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Joshua Oigara

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Driving a Borderless Banking Revolution: (Left–Right) Joshua Oigara, Regional Chief Executive, Standard Bank East Africa; Patrick Mweheire, Group Executive, Regional Businesses; Mumba Kalifungwa, Chief Executive, Stanbic Bank Uganda; and Manzi Rwegasira, Chief Executive, Stanbic Bank Tanzania — the leadership team powering Standard Bank’s bold East Africa strategy that is rewriting the region’s financial playbook through cross-border investment, digital connectivity, and purpose-driven growth.

WE HAVE THE APPETITE, THE PLAN, THE PEOPLE AND THE CAPITAL: Inside Standard Bank East Africa’s Big Push to Become the Region’s Leading Bank

It began over dinner at Nairobi’s exclusive Muthaiga Club, an establishment where East Africa’s captains of industry often mix business with leisure. As Patrick Mweheire, then Regional Chief Executive of Standard Bank
November 4, 2025
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A photo collage of Dr. Joshua Oigara, the Regional Chief Executive for East Africa at Standard Bank Group and also serving co-currently as CEO of Stanbic Bank Kenya, John Gachora is the Group Managing Director and CEO of NCBA Group, Standard Bank Group CEO, Sim Tshabalala.

NCBA Shares Surge as Standard Bank’s Two-Year Courtship Nears the Finish Line

Shares of NCBA Group Plc have hit an all-time high of KSh 75.25, rising 8.27 percent from KSh 69.50, after confirmation that Africa’s largest lender, Standard Bank Group Ltd., is in advanced
October 15, 2025
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Joshua Oigara, Ex-Stanbic Kenya CEO and recent Stanbic East Africa regional chief.

Joshua Oigara Shares Masterclass on CEO–Board Alignment

Former Stanbic Bank Kenya CEO and recently the Regional Chief Executive for Stanbic, East Africa, Joshua Oigara has shared a concise but powerful set of principles on building alignment between CEOs and
September 8, 2025
Joshua Nyamweya Oigara, newly appointed Regional Chief Executive of Standard Bank East Africa, leading a USD 9 billion portfolio across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, and South Sudan, supported by a seasoned leadership team including Patrick Mweheire, Mumba Kalifungwa, and Manzi Rwegasira.
(Left to right) Joshua Nyamweya Oigara, the newly appointed Regional Chief Executive for Standard Bank East Africa, alongside Patrick Mweheire, Chief Executive of Stanbic Holdings Kenya; Mumba Kalifungwa, Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda; and Manzi Rwegasira, Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Tanzania. Together, they represent a seasoned leadership team — a key people advantage Oigara inherits as he seeks to accelerate growth, navigate market challenges, and leverage Standard Bank’s USD 9 billion East Africa portfolio into a faster, more agile regional powerhouse.

Can Joshua Oigara Leverage Standard Bank East Africa’s Strengths to Outpace Rivals?

Effective today, September 1st, Joshua Nyamweya Oigara takes over the helm of Standard Bank’s East Africa operations, becoming Regional Chief Executive for a cluster that includes Stanbic Bank Kenya, Stanbic Bank Uganda,
September 1, 2025
East Africa is our home, and we drive her growth⏤ with local talent⏤ Standard Bank Group in its planned East African race to the top is counting on local knowledge and expertise to play tough. Clockwise from the top: Patrick Mweheire, the Regional Chief Executive - East Africa; Joshua Oigara, the Stanbic Kenya Chief Executive; Manzi Rwegasira, the Stanbic Tanzania Chief Executive; Phillip Madinga, the Standard Bank Malawi Chief Executive; Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda and most recently, Francis Karuhanga, the Chief Executive, Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited.

Standard Bank Group assembles an army of homegrown executives ahead of its planned game-changing East African acquisition 

In a March 2023 interview with Bloomberg, Patrick Mweheire, the Standard Bank Group Regional Chief Executive for East Africa, told of the Group’s ambitions for the Kenyan market, revealing that the Group
December 26, 2023
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Joshua Oigara, KCB Group CEO. Courtesy photo

KCB plans to acquire DRC bank in 2 years

KCB Group has revealed plans to acquire a bank in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the next two years once it wraps up $40 million deals in Tanzania and Rwanda, Business
December 1, 2020

 

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