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What East Africa’s Senior Executives Are Reading in 2026 — and Why It Matters

Paul MurungiCEO Perspectives Leadership & Governance The Big StoryJanuary 20, 2026January 20, 2026

Frank Molla, Managing Director for Africa at payments giant MDP, is a strong believer that books are quiet mentors and companions that steer leaders toward depth, courage, and beautifully human leadership. Read with intention, he believes, books help leaders lead with wisdom and shape cultures. Driven by this conviction, Molla spoke to a number of leaders across Eastern Africa to gain a glimpse into what they are already reading or plan to read in 2026. Most of the leaders he engaged are past speakers at the Executive Connect Club, an initiative he founded in Nairobi, Kenya, and which has since…

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AdWoman on a Mission: How Edna Torana, Scanad Uganda’s New Boss, Is Re-Engineering the Agency for the AI Age

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big Story Women In LeadershipJanuary 12, 2026January 27, 2026

Edna Torana, Scanad Uganda’s new Country Lead, did not come to the top of Uganda’s advertising industry by being parachuted into power. She came up the hard way — through client meetings that ran late, briefs that changed mid-stream, and campaigns that only succeed when both the numbers and the narrative work. She entered advertising the way many great agency leaders do: close to the work and close to the client. Over the last 15 years, she has built her reputation across some of the most demanding sectors in the economy — finance, telecoms, FMCG, health and social marketing, insurance,…

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GE HealthCare Appoints Dr. Alex Oketch, East Africa General Manager

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News Executive ProfilesSeptember 17, 2025September 17, 2025

GE HealthCare, a leading global MedTech company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has appointed Dr. Alex Oketch as General Manager for East Africa. The leadership transition reinforces the company’s commitment to…

Billionaire Dangote gathers Africa’s billionaires and movers and shakers in Kigali, to shape Africa’s transformation agenda

Paul MurungiThe Big StorySeptember 14, 2024September 15, 2024

The President and Chief Executive of the Pan-African conglomerate, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote (www.Dangote.com), has called on African business leaders to take the lead in transforming the continent. Speaking at the just concluded African Renaissance Retreat held in Kigali, Rwanda, Dangote pointed out that despite significant challenges besetting Africa, its youthful population and abundant resources, including about 30% of the world’s mineral reserves and the largest reserves of gold, cobalt, uranium, platinum, and diamonds, offer opportunities for substantial and inclusive growth. “Additionally, we have 65% of the world’s arable land and 10% of the planet’s internal renewable freshwater sources. Together…

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