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Uganda Economic Development

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.
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 

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 steadily increased
March 13, 2026
Stanbic Bank Uganda senior leadership portraits featuring executives alongside key messages from the Keep Growing campaign, highlighting the bank’s commitment to financial inclusion, national development, and household prosperity.
Left–Right: Stanbic Bank Uganda’s senior leadership team — Tunde Thorpe, Catherine A. Poran, Paul Bitature Muganwa, Chief Executive Mumba Kalifungwa, Samuel Fredrick Mwogeza, Tichaona Makonese, and Grace Semakula — have each committed to leveraging their respective portfolios to power Uganda’s economic growth under the new Keep Growing campaign. The 18-month campaign reaffirms Stanbic’s renewed commitment to driving Uganda’s progress, expanding access to finance for women, youth, and farmers, and anchoring national development at a time when the wider banking sector is tightening credit.

Why Stanbic Bank’s Keep Growing Campaign Matters Now—As Uganda Faces Rising Credit Demand Amidst Sector Tightening

Stanbic Bank Uganda has launched a powerful new brand campaign—Keep Growing—positioned as both a celebration of Uganda’s resilience and a reaffirmation of the bank’s role in powering the nation’s long-term progress. Running
November 18, 2025
National Planning Authority Executive Director Dr Joseph Muvawala (R) being presented his certificate of participation and presentation by ICPAU president Constant Mayende at the recent 10th CPA Economic Forum

NPA analyses Uganda’s economic development journey since 1986

The National Planning Authority (NPA) has unveiled the history and analysis of Uganda’s Economic Development since the year, 1986. The analysis was given by Dr Joseph Muvawala, Executive Director, NPA at the
July 27, 2022

 

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