In the world of corporate governance, commercial law, and professional ethics, few Ugandan or regional figures carry the authority and global resonance that Winnie commands. A distinguished lawyer, academic, and…
Renowned strategic and corporate communication professional Sarah Kagingo was Thursday night, 4 December 2025, honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU)…
Anne Juuko, previously the Regional Head, East Africa for Global Markets at Standard Bank Group, has resigned her role effective 30th November 2025, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal.…
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The Uganda Bankers’ Association’s Chairperson, Citibank’s Sarah Arapta is female too- the first woman to. Some financial institutions such as Finance Trust Bank- have taken it further by having an all-female Board Chairperson, CEO and Executive Director while others like Stanbic Bank, Uganda’s largest Bank and have both CEO and Executive Director as female. You could argue this is still under-representation, which it actually is, given that there are more females than males in the population, but given where we have come from, this is good progress. Some of the largest banks such as Stanbic where 45% is female and…
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Flavia Eleanor Kasenge is a business executive with plus a decade years experience in both the telecom and Fintech sectors. She currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at EzeeMoney Ltd one of the leading fintechs in Uganda. Flavia’s fintech journey spans over 15 years rising from a revenue analyst at MTN to more progressive roles including finance, revenue assurance, and customer retention. This exposed her to currency channels previously reserved for the more elite. She began to appreciate the ease with which fintech services had created working mediums for electronic transactions. She wields immense skills in finance, revenue assurance,…
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Sarah Arapta is the Chief Executive and Managing Director for Citibank Uganda, Uganda’s 10th largest bank by assets. She has held this role since January 2016. Sarah has had an extensive and illustrious career in Corporate and Investment Banking spanning over 20 years, 12 of which have been spent in Citibank Uganda. Prior to being appointed the Citibank Chief Executive, she was the Director, Corporate and Investment Banking at Barclays Bank Uganda (now Absa Bank Uganda) for nearly two years. Before that, she was the Head of Investment Banking (January 2012 – December 2013) and Head of Corporate Banking (March…
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GA Insurance Uganda Limited has appointed Mrs. Shakira Shamim Mujuni as its Chief Executive, Operations effective May 2023. She brings to GA Insurance over 10 years of experience and “a proven track record of success in driving business growth and delivering exceptional results with a special knack for customer excellence”, according to a statement from GA. Her other skills include organisational management, customer service, strategic planning, At GA, Ms. Shakira will be responsible for the overall budget and operations of the company as well as driving “strategic corporate targets, delivering on brand value, achieving the required service delivery objectives, developing…
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PostBank Uganda has appointed Doreen Asaasira Muhangazi as its Chief Human Resource Officer. Her appointment took effect, February 2023. Doreen joins PostBank from Sanlam Life Insurance (Sanlam Group) where she has been the Regional Human Resource Executive, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Doreen launched her people-shepherding career at the Office of the President in Uganda as an HR Assistant. She then went on to work with Centum Investment Company Limited in Kenya as a Senior HR Business Partner for five (5) years before joining Sanlam, first as Head Of Human Resources at Sanlam Life Insurance(U) Limited. She later moved to Nairobi…
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Ecobank Uganda registered a strong performance turnaround during the year ending 2022, with audited Profit before Tax (PBT) increasing by 157% to UGX 4.5 billion in 2022, while Profit After Tax (PAT) increased by 104% to UGX 401million in 2022 from a loss of UGX11.0 billion in 2021. Despite a challenging operating environment marred with high inflation, weakening African currencies, and slower economic growth, the bank’s total revenues increased by 8% to UGX 57.7 billion. Our investments in technology, digital capabilities and improved risk management models, drove cost efficiency, value for money and reduced our cost-to-serve, resulting in a 13%…
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Ecobank Uganda, the Ugandan unit of the Ecobank Group has today published its 2022 results, reporting a marked double-digit turnaround on nearly all its key fundamentals. The bank also reported a return to profitability. In results released today, the bank reported that deposits grew 17% from UGX377.3 billion to UGX443.9 billion, a growth of UGX66.6 billion. This allowed the bank to grow its lending⏤ by 74.8% from UGX83.4 billion last year, to UGX145.8 billion. Growth in lending and interest income led total income to grow by 8.3% from UGX53.3 billion to UGX57.7 billion. Rising income, coupled with a reduction in…
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On the evening of Friday, 09th September 2018, unknown persons hacked the mobile money float accounts of a payments aggregator company called Beyonic Ltd and originated payments amounting to UGX2,617,761,200. According to police, the money was wired to and withdrawn in via 83 different MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Mobile money accounts/SIM cards. The fraud was detected 07 days later, the mobile accounts were blocked around the 16th of September. Investigations showed that the beneficiary SIM cards had been registered without the consent and or knowledge of the registered owners. A couple of months later, between the 13th of March…
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First of all, tell us about yourself. Who is Dr. Amina Zawedde? How do you describe yourself? I hold a PhD in Computer Science (from the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), and an MSc. Computer Science (Makerere University), a PGDip in Educational Technologies (University of Cape Town, South Africa), PGD in Education (IUIU) and a BSc. (Statistics and Economics) (Makerere University, Uganda). I am passionate about embracing digital transformation to improve business models, and service delivery and transform people’s lives. In all I do, I aim to provide strategic and technical leadership on how various sectors can leverage innovation…
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What inspired you to become the new President of the Public Relations Association, and what do you hope to achieve during your tenure? I have been a committed member of the Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) for over 10 years now and this is an industry I am extremely passionate about. Having served on the previous Governing Council (GC) as Vice President I was exposed to the potential growth and advancement the association could make and I wanted to contribute to the growth of the industry and support PR excellence in Uganda. Under my leadership, I will lobby for…
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