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Members of the inaugural advisory and governing boards of the CIO-CxO Digital Leadership Forum pose for a group photo following their official unveiling in Kampala. The newly appointed leadership, comprising top-tier executives from Uganda’s banking, telecommunications, and public sectors, is tasked with overseeing the forum’s strategic mission to bridge the national digital skills gap and foster a more integrated technology ecosystem over the next decade.

CIO-CxO Forum names leadership boards to bridge Uganda digital skills gap

The CIO-CxO Digital Leadership Forum has appointed its inaugural advisory and governing boards, selecting a group of regional technology executives to oversee a mission centered on closing the country’s digital skills gap.

April 25, 2026

The Big Story

The MTN MoMo Exco team,(clockwise from the top): Richard Yego, Managing Director; Jemima Kariuki, Chief Products Officer; Stephen Mutana, Chief of Strategy and Stakeholder Management; Sarah Bateta Okwi, Chief Financial Officer; Albert Gitta, Chief of Information Technology; Alex Wekoye, Chief Commercial Officer; Israel Mayengo, Head of Risk and Compliance; Stephen Wakhula, Head Internal Audit; William Senfuma, Head of Business Intelligence; Peter Ochen, General Manager, Financial Operations; Joachim Masagazi, Head of Human Resources and Sheila Kawooya, Head of Corporate Services.

PROFILES⎮ Meet MTN MoMo’s fluent-in-fintech dozen leading the search for Mo shared growth

Of this, MTN Mobile Money (U) Limited (MTN MoMo) the fintech subsidiary of MTN Uganda, Uganda’s largest telco commanded a lofty market share of 12.36 million active customers (56% market share). MTN

July 11, 2024

Company News·Executive Profiles·The Big Story

Left-Right: MTN MoMo senior executives⏤ Richard Yego, the Managing Director; Jemima Kariuki-Njuguna, the Chief Product Officer; Stephen Mutana, the Chief of Strategy and Stakeholder Management; Sarah Bateta Okwi, the Chief Financial Officer and Alex Wekoye, the Chief Commercial Officer.

3 years after being spun off the parent company, MTN Mobile Money is emerging into Uganda’s largest fintech

Ahead of the fintech’s 3rd anniversary, CEO East Africa Magazine’s Executive Editor, Muhereza Kyamutetera, spoke to Richard Yego as well as Jemima Kariuki-Njuguna, the Chief Product Officer; Stephen Mutana, the Chief of

June 4, 2024

CEO Perspectives·News & Analysis·The Big Story