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Patrick Mweheire

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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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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
Francis Karuhanga, Chief Executive, Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL); Anne Juuko, East Africa Global Markets Executive Head—Standard Bank Group; Patrick Mweheire, Regional Chief Executive for East Africa, Standard Bank Group; Catherine Poran, hitherto, Standard Bank Mozambique’s Executive Head of Corporate Investment Banking, but now Chief Executive, Stanbic Business Incubator; Doreen Rwakatungu Musiime, Chief Audit Officer, Standard Bank Group; Kenneth Kitungulu, Africa Regions, Head of Trading, Standard Bank Group and David Kenneth Mutaka—Executive Head, People and Culture, Standard Bank Mauritius.

SPOTLIGHT: Uganda shines as Stanbic exports top banking executives to Africa

In a show of the country’s human capital prowess, Stanbic Bank Uganda, the country’s largest commercial lender, has exported several top banking executives to the rest of Africa in a space of
September 9, 2024
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A photo montage of the new Governing Council at the Chamber of Mines and Petroleum . From top left: Mr. Aggrey Ashaba, Ms. Pamela Nantamba, Ms. Catherine Wabomba, Mr Gibson Nangono, Ms. Mariam Nampeera, Mr. Jonan Kisakye, Ms. Aminah Bukenya, Mr. Humphrey Asiimwe, and Mr. Adbul Kibuuka. Others include. Mr. Peter Muliisa, Dr Hinton Jennifer, and Mr. Patience Singo.

Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum welcomes new leadership

The Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum (UCMP) at a recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) elected new leaders to its Board of Trustees and Governing Council. The new leaders serve for the
August 17, 2024
Left-Right: Standard Bank Group (SBG) Board Chairman Nonkululeko Nyembezi (left); the Chief Executive, Sim Tshabalala (2nd left) and Patrick Mweheire (centre), the Standard Bank’s Regional Chief Executive for East Africa, met with Central Bank officials, Dr. Atingi-Ego (2nd right) and Twinemanzi (right).

Standard Bank Group Chief Executive Sim Tshabalala, Board Chair Nonkululeko Nyembezi meet BOU officials over changes at Stanbic 

The Standard Bank Group (SBG) Chief Executive Sim Tshabalala and Board Chairman Nonkululeko Nyembezi were reportedly in Uganda for two days, last week, during which they held meetings with different stakeholders including
April 8, 2024
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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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