Daniel started running in 2016 to get fit. A decade later, the recreational runner has graduated from half marathons to the full marathon, with each run teaching him lessons about discipline and knowing when to slow down.

The region's first dedicated creative economy investment fund brings its senior finance team into East Africa's most active community of finance leaders.

Flora Makule, CFO at Reliance Insurance Company Tanzania, is among the nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with over 17 years of experience across insurance and banking in Tanzania.

As head of finance and operations at both PHAT! Music & Entertainment and Yakwetu, James Mwenda believes that the modern CFO’s greatest asset is the quality to never stop learning and an ability to connect people through effective communication. 

At the CFO East Africa Sustainability Summit in Kampala, Stanbic Bank Uganda CEO Mumba Kalifungwa said sustainability needs to be understood across the enterprise while finance leaders connect reporting requirements with long-term value.

One of the world's most recognised skincare brands brings its finance team into CFO East Africa's community of C-suite finance leaders.

Ezekiel Lovililo, CFO at NICOL, is among the nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with over a decade of financial leadership across insurance and the public sector in Tanzania.

Daisy Wanjie has spent her career at the intersection of finance and impact. She explains how the organisation she helps lead is closing one of the continent's most persistent financing gaps.

Finance leaders at the CFO East Africa Sustainability Summit in Kampala argued that sustainability has moved from a side project into the centre of financial strategy.

The CFO East Africa Sustainability Summit in Kampala dived into the growing role of CFOs in ESG and the need to tailor global frameworks to local realities.

I&M Bank Uganda brings its senior finance team into East Africa's most active community of finance leaders, signing up as a corporate member of CFO East Africa.

Emmanuel Mugagga, CFO at Uganda National Oil Company, is among the nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with over 25 years of finance experience across the oil and gas industry.

Fredrick Kahenya’s ability to enter organisations and build finance functions from the ground has helped transform several organisations into businesses prepared for sustained growth. The group CFO of Osprey Renewables sees leadership as an opportunity to shape strategy and develop people who will one day lead without him.

The Kisima Farm group CFO joins the council alongside eight other young professionals from across Britam's operating markets.

East Africa's largest banking group brings its senior finance leadership into CFO East Africa, as KCB Group signs up as a corporate member of the community.

Her remit now extends beyond FP&A and investor relations to cover financial controlling, reporting, tax, treasury, shared services, and credit collections.

Dederi Wimana, CFO at I&M Bank Rwanda, is among the second cohort of nominees for the 2026 CFO East Africa Awards, with over two decades of banking and finance experience in Rwanda.

Nahashon Gathai, director of finance and strategy at AA Kenya, has built a career by stepping into uncertainty. For the finance executive, the future belongs to those willing to learn continuously and welcome innovation.

Every finance leader eventually comes face to face with the need for automation. The harder question is which change actually earns a permanent place once the systems are in and the old habits are gone. CRDB Bank CFO Fredrick Nshekanabo, Heritage Insurance GM finance and administration Luke Magambo, and Vodacom Tanzania finance director Hilda Bujiku share the one process they automated that changed their work for good.

Post-harvest food loss drains billions of shillings from the agricultural economy every year. Newton Matope, CEO of Cold Solutions Kenya, explains how an unbroken cold chain brings predictability to the region's volatile logistics networks, and why he views regulatory hurdles as an invitation to design better infrastructure.