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Over 60 CFOs from across East Africa came together at Kampala Serena in Uganda for the much-anticipated launch of the CFO East Africa Uganda Chapter. The event was sponsored by Community Principal Partner EY and Event Associate Partner AARO.

The regional CEO of Standard Bank Group in East Africa, Patrick Mweheire, is set to deliver a keynote address at the CFO East Africa Uganda Launch Summit to be held in Kampala on the evening of 22 August 2024.

Over 100 CFOs from across East Africa came together at Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi for the much-anticipated CFO of the Future Summit, held by the CFO East Africa community, where they discussed the evolving role of finance executives.

Over 60 top Tanzanian finance leaders came together at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dar es Salaam for the much-anticipated launch of the local chapter of the CFO East Africa community. Engaging conversations were held dwelling on the agenda for an active CFO community in the country. The occasion was supported by event Principal Partner PwC.

Close to 100 CFOs from across East Africa came together at ALN House in Nairobi for the much-anticipated CFO East Africa ESG Summit, where all things sustainability, including the CFO’s role in driving the ESG agenda in organisations, were discussed.

An astounding 44 percent of CFOs anticipate that tech will supplant their senior staff within the next two decades. This striking statistic is just one of several surprising findings from the CFO East Africa tech survey, which involved over 100 CFOs representing leading companies in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.

CFO East Africa’s recent Man vs Machine Summit saw the region’s leading CFOs share their fears, futuristic thinking and a cautionary tale about a costly deep fake.

Leading CFOs from across East Africa came together at the Movenpick Hotel in Nairobi for the much-anticipated 2024 CFO East Africa Man vs Machine Summit, to discuss all things tech, including the rise of GenAI.

75 CFOs from across East Africa came together at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi for the much-anticipated launch of the CFO East Africa community, where they discussed a new era of finance.

It took one newspaper ad to set Stephen Karumbi, the CFO of Family Bank, on his remarkable journey from dedicated accounting student in high school to respected financial executive.

Coming from a poor rural background to becoming a regional finance director of a listed entity is no easy feat. However, this is exactly what British American Tobacco's Philemon Kipkemoi has done - and now he wants to pay it forward.

A passion for running led Rachael Gitonga, CFO at ZEP Re, to establish Miles4shillings, which raised over $10,000 for the Faraja Cancer Support Fund. In this CFO East Africa exclusive insight, Rachael explains the power of passion.

Purity Mumbe Sammy, CFO at East Africa Reinsurance, initially planned to retire from corporate life at the age of 35 and teach kindergarten. Now, at the designate age, she admits she is not quite ready to realise that dream.

What benefits the planet ultimately benefits customers and, in turn, businesses. These were the sobering thoughts delivered by Safaricom CFO Dilip Pal at the recent 78th United Nations General Assembly.

Josephine Njoroge, the CFO of DHL Express in Kenya and Tanzania, was presented with the incredible opportunity to work in Tanzania. She describes her more memorable experiences in this CFO East Africa exclusive insight.

From dropping out of university to take on an internship to inspiring the formation of a debt collection unit to chief accountant, George Odenyo, CFO of American Tower (ATC Kenya), has definitely not followed a stereotypical career path.

David Muriithi, director of finance at Serengeti Breweries, sees accounting as a life skill - and one that has provided a solid foundation for him to make his mark in finance in over 10 countries and across two continents.

CFO East Africa's vision to become the leading platform for finance executives from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda follows in the same bold footsteps taken by CFO South Africa more than a decade ago.

Considering the perspective of others is a personal principle by which Lawrence Kimathi, financial director of KCB Group, lives - and this code of ethics has served him well.

As CFO of a law firm comprising more than 75 lawyers, "security dad" Andrew Murimi's philosophy is to treat others as he himself would love to be treated. In his view, empathy is what distinguishes managers from leaders.