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    Saviour Chibiya, Regional Chief Executive, Absa Group, addresses staff during a town hall meeting with Absa Bank Uganda employees at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel this week. During his visit to Uganda, Chibiya emphasised Absa’s ambition to become the “bank of choice for economic development” across the markets where it operates.

    “We Want to Be the Bank of Choice for Economic Development”: Saviour Chibiya on Absa’s Strategic Bet on East Africa 

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 13, 2026March 13, 2026

    Over the past year, Absa Group has been hard to miss in East Africa. From boardroom visits and executive engagements to high-profile financing deals and infrastructure transactions, the bank has…

    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

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

    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…

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