban and rural environments. In July 2016, MyBucks, a Frankfurt listed FinTech company, acquired 49% of OBUL and is strengthening the banks’s digital banking footprint.

By providing financial solutions and training, OBUL empowers and sustains undeserved and financially excluded people throughout Uganda, especially in rural areas, to transform their lives, their children's future and their communities.

Robert Ongodia  has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of OBUL.
Mr. Ongodia was the non-executive director of UGAFODE Microfinance Limited and a senior director of global investments at Accion. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from Columbia University of New York and a bachelor of science in economics from Makerere University.
He worked with Musoni Kenya Limited as a non-executive director, Microvest Capital Management, FINCA Microfinance Bank Tanzania and FINCA Uganda.
He has also lectured international economics at Makerere University, served Bank of Uganda as Banks Examiner, worked at the World Bank as a ‘short-term consultant’ and headed the loans department at Centenary Bank (1996-1999).