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RWANDAN CEOs FIXING RWANDA⎮The unstoppable rise of the homegrown Rwandan CEO

Muhereza KyamuteteraEast Africa News & Analysis The Big StoryApril 10, 2024May 3, 2024

This April, Rwandans in Rwanda and the world over commemorate 30 years (Kwibuka30) after the ghastly genocide in which more than 1,000,000 Tutsi, were killed. But like the Rwandan President…

Meet David Opio, a Ugandan technopreneur de-risking digital lending to the financially unserved and underserved

CEO East Africa MagazineFintechs The Big StoryApril 3, 2024April 9, 2024

To reduce poverty and promote economic growth through affordable and quality financial services, the government of Uganda through the Uganda National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) II (2023 – 2028), seeks…

30 leading African startups in healthcare supply chains selected to receive novel commercialization and impact support from Gates Foundation and others

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisOctober 1, 2022October 1, 2022

Investing in Innovation (i3), a pan-African support initiative for African health supply chain start-ups, has announced its first cohort of 30 companies. Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…

Strive Masiyiwa appointed to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation new board of trustees

CEO ReporterCompany News News & AnalysisJanuary 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the appointment of a new board of trustees—including members from outside the Gates and Buffett families—to provide additional input, strategic guidance, and fiduciary…

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to concentrate more on philanthropy

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News ICTMarch 14, 2020March 14, 2020

Exactly 44 years ago, on March 13, 1976, 26-year-old Bill Gates listed his Microsoft Company, making it public. On the same day, March 13th 2020, a 64-year old Gates announced…