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

Paul MurungiBanking & InsuranceThe Big StoryOctober 15, 2025October 22, 2025

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…

EACOP secures external financing from five regional banks

Paul MurungiAfricaGlobal NewsIndustry & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 26, 2025March 27, 2025

EACOP Ltd., the company in charge of the construction and future operation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project from Kabaale in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania has closed…

Uganda Gov’t plans to borrow over UGX 5.8 trillion in a single sitting amid rising debt concerns

Paul MurungiEast AfricaFinanceMinistries, Agencies & DepartmentsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 25, 2025March 25, 2025

A leaked memo from the Office of the Prime Minister reveals that the government of Uganda plans to review and possibly approve borrowing proposals amounting to over USD 1.6 billion…

Mumba Kalifungwa Takes Helm at Stanbic Bank Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryMarch 3, 2025March 3, 2025

Stanbic Bank Uganda, the country’s largest lender by assets, revenue, and deposits, has today, March 3, 2025, officially welcomed Mumba Kenneth Kalifungwa as its new Chief Executive.  His appointment, first…

Time Magazine Names Standard Bank Among World’s Best Companies

Paul MurungiCompany NewsSeptember 18, 2024September 18, 2024

Stanbic Uganda’s mother company—Standard Bank Group, which is also Africa’s largest bank by assets, has been recognised as one of Time Magazine’s World’s Best Companies and Newsweek’s World’s Most Trustworthy…

Standard Bank’s Sola Adegbesan⏤ Why Africa needs homegrown financing solutions to its local challenges

Sola AdegbesanCompany NewsThought LeadershipSeptember 6, 2023September 6, 2023

Africa, the second-largest continent and home to 1 billion people has long captured the imagination of the world. Today, different thinkers, and political and business leaders are preoccupied with a…

Q&A: Energy lawyer Elison Karuhanga and Patrick Mweheire, Chairman, Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum discuss the future of Uganda’s oil and gas resources

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipSeptember 26, 2022September 26, 2022

As chairman of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, what does the chamber focus on? At the Chamber, there are a few things we have tried to focus on….