Pearl Bank and the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) have announced a four-year strategic partnership to support the establishment of a specialized Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) centre. The facility is...
Thadeus Kamara does not see numbers as figures on a spreadsheet. He sees them as signals, indicators of behaviour, discipline, and strategic alignment. For him, data is not about reporting...
I&M Bank Uganda has reinforced its position as the official bank partner of the Kabaka Birthday Run, slated for its 13th edition on Sunday, April 12th, 2026. The 2026 Kabaka...
Pearl Bank has been named Best Agri-SME Lender at the Aceli Africa Uganda Stakeholder Roundtable, in a recognition that underscores the bank’s growing influence in agricultural financing. The bank’s Supervisor...
2026 finds Uganda at a rare convergence of economic catalysts and structural pressures. First oil is nearing. Gold is redefining export performance. Technology — particularly AI — is compressing the...
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Financial services leaders across Africa are entering 2026 with renewed confidence, placing artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, regulatory resilience and disciplined growth at the centre of their transformation agendas. This is according to insights from KPMG’s 2025 Global CEO Outlook, with a focus on the Banking and Capital Markets, and Insurance sectors. Despite persistent geopolitical uncertainty, economic volatility and regulatory complexity, CEOs across both sectors are demonstrating a strong appetite for expansion and technology-led reinvention. The message is clear: transformation is no longer optional. It is strategic. Insurance: Confidence Builds as Technology and Sustainability Reshape the Sector Insurance CEOs globally are…
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Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda), World Vision Uganda, and Vision Fund International have announced a landmark partnership to rehabilitate water infrastructure across Kamwenge district. The initiative will leverage the Water,…
Hardly two weeks after Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla concluded a high-level working visit to Nairobi, Kenya, the Group this week announced that it had hired Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as its new Head of Personal and Private Banking — a move that reads less like a leadership reshuffle and more like a strategic declaration. During that Nairobi visit, Fihla was unusually direct about Absa’s intentions in Kenya and the wider East African corridor. In an interview with Business Daily, he confirmed the bank was actively exploring acquisition opportunities in Kenya, signalling a renewed appetite for inorganic growth and a determination to…
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Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, one of Africa’s most influential fintech leaders and the architect of M-PESA’s continental expansion strategy, is set to step down as Chief Executive Officer of M-PESA Africa on…
Absa Group has confirmed the appointment of M-PESA Africa chief executive Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as the new head of its Personal and Private Banking division, marking a significant leadership move as the South African lender accelerates its pan-African growth strategy. The move, first reported by South African business publication Business Day, has now secured regulatory approval from the South African Reserve Bank, clearing the way for Lopokoiyit to assume the role in April. His appointment is notable on several fronts. He becomes the first non-South African to lead Absa’s Personal and Private Banking unit, one of the group’s largest and most…
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There is a saying that when you are entrusted with the responsibility of representing your country, you must give your very best, because you are carrying the weight and expectations of an entire nation. Few corporate leaders in Uganda embody that reality more clearly in 2026 than David Wandera, the Managing Director of Absa Uganda, and the first Ugandan to lead the bank in its 90-plus years history in Uganda. Wandera is now sitting in one of the most consequential seats in the country’s financial system. As head of a systemically important bank embedded within a global banking group, his…
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On Thursday, 5 February 2026, I&M Bank Katogo Golf Series title sponsors- I&M Bank Uganda, hosted partners and sponsors of the tournament at an exclusive appreciation dinner at the Kampala…
Equity Bank Uganda will this weekend migrate its core banking data — including its Finacle database — from Kenya to an in-country data centre in Uganda, in a move aimed…
Equity Bank Uganda in partnership with UKAID and the Ministry of Energy has today launched affordable financing for eCooking products and technologies in Uganda. Dubbed the Modern Energy Cooking Services…
