Mumba Kalifungwa, Managing Director, Absa Bank Uganda Absa Bank Uganda has been recognised by the Central Bank as the Best Performing Bank in Uganda Government Securities for December 2020. The award was established by the Central Bank recognising financial institutions for their successful participation in the trading of government securities,
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Irene Mutyaba Kabiri (pictured) has been appointed Corporate Banking Director at Absa Bank Uganda. A seasoned Banker with over 16 years’ experience in the banking industry, she was previously the Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda. She has vast experience across all segments having served in various
Read MoreThe December 2020 Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update released by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development i has indicated that lending institutions approved loans worth She2.6Trn in the first quarter of 2020/2021 between July-September 2020. The report that was signed off by Moses Kaggwa Acting Director Economic Affairs
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dfcu Bank has appointed Veronica Sentongo (pictured) as the Bank’s Chief Change & Innovation Officer who will support the implementation of its growth and transformation strategy with specific focus on driving the digital agenda. Prior to joining dfcu Bank, she served as Group Head of Digital Innovation at ICEA LION in Nairobi, where she
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By Denis Jjuuko The politics and COVID-19 infections and deaths may be stealing the limelight at the moment but something else is happening in the country that is leading to heartaches. It is the economy. When you open the newspapers, you see businesses and individuals facing foreclosures. Roko, a famous
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By Nicolas Malaki, Chief Investment Officer, Sanlam 2020 was quite eventful but I will try to move through the months as memory serves me. So we opened with global politics, US killing Iranian Gen Kassim Suleimani which caused oil prices shot from 50 to 80usd a barrel shortly after drones had hit
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Dr James Mwangi, Group Chief Executive Officer of EGH Equity Group holdings Plc (EGH) has received regulatory approval to merge Equity Bank Congo (EBC) and BCDC to form a new bank. Going forward, the new bank will be known as, Equity Banque Commercial du Congo (EquityBCDC). This follows EGH’s acquisition of 66.53%
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Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa Bank Uganda MD (L) and Harriette Kasirye, Head of Marketing & Corporate Relations, pose with the certificates received by the bank. Absa Bank Uganda has been named the Banking Group Brand of the Year (Uganda) and Best CSR Bank (Uganda) 2020 by the Global Banking & Finance
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Vimal Kumar, Chief Executive of Retail & Business Banking, Digital and CX at Absa Regional Operations In bringing its customers’ possibility to life, Absa Group Limited’s Regional Operations (ARO) has been recognised as leading industry player at this year’s, Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards (GRB). A Digital Banker initiative, the
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Michael Mugabi (R), the Managing Director of Housing Finance Bank receiving the award Housing Finance Bank has been named the most innovative bancassurance agent for the year 2020 at the inaugural Annual Insurance innovation awards held at Serena Hotel Kampala on December 18, 2020. Receiving the accolade, Michael Mugabi, the
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