PostBank Uganda has appointed Doreen Asaasira Muhangazi as its Chief Human Resource Officer. Her appointment took effect, February 2023. Doreen joins PostBank from Sanlam Life Insurance (Sanlam Group) where she has been the Regional Human Resource Executive, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Doreen launched her people-shepherding career at the Office of the President in Uganda as an HR Assistant. She then went on to work with Centum Investment Company Limited in Kenya as a Senior HR Business Partner for five (5) years before joining Sanlam, first as Head Of Human Resources at Sanlam Life Insurance(U) Limited. She later moved to Nairobi…
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Africa.Com has released the 3rd edition of its annual Africa.com Definitive List of Women CEOs⏤ a data-driven list of 93 women running big businesses on the African continent. The data-driven list is built on data provided by Bloomberg. Launched in 2010, Africa.com is a media holding company with an extensive array of platforms that reach a global audience interested in African content and community. “This year’s list of 93 women represents 17 countries who have qualified based on either large-scale revenue or large-scale market capitalisation. The list includes 40 women from South Africa, 12 from Nigeria, and 6 from Egypt, Ghana…
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The League of East African Directors (LEAD) has announced the appointment of Pheona Nabasa Wall as its first-ever CEO. LEAD is a not-for-profit organisation which was formed after realising that many East African companies in need of directors did not have a consolidated reference point for the selection and training of active and potential directors and tended to rely on personal references and “club” like structures to make board-level appointments. The mission of LEAD is ‘Equipping of Boards for the advancement of East African businesses’. LEAD has supported the selection of directors for organisations in the East African region for…
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The interview takes place at her office on the 11th floor of the imposing Crested Towers building where Stanbic Uganda corporate headquarters are located. Getting there earlier than the noon appointment on a Tuesday afternoon, I am asked to wait in the lobby overlooking the parliament of Uganda, the green serenity of Serena hotel and the Victorian architectural marvel of the UBC headquarters. Thirty minutes past noon, Anne as she is fondly called by colleagues emerges from an adjoining conference room with the bank’s People and Culture head, David Mutaka, and half a dozen young persons with physical disability who…
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Although she confesses she can sometimes be impatient, she has for the last 15 years and for that matter, in all her post-school life, worked for only one employer- PwC. She has risen through the ranks from an entry-level in 2007 to where she is now. Over the last 15 years, she has garnered a wealth of experience that among others includes, general tax compliance management, carrying out tax health checks and due diligence reviews, managing tax controversies and dispute resolution, transfer pricing and international tax advisory and general tax and regulatory support to businesses. A lawyer by training, Crystal,…
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Very few people in Uganda understand serving the rural poor and the bottom of the financial chain like Mercy Sande Ainomugisha does. She has spent most of her 18-year banking career working for some of Uganda’s leading financial institutions that focus on serving the financially vulnerable such as Finca Uganda, Finance Trust Bank, UGAFODE and most recently VisionFund Uganda where she is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. At VisionFund where she assumed leadership in June 2019, she has been at the forefront of transforming the organisation from a nearly rundown and loss-making institution to a dynamic, promising and…
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Pearl Nimusiima, a seasoned communications and marketing specialist with experience spanning over 10 years has been appointed the Public Affairs and Communications Manager for Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU). Pearl, has worked in both the private and public sectors supporting projects with strategy development and implementation of various communication campaigns. Her communications knowledge covers corporate reputation business strategy development and implementation; stakeholder identification, management and engagement; media management; fundraising, concept development, grievance management, and crisis communications. Before CCBU, Pearl worked for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), UNICAF University, Hill + Knowlton Strategies as well as Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Pearl…
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Airtel Uganda one of two of Uganda’s lead telecommunications companies has appointed 4 female executives to key positions in its product portfolios. In the appointments announced today, Ms Jacqueline Kyomuhendo has been appointed the Head of Voice, Ms. Noela Byuma, has been appointed the Head, of Brand Marketing and Communications and Ms Joweria Nabakka has been appointed to head the Airtel Data and Devices portfolio. Ms Connie Nankya, previously at Movit Uganda Limited, has joined their Airtel Money business as Head of Marketing. As head of Voice, Jacqueline will be in charge of the bucket that contributes over 50% of…
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Ecobank, the leading pan-African bank, on Monday March 7th, 2022, announced the launch of a revamped Ellevate program focused on giving women-owned businesses; businesses with a high percentage of female employees or board members or businesses making products for women, access to a variety of specialty tools and resources needed to thrive and prosper. The Ellevate Programme is a membership offering that provides a specialist suite of services designed to reduce barriers faced by women in business, through a three-tier approach, namely, smarter cash management and collections, favourable lending rates as well as empowerment through leadership training, support and development….
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Jyotsna Ruparelia Jyotsna is a director of Ruparelia Group of Companies and also a co-founder of the Ruparelia Foundation and she heads the grants division. She is an active board member of several group companies of the Ruparelia Group. Jyotsna Ruparelia has been instrumental on the growth and expansion of the Ruparelia Group business with active participation in the operations and management of the insurance, property development and investments and all other business ventures, assisting in making policy decisions and directing the management in the successful operation of the of the various businesses. Her expertise is in foreign exchange operations and financial management….
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