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KPMG 2025 CEO Outlook: Africa’s CEOs Bet on AI, Talent, and Sustainability to Power Next Growth Wave 

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Despite global economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, African CEOs are optimistic about their own organisations’ growth prospects. This is according to the KPMG 2025 Africa CEO Outlook Survey, which captures…

Africa Isn’t a Testing Ground – it’s a Teacher: Jack Ngare on How Data and Technology Have Become Global Breakthroughs

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryNovember 5, 2025November 5, 2025

Jack Ngare, Technical Director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO in Nairobi, believes Africa’s innovations are not side projects for global companies but lessons that shape how the world…

From Demography to Digital Power: Rethinking East Africa’s Path to Inclusive Growth

Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryNovember 5, 2025November 5, 2025

Technology is reshaping East Africa’s economy and society. Ambassador Philip Thigo, Special Envoy on Technology for the Republic of Kenya, shares with CEO Magazine how the region can harness its…

Court orders businessman Karim Hirji’s Imperial Royale Hotel to Refund UGX 5.05 billion and pay UGX 800 million in damages for breach of CHOGM contract

Paul MurungiLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryNovember 5, 2025November 5, 2025

The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision ordering Imperial Royale Hotel, one of Kampala’s flagship luxury hotels, to refund government $1.46 million (about UGX 5.05 billion) and…

Beyond Profit: Giles Aijukwe – the Letshego Uganda CEO Who Believes in Purpose First

CEO East Africa MagazineBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 5, 2025November 11, 2025

As the CEO of Letshego Uganda, Giles Aijukwe stands at the intersection of ambition and accountability, tasked with delivering financial growth in a sector still playing catch-up on inclusion. In…

WE HAVE THE APPETITE, THE PLAN, THE PEOPLE AND THE CAPITAL: Inside Standard Bank East Africa’s Big Push to Become the Region’s Leading Bank

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 4, 2025November 21, 2025

It began over dinner at Nairobi’s exclusive Muthaiga Club, an establishment where East Africa’s captains of industry often mix business with leisure. As Patrick Mweheire, then Regional Chief Executive of…

Rwanda readies green exchange window to boost market depth

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesEast AfricaThe Big StoryNovember 4, 2025November 4, 2025

Rwanda is preparing to launch a Green Exchange Window (GEW) later this month, a dedicated platform for trading sustainable investment instruments aimed at expanding the country’s capital markets and attracting…

From Three Transactions to a Banking Stake: How PesaPal’s 16-Year Grind Earned KCB’s Fintech Bet

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryNovember 4, 2025November 4, 2025

Kenya’s largest lender, KCB Group Plc, has taken a calculated leap into the fintech frontier with the acquisition of a minority stake in PesaPal Limited, a leading regional payments company…

Under Police Probe: The Land Deals That Caused Former Eswatini Honorary Consul Quillino Bamwine Problems

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryNovember 3, 2025November 3, 2025

The Police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is investigating Quillino Bamwine, who previously served as the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Eswatini to Uganda, for allegedly obtaining UGX 372 million…

Engineers Board tasks KCCA boss to reveal engineers, companies behind Nakivubo Channel redevelopment

Paul MurungiPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryNovember 3, 2025February 28, 2026

A subtle but consequential confrontation is unfolding between the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) and the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) over the ongoing redevelopment of the Nakivubo Channel, one of…