Prof Samuel Sejjaaka has been appointed the new board chairman of monitor publications limited, one of Uganda’s leading news dailies with effect from 1st February 2022. Prof Sejjaaka has built a reputable career over the years both in the academic and business world. He has a vast experience as a financial consultant spanning over twenty five years. A fellow of the association of chattered accountants and a certified public accountant of Uganda, Samuel is the principal and principal owner of Mat Abacus, a premier training institute of professional accountants in Uganda. Before he retired from active teaching, Prof Sejjaaka…
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Airtel Rwanda has appointed Jean Claude Gaga the new Managing Director Airtel Money. In a notice, Airtel Rwanda says: “We have the pleasure to introduce to you Jean Claude GAGA who has joined Airtel Rwanda as managing director Airtel Money.” Prior to joining Airtel Rwanda, he served as Commercial Director Equity Bank, CEO at Rwanda’s national electronic payment processor, RSwitch, delivering payment interoperability and transaction processing services to financial institutions. He steered the company through its first EMV certification as a third party processor for key international card schemes such as VISA and China Union Pay among others. He led…
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Uganda’s top law firm KTA Advocates has appointed Asmahaney Saad, as its incoming Managing Partner (in rotation) who takes over from the outgoing Managing Partner, Kenneth Muhangi. Kenneth, as Managing Partner Emeritus served from January 2020 to December 2021 and remains Partner Lead & Head of technology, media, telecommunications and intellectual property (TMT/IP) practice department of the firm. An experienced advisor in Corporate, Governance, Commercial Transactions, Projects (including oil and gas) and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Asmahaney was called to the bar in 2008 and previously practiced as in-house counsel for international companies operating in Uganda’s telecom and oil and…
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XENO, a goal-based investment service that helps people to plan, save, and invest for their financial goals, appointed Ms. Gladys Kavuma as the Chief Operating Officer. Kavuma has over 13 years’ experience in the financial services industry and has led teams across Africa in Strategy, Business Development, Digital Transformation, Project Management and Treasury Management functions. She was most recently the Head of Strategic Alliances at NCBA Group, a leading regional financial services institution famous for pioneering mobile savings and loans solutions (M-Shwari, M-Pawa & MoKash) in collaboration with some of Africa’s largest mobile network operators. She believes that digital and…
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MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited, the wholly owned mobile money subsidiary of MTN Uganda, has picked Richard Yego as its first substantive Managing Director, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal. According to impeccable sources, Richard, a Ugandan Executive with 16+ years’ experience in banking and digital financial services— six in banking and over 10 years in digital financial services has already put pen to paper on his lucrative contract and is set to start work this or next month. MTN Mobile Money Uganda was spun off MTN Uganda, the largest telecom company in a regulatory sanctioned move, following the…
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Standard Chartered (the Group) has announced the appointment of Dr. Sandie Okoro as Group General Counsel. She will be reporting to Group CEO, Bill Winters and be based in the UK. Dr. Okoro is currently Senior Vice President and World Bank Group General Counsel, and Vice President for Compliance at the World Bank, and will join the Group in early-April 2022. Speaking about the appointment, Bill Winters said: “We’re delighted to have a General Counsel of Sandie’s calibre joining Standard Chartered. Her extensive experience, industry achievements and accomplishments, and focus on championing social justice make her ideally suited for the…
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Arise, a leading African investment company backed by three reputable cornerstone investors, namely Norfund, Rabobank, and FMO has appointed Mr. Albert Jonkergouw as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Arise as of 1 January 2022. “We are pleased to announce that the Arise Supervisory Board and shareholders have appointed Albert Jonkergouw as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Arise as of 1 January 2022. Mr. Jonkergouw, who joined Arise in July last year as the Chief Financial Risk Officer, also serves as a member of the Arise Management Board,” they announced. “With the support of the Arise team he will…
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Ferdinand Kamya has been appointed the new Tax Director at Libra Advocates and Consultants. “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Tax Director at Libra Advocates and Consultants,” he said of his new position. Ferdinand is a committed tax consultant with strong communication, negotiation and analytical skills with a proven track record of eight years with leading providers of world class professional services in Uganda, having been exposed to a comprehensive array of tax consulting and compliance opportunities’. He has a proven track record in business development and sales from a local an international standpoint, with…
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Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe has appointed a Ugandan, Geoffrey Ndugwa, as the new Chief Executive Officer. His appointment took effect on December 15, 2021. On his appointment, Ndugwa said: “I am honored and excited in equal measure to be joining the dynamic Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe family! Looking forward to #buildingprogress for all our stakeholders in the weeks and months ahead.” Prior to this appointment, Ndugwa was Chief Executive Officer at Lafarge Malawi from December 2019 to November 2021.Geoffrey brings extensive experience in the cement industry spanning over 17 years working in various capacities across Africa. Some of his notable appointments in the past…
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Adrian Bukenya-Mulindwa has been appointed as the Mastercard Foundation new country head for Uganda. Bukenya succeeds Samuel Yalew Adela who was recently deployed to Ethiopia where he is serving as the Mastercard Foundation’s country head. Bukenya, a seasoned executive brings on board his over 20 years of professional experience in the energy, infrastructure, and financial services sectors. The Foundation expects their new country head to continue driving the vision and roll out of their Young Africa Works strategy in Uganda. “The strategy, which was launched in Uganda in July 2020, aims to enable more than three million young people in…
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