Stanbic Bank Kenya partners with the 2025 CFO Awards for East Africa

Before an audience of more than 100 CFOs, CFO East Africa’s trusted partners had just four minutes to make their pitches before the buzzer sounded at the community’s first-ever Pitch Parade.

Lawrence Kimathi, group CFO at KCB, is among the nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with over 20 years of financial leadership across banking, insurance, beverages and tobacco in East Africa and beyond.

The operator of Tanzania's largest container handling facility brings a cross-functional leadership team into CFO East Africa as it takes up a corporate membership.

As part of its corporate membership, ATC, which powers mobile connectivity across Africa, brings its senior finance team into the community.

Jacqueline Kiwanuka, CFO at Uganda Electricity Distribution Company (UECDL), is among the nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with 20 years of financial leadership across Uganda's public and private sectors.

KPMG Uganda country managing partner Stephen Ineget spoke at the CFO Sustainability Summit at Four Points by Sheraton Kampala on August 13, where he said companies need to bring ESG into their financial planning as Uganda prepares for IFRS S1 and S2 reporting.