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OBITUARY: Frank Ireri – The Banker Who Believed in Quiet, Purposeful Transformation

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryNovember 1, 2025November 1, 2025

When the story of modern Kenyan banking is written, few names will stand as quietly but as firmly as Frank Marangu Ireri’s. A man of numbers, systems, and deep conviction,…

PEOPLE, MONEY & POWER: Uganda’s 45 Most Powerful and Influential People in Banking, 2019

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryNovember 17, 2019January 15, 2023

The total assets of Uganda’s financial services industry reached UGX.45.81 trillion, or 44.3 percent of Uganda’s GDP, as at end December 2018. The banking sector, dominated 69% of these assets,…

Kenya clears NIC Bank and Commercial Bank of Africa merger; creating Kenya’s 3rd largest and Uganda’s 14th largest bank

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryOctober 2, 2019October 2, 2019

The Central Bank of Kenya and the National Treasury have granted approval for the merger of NIC Group PLC and Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA), paving way for the…

Banking: Two new banks and more headache for the industry

theceomaBusiness & MarketsJanuary 27, 2014January 27, 2014

By Taddewo Senyonyi The transition of Finance Trust (MDI) into a commercial bank and the entry of Commercial Bank of Africa brings the total number of banks in Uganda to…