Mathias Katamba is the Board Chairman of UNOC. He is a Governance, Leadership and Strategy Consultant, as well as an Executive Coach with over 25 years of high-level corporate experience. He is the Founder and Team Leader at MAKLEAD, a consulting and business advisory firm and currently serves on several Boards in multiple sectors. He is also an accomplished Banker and has previously served as Chief Executive of 3 commercial Banks (Finance Trust Bank, Housing Finance Bank and dfcu Bank) in addition to co-founding Progression Capital Africa, an East African Financial Inclusion Private Equity Fund. He has in addition previously…
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Since reaching FID in February 2022, Uganda has kicked off a massive oil drilling campaign with four oil rigs⏤ three of them at the TotalEnergies-operated USD4-5 billionTilenga Project in Buliisa and Nwoya districts, and one rig at the CNOOC-run USD2-3 billionKingfisher Project in Kikuube in the Albertine Graben. As of June 2024, TotalEnergies had made considerable progress in drilling over 35 oil wells with a projection of drilling 98 wells by the end of 2024. Seven oil wells had so far been drilled at the KingFisher Project alongside other engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) works. Construction works for the USD5…
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#1 Joan Mugenzi Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Joan is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a Certified Transformational Master Coach with 385 hours of coach training and over 850 hours of coaching. Joan has trained in coaching up to the highest level (Mastery), and wholly believes in the need for people to experience professional coaching. She is the Founding president of the International Coaching Federation Uganda Chapter. Whether one is getting into a new job, moving into the next opportunity within the organization, grappling with management and leadership transition role, or planning on exiting, Joan enjoys facilitating the conversations. Through…
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Charles Mudiwa, the former Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank Kenya is tipped to become the next Chief Executive Officer of dfcu Bank in Uganda, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal. Dfcu Bank’s CEO Mathias Katamba, resigned from the bank this month and is set to leave at the end of January 2023. In his place, William Sekabembe, the Executive Director and Chief Commercial Officer has been designated by the board, as Ag. Chief Executive Officer. “The board was looking for someone who has run a large bank with a solid and demonstrable results record. They found that in…
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Mathias Katamba, the outgoing Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Uganda’s dfcu Bank, has spoken to CEO East Africa Magazine, confirming he is exiting the bank, which he has headed since December 2018. In an exclusive interview with this reporter, Katamba, a banker with over 23 years of experience, said he was quitting for what he called “personal reasons” and that his departure had been “mutually agreed with the board”. “It is true that I will be leaving dfcu bank at the end of January, after what has been four interesting years,” he told CEO East Africa Magazine, adding:…
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Members of the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) held their Annual General Meeting on the 13th of May 2022 and elected Sarah Arapta, as the new Chairperson of the association’s Executive Committee. Arapta, the Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Uganda, takes over from Mathias Katamba, the Managing Director of dfcu Bank, whose two-year term (2020 and 2021) has elapsed. Arapta has been Katamba’s deputy on the outgoing committee which also included Varghese Thambi, the Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Trust Bank as the treasurer as well as Sam Ntulume the Executive Director, of I&M Bank Uganda as the Auditor. Albert Saltson,…
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It is now two years since ICF Uganda was founded. Briefly take us through these two years and the key highlights therein that are worth celebrating. JM: I would describe ICF Uganda as the home to professional coaches; professional coaches in the sense that every member of the ICF Uganda chapter has been trained and certified to practice coaching. Our coaches are also part of a global network of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)- one of the fastest growing coaching bodies that uphold global standards of coaching. Being part of ICF Global means that we are held to the highest…
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dfcu Bank, Makerere University and the Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development has announced a strategic partnership that will create a platform to support young entrepreneurs advance ideas on innovative solutions for enterprises that create socio-economic impact in Uganda. Through the dfcu Graduate Development Programme, the Bank and the Makerere Innovation and Incubation Center (MIIC) will run a structured innovation/incubation programme for a pre-determined number of youth, starting with 5 innaugural trainees in 2021 with a mind to ramp up the numbers over the next five (5) years. This will enable an eco system of innovation and effectively exposing…
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dfcu Bank in partnership with the Buganda Kingdom has called upon Ugandans to continue being vigilant in the fight against HIV/AIDS especially among the Girl Child. This was re-echoed during the Katikkiro of Buganda’s courtesy visit to the bank’s head office ahead of the upcoming Kabaka Birthday Run slated for the 29th November 2020. This year’s Kabaka Birthday Run is under the theme ‘Men against AIDS to Save the Girl Child’ and will be a virtual event to curb the spread of COVID-19 as per the Ministry of Health guidelines. Speaking during the event, dfcu Bank’s CEO, Mathias Katamba reiterated…
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How was 2019 for dfcu Bank? In 2019, we steered the organisation through another year of success and growth; the operating environment was generally positive with a few challenges along the way, dfcu continued to demonstrate resilience and market leadership in the various segments that we serve. We delivered robust growth in the business and witnessed increased uptake of the Bank’s products and services year on year. Our stakeholder engagement across the multiple value chains of business and community also increased as we made a meaningful contribution towards the social-economic transformation of households and communities where we serve. Based on…
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