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Kenya’s financial markets remained stable as the shilling held firm, remittances rose, and equities gained, even as bond market activity slowed and global pressures from oil prices and geopolitics intensified.
Kenya’s financial markets remained stable as the shilling held firm, remittances rose, and equities gained, even as bond market activity slowed and global pressures from oil prices and geopolitics intensified.

Kenya Shilling Holds Firm as Remittances Rise and Markets Show Mixed Signals – Central Bank Report

Kenya’s financial markets displayed a mix of resilience and caution during the week ending March 12, with the Kenya Shilling holding steady against major currencies. Remittances continued to rise, and equities posted
March 14, 2026
Bernice Kamahunde Mvano, Stanbic Bank’s Head of Wealth and Investment, says building generational wealth starts with clear goals, disciplined planning, and diversification, backed by a trusted partner guiding clients through every stage.
Bernice Kamahunde Mvano, Stanbic Bank’s Head of Wealth and Investment, says building generational wealth starts with clear goals, disciplined planning, and diversification, backed by a trusted partner guiding clients through every stage.

Diversify to Grow: Stanbic Bank’s Bernice Kamahunde Mvano on Building and Protecting Generational Wealth

In a rapidly evolving financial landscape, Stanbic Bank is strengthening its role as a trusted companion for individuals and families seeking to build and preserve generational wealth. According to Bernice Kamahunde Mvano,
December 20, 2025
Some of Uganda's top performing bankers. Top row: Absa Bank MD, David Wandera, Centenary Bank MD, Fabian Kasi, Stanbic Bank CEO. Bottom row: dfcu Bank MD, Mumba Kalifungwa, Equity Bank Uganda CEO, Gift Shoko and PostBank MD, Julius Kakeeto,

Ugandan Banks Post Record UGX 1.9 Trillion Profit as Customer Deposits Surge to UGX 41.6 Trillion-BoU Report

Uganda’s banking sector has cemented its recovery and resilience, posting a record UGX 1.9 trillion net profit for the year ended June 2025. This was a nearly an increase of UGX400 billion
October 13, 2025
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Former Attorney General William Byaruhanga. Known for his ties to President Yoweri Museveni and his sprawling domestic holdings in real estate, hospitality, agribusiness, and law, the former attorney-general has steadily been transforming into a regional financier.

Former AG William Byaruhanga Acquires Billion-Shilling Stake in Kenya’s Sidian Bank

Former Ugandan Attorney General William Byaruhanga has extended his footprint beyond Kampala’s legal and real estate corridors into Nairobi’s financial sector, in a billion-shilling bet that reshapes the ownership of Sidian Bank,
September 16, 2025
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Patrick Ayota, the NSSF Uganda Managing Director (left) and Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego the Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor, at the just-ended 2024 Absa Economic Outlook Forum. They both believe in an urgent need for pension reforms to allow for redirection of investments into the real sector.

Banks and pension funds feast on gov’t securities gravy train as businesses get more starved of credit and choked by high interest rates.

The government of Uganda’s continued uncontrolled borrowing from commercial banks via government securities and at anti-market rates to the detriment of the private sector dominated the greater part of the just-ended Absa
February 19, 2024

 

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