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Standard Chartered Bank Kenya appoints Gladys Warirah (Left) as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, following the resignation of long serving CFO Chemutai Murgor (Right).

StanChart Kenya Appoints Gladys Warirah as New CFO and Executive Director After Chemutai Murgor’s Resignation

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has announced changes to its board and senior management, appointing Gladys Warirah as the new Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director while confirming the resignation of long serving

February 26, 2026

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Kenny Fihla’s bold tech-led retail reset sees him tap Sitoyo Lopokoiyit to power Absa’s next phase of reinvention.

What Absa Group’s Hiring of M-PESA’s Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Reveals About Kenny Fihla’s Strategic Intentions

Hardly two weeks after Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla concluded a high-level working visit to Nairobi, Kenya, the Group this week announced that it had hired Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as its new Head

February 13, 2026

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A photo collage of StanChart Africa CEO Dalu Ajene, outgoing CEO Kariuki Ngari, AND StanChart’s new Kenya chief executive. Biju Sanghrajka.

StanChart Names Nigerian Banker Dalu Ajene as its New Africa CEO Replacing Kenya’s Kariuki Ngari

Standard Chartered Bank has announced a series of top leadership changes across its African operations, naming Nigerian banker Dalu Ajene as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Africa. The appointment comes

January 22, 2026

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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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