Exclusive Q&A with Prof. Ddumba, the Chairman of Centenary Bank Group and rudder of the Group’s phenomenal growth for the last 20 years This year, the Centenary Group will celebrate its 40th anniversary. From a very humble beginning, first as an idea in 1979 and subsequently in 1983 as Centenary Rural Development Trust under the Uganda National Catholic Lay Association, and then a fully-fledged commercial bank in 1993, the Centenary story has unfurled to become one of Uganda’s most successfully indigenously majority-owned financial and digital services company with UGX5.8 trillion (USD1.55 billion) in assets, as at the end of 2022.

For 21 of these 40 years, one man has been working, often unseen backstage, overseeing and guiding this operational excellence, resilience, innovation and growth. His name is Professor John Ddumba-Ssentamu, the Group Board Chairman, Centenary Group Board of Directors. Prof, as he is fondly referred to, has spearheaded the company’s growth aspirations and under his astute leadership, the company has experienced unprecedented growth, diversification, and regional expansion, thereby contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of the East African and SADC regions. A passionate believer in the transformative power of faith and altruism to bring about positive change in the world….

by Muhereza Kyamutetera

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