When Soumendra Sahu took over as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Uganda in December 2024, he stepped into one of the most competitive, politically sensitive, and fast-evolving…
The cardiology specialist on courage, focus, introverted leadership and finding her ikigai In this instalment of our Letters to My Younger Self series, Dr. Amanda Kamatamu Mbonye reflects on a…
At a glance, the careers of Uganda’s leading executives appear polished, intentional and perfectly sequenced. The kind of journeys young professionals imagine when they picture success. But behind the confidence…
In the second instalment of our Letters to My Younger Self series, Jackie Namara, a Chartered Marketer, reflects on a life and career that has spanned more than 25 years…
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Uganda and Deloitte Uganda last evening hosted the 9th Edition of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Awards at the Kampala Serena Hotel, celebrating...
Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya took over as CEO of the African Wildlife Foundation in 2019, after serving for three years as AWF President. He has more than 20 years of experience in conservation at grassroots, national and regional levels in the USA, in Africa, and in Europe. Kaddu is dedicated to a vision of a modern Africa where development includes thriving wildlife and wild lands as a vital cultural and economic asset for the benefit of future generations. The AWF under Kaddu’s leadership has been able to amplify the voice of African conservation. Through engagements with governments and private sector players,…
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#1. Samuel Mwogeza Chief Financial Officer Stanbic Bank Samuel Mwogeza As Chief Finance Officer, of Uganda’s largest Bank who has also been part of the mighty Stanbic story, Sam Mwogeza has enough grip on running the numbers game and is certainly fit to lead most if not all banks in Uganda. This Makerere University and Edinburgh Business School trained banker has been at the banking game for about 20 years with some of Uganda’s best banks. Between June 2003 and September 2007 he worked at Citibank Uganda as the Head of Business Services and Operations and then moved to Barclays…
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Born on 5th July 1950 (69 years) in Fort portal, Maggie Kigozi is a medical doctor by training, business consultant and ardent sportswoman and leader who has etched her name in stone as one of Uganda’s leading business trailblazers and a mentor to many in Africa. She is better known for her work as the Chief Executive Director of Uganda Investment Authority (Dec 1999-Jun 2011) – a period of 11 years 7 months. She is currently, in her semi-retirement working as the Board Chairperson of Zuri Model Farm Ltd in Wakiso since April 2013, amongst many other responsibilities that also…
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Andrew Mwenda is one person who is loved and hated in equal Andrew Mwenda is one person who is loved and hated in equal measure. Everyone has a different view of Andrew Mwenda out there. But to you, who is Andrew Mwenda? How do you describe yourself? Why do you call yourself the old man of the clan? First of all you are right, Andrew Mwenda is the ‘Old Man of the Clan’. Why I call myself the Old Man of the Clan is an interesting one. I was my best friend, Bob Kasango’s best man in December 2000. The…
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I know that in October you completed about 5 years as a Commissioner General You had the chance to work around the Corporate Plan of 2016/17 to 2019/20 whose focus was on cultivating a tax-paying culture. To what extent would you say you’ve been successful in cultivating that? Yes, last year in October, I completed 5 years as Commissioner General and I have started on my sixth year. Altogether, these are about 16 years as a senior Executive at URA, having joined senior management team in 2005. I have been very much involved in the growth and expansion of URA…
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First of all, let us start with a review of 2019. How would you summarise it in terms of the industry and for Airtel Uganda in particular? I think 2019 has been a year of investment? In 2019, Airtel invested ahead of the curve with an outlook on the future but also to consolidate and stabilize our position in the market. We have a huge aspiration and ambition for Uganda and that is why, at the beginning of 2019, we invested in 100 percent 4G capability at all our sites. Uganda was among the first countries where Airtel made such…
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It is now slightly over three years since AB InBev took over from SABMiller in Uganda. What has been happening? What has changed? How strong are you now as a business compared to before? SABMiller was a decentralized organization while AB InBev is a centralized organization and this is the biggest difference between the two. So we have centralized many processes, particularly processes and roles that are not very market specific, for instance the ‘procure to pay’ and ‘order to cash’ processes. This came with consequences for some of the people working in for instance the finance and procurement teams….
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At 30 years, you are probably one of few if not the only CEO of over 28 companies worth over $1 billion. Don’t you feel this puts a tough challenge on your head? Of course there is a lot of pressure; being one of the youngest Managing Directors of such a high profile Group is quite a challenge, but I am learning to come to terms with the different pressures, the different time demands etc. I am learning what is important and what as a Managing Director I need to be focusing on, in order to lead and keep us…
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Rajiv Ruparelia, the Ruparelia Group Managing Director and heir apparent to the Ruparelia Group empire of over 28 businesses, turned 30 years. At 30 years, he is probably the youngest CEO of a business empire that is now in excess of USD 1 billion (UGX3.7 trillion). In this exclusive, candid interview, billionaire Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, the group’s founder and Chairman, spoke to CEO EA Magazine’s Executive Editor, Muhereza Kyamutetera about his slow but sure road to retirement and why he chose Rajiv to take over from him. Dr Sudhir, speaking from a skiing resort in Aspen, Colorado, in the United States of America, where the family is on a skiing holiday to celebrate Rajiv’s birthday, also gives tips on how to manage intergenerational succession in family businesses.
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Mr. Jean-Michel Pons took up the Country CEO role at Hima Cement Ltd this June 2019 from Moldova, where he was the Country CEO for LafargeHolcim. He joined the LafargeHolcim Group in 2011 and has had the privilege to work in several markets across the world, including Russia, Serbia, Chile, Algeria and France in various business development roles. In this exclusive media interview, he tells CEO East Africa’s Muhereza Kyamutetera his assessment of the Ugandan cement market and his growth strategy amidst rising competition.
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