we're
Unifi
We take smarter, easier, and faster unsecured lending solutions to underserved markets across Sub-Saharan Africa.
our purpose
We’re redefining personal credit with innovations that will make life easy for 1 million clients by 2025.
We’re making life easy
We assist people in a way that they might not have expected from a lender and that makes them go: “Wow, that was easy!”. Our products help people to achieve even more, and to move forward despite life’s setbacks.
We’re redefining personal credit
We use word-class data analytics and tech to offer credit that looks and acts unlike any other similar product in the markets where we operate.
We move fast, but tread lightly
We move forward fast to pioneer ideas and deliver outstanding products to previously under-served clients. But we tread lightly, and the footprints we leave behind help the people whose lives we touch to achieve even more.
products & services
Short- and longer-
term personal loans
We offer fast, simple short-term loans to formally employed persons. Longer-term loans are also available to government workers in selected markets. Clients can apply at our branches or through our apps and websites, and in Zambia, our short-term loans are available through Pep stores nationwide.


our leadership team
Gouws du Plessis
Chief Technology Officer
Gouws has worked on both the financial and the IT side of lending and brings 15 years’ experience to the team. He is the founder of the Unibos loans management system, a cutting-edge operating system that unifies operations across our Group and makes life easy for employees and clients.
Mike Roux
Chief Data Officer
Mike holds a BSc(Hons) in Statistics and an MPhil in Future Studies. He has over 35 years’ experience in customer and credit data analytics. He’s passionate about using data to solve business problems and has extensive experience in building scorecards and developing risk strategies across the customer life cycle in multiple countries.
Lillian Bwalya
COO, Unifi Zambia
Lillian has extensive experience in operations, customer relationship management and branch management. This experience is underwritten by the 18 years she spent in Zambia’s finance sector. Lillian holds a Diploma as National Accounting Technician, a Degree in Banking and Finance, and an MBA from Heriot Watt University, UK.
Michael Boden
Country Manager, Unifi Uganda
Michael graduated from the University of Queensland, Australia and gained his membership to the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand thereafter. Shortly after coming back to his native South Africa he joined Unifi Credit to run the Ugandan operations with the goal of making life easy for more Africans.
Roberto Bona
Chief Financial Officer
Roberto has extensive experience in Financial Management in large multi-national corporations, serving as Chief Financial Officer for over 10 years. He holds a Bachelor of Accounting Sciences degree from the University of South Africa. He is trained under the SA Institute of Accountants and is a licentiate member of the Zambian Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA).
our values
Unity
Our purpose unites us. We share our ideas and knowledge and celebrate achievement as a group effort. Because together, we can do more.
Dignity
We see the humans behind the numbers and treat our clients, colleagues and stakeholders with respect and dignity.
Simplicity
We offer credit that makes life easy when there’s an emergency, rather than add to the stress. Our products are easy to get and to understand.
Trust
We are transparent and credible. Our clients, partners and stakeholders can trust that we’ll do the right thing and that we’ll do things right.
latest news
16 Sep 2020
USSD app and new branches make life easy for clients in Tanzania
Ultimate Finance, the Unifi Group’s business entity in Tanzania...
16 Sep 2020
First steps into Uganda
We believe in the potential of the African continent and its people, and have...
16 Sep 2020
Unifi partners with Pep Zambia
We’re excited to announce that Unifi loans are now available at Pep...