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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…

5 CEOs in 10 Years: Inside AB InBev Uganda’s Nile Breweries and the Culture Shock of Post-Acquisition Change

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 3, 2025November 21, 2025

Three years after taking charge at Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), Adu Rando, the Brazilian Managing Director credited with accelerating the brewer’s digital transformation, has been promoted to Global Director, BEES…

RISING EXECUTIVES: From Handling Passengers In Dubai to Selling Luxury Properties — How Brian Arineitwe is Helping VAAL Real Estate Turn Vision into Value

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryNovember 3, 2025November 3, 2025

When Brian Arineitwe walked into Dubai International Airport as a young Customer Service Agent more than a decade ago, he couldn’t have imagined that the skills he honed in the…

OBITUARY: Frank Ireri – The Banker Who Believed in Quiet, Purposeful Transformation

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryNovember 1, 2025November 1, 2025

When the story of modern Kenyan banking is written, few names will stand as quietly but as firmly as Frank Marangu Ireri’s. A man of numbers, systems, and deep conviction,…

From Back Office to Boardroom: How HR is Becoming a Strategic Powerhouse

Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryOctober 31, 2025November 1, 2025

Over the past decade, the role of Human Resource Manager or director in boardroom discussions has evolved from administrative support to a strategic business partner. Once sitting outside the executive…

Stanbic’s FlexiPay and Pearl Bank’s Wendi Partnership: The UGX 6 trillion Digital Money Highway Promising a New Revolution

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryOctober 31, 2025October 31, 2025

A new chapter in Uganda’s digital finance landscape is quietly unfolding as Stanbic’s FlexiPay and Pearl Bank’s (formerly PostBank) Wendi Wallet join forces to create one of the country’s most…

Nile Breweries MD Adu Rando Promoted to Lead BEES—  AB InBev’s Digital MarketPlace for Africa 

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryOctober 31, 2025November 21, 2025

Three years after taking over the reins at Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), Adu Rando, the Brazilian Managing Director of the AB InBev subsidiary, has been promoted to Global Director, BEES…

Ugandan Anne Aliker Appointed to Lead Standard Bank Group’s Africa Regions Investment Banking

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryOctober 31, 2025November 3, 2025

Ugandan investment banker Anne Aliker has been appointed Head, Africa Regions – Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) at Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets. Her appointment marks a…