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BREAKING NEWS: Standard Chartered to sell its Wealth and Retail Banking businesses in Uganda, Zambia and Botswana

A photo collage of Bill Winters, Standard Chartered Group CEO, and Sanjay Tana, the Standard Chartered Uganda CEO.

London-based Standard Chartered Group is exploring the potential sale of its Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB) businesses in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia. The Group, in a published statement today said, it will concentrate its resources in these markets on serving the cross-border needs of global corporate and financial institution clients. The Bank said, this is the first in a small number of potential business exits to fund incremental investment in its leading wealth management business, which aligns with the refreshed strategic priorities shared in the Group’s third quarter 2024 (Q3’24) results, aimed at accelerating income growth and returns.  Group Chief…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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