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The search for East Africa's most outstanding finance leaders is on as nominations open for the 2026 CFO Awards for East Africa.

Hosted at the stunning Emara Ole Sereni in Nairobi, the inaugural CFO East Africa Awards, dubbed the “Oscars of Finance”, was a remarkable evening dedicated to celebrating excellence and leadership within the finance profession.

Besides the illustrious CFO of the Year title, Dilip also received the Strategy Execution Award.

With only a day left until the inaugural CFO Awards for East Africa, four more partners have come on board.

The firm adds its support to the region’s most anticipated annual celebration of CFO excellence.

The firm joins the growing list of partners supporting the region’s most prestigious awards for finance leaders.

Among the partners are AAR Insurance, ALN, Cold Solutions Kenya, EABL, Equity Bank, GardaWorld, ICEA Lion, Kenya Power, Safaricom and SBSL.

The bank has come on board as a partner for the first-ever CFO Awards, demonstrating its commitment to supporting outstanding finance leadership.

Absa Bank Kenya has joined as a partner for the 2025 CFO Awards for East Africa, the region’s most prestigious celebration of finance leadership.

During the first-ever CFO East Africa Virtual Summit, titled CFO Ideas Worth Sharing, a breakout session on strategy brought together more than 50 finance executives. The conversation revealed that CFOs across East Africa are stepping into broader leadership roles.

East Africa’s financial leaders are navigating a world where their roles are no longer confined to the balance sheet. Nearly 200 of the region’s finance leaders gathered for CFO East Africa’s first-ever virtual summit titled CFO Ideas Worth Sharing.

Hundreds of leading CFOs from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda gathered online for CFO East Africa’s first Virtual Summit, titled CFO Ideas Worth Sharing.

CFO East Africa’s first-ever virtual summit titled CFO Ideas Worth Sharing convened nearly 200 of the region’s finance leaders for a powerful session that tackled topics that remain top-of-mind for CFOs. Over three hours, a series of speakers shared insights that touched on the realities of financial leadership today.

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Hilda has over a decade of experience in leading finance functions and seeing teams through strategic and operational decision-making at market giants in Lesotho and Tanzania.

Titus has served as the CFO of Ecobank Rwanda since April 2011.

At the 2025 CFO East Africa ESG Summit held on 10 July, the theme of financing cut across all discussions. While ESG frameworks continue to evolve, the actual flow of capital tells a more complicated story where large firms edge ahead and smaller players risk being left behind.

Until May 2025, Toussaint served as the chief finance and administration officer at Rwanda’s National Cyber Security Authority.

The second annual CFO ESG Summit saw finance leaders from across East Africa come together at the Emara Ole Sereni in Nairobi to explore the CFO’s role in ESG. Against the backdrop of a changing finance function, they discussed the sustainability imperative, sharing common points of concern.

John Githiomi, group CFO of Rubis Energy Kenya, also serves as a board director.