Hi, i have a Mastercard debit-card (if that;s what you call it, it's not a creditcard),
and i'm heading of to Uganda and Rwanda within a month.
I've read a lot about this, but the info is either unclear, and/or very dated.
Does anyone have any recent information on the use of a Mastercard-debitcard in Rwanda and Uganda?
Thanks!
I used a Mastercard debit card (US bank) no problem in Rwanda in May 07, and in Uganda in June 09.
Thanks.
I would mainly use my debit-card at ATM's to withdraw money from my account.
Are there any ATM's where i can use my MasterCard (Maestro) in Uganda and Rwanda?
I was told I could use the ATM at Barclays in Kampala last May. In practice it didn't work had to go in and get my Shillings over the counter witgh my passport, a right pain. I used to have a Visa card and had no probs with that.
Stanbic bank, as #5 said, was the only bank that i found in Kampala that accepted MC in the ATMs. Barclays and the others are only Visa.
As of last week, my brother and a friend were unable to use their mastercard at ANY bank in Kampala - Stanbic included. Visa is a much safer option.
Not sure about MC, but my Visa debit card worked throughout Uganda.
There's not supposed to be a single working ATM in all of Rwanda, and I certainly didn't see one myself, so plan on having cash for that portion of your trip.
Hi, i just got back from my trip to Uganda and Rwanda.
To answer my own question:
I could use my MasterCard-debitcard at any Stanbic ATM (Stanbic 'Autobank'), and there are quite a lot of them around Uganda, in all midsize and larger cities.
In Rwanda i couldn't use my MasterCard, but you can use your VISA-debitcard there at several ATM's if you have one. I just changed my euro's, although at some places you could also pay in dollars or euro's.
