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Dennis Musau, chief financial and value officer of Stanbic Bank Kenya and South Sudan, recently engaged in a conversation with CFO East Africa, discussing his career journey, lessons learnt, and what keeps him awake at night.

It is quite a tough job being the CFO of an African airline. The industry faces many challenges from inadequate infrastructure to inconsistent demand. Despite this, CFO of Kenya Airways Hellen Mathuka, loves her job.

Sophia Mukoba-Kioko has taken on the role of Global Audit Finance lead for Unilever, after spending six years as the Finance director for Unilever East Africa.

Roke Telkom CFO Edwin Kyambadde has expressed his confidence in the recently announced partnership between Uganda's public service and infrastructure provider and GX India.

Moses Aman, CFO at Lafarge Hima Cement, wanted to be a pilot while in high school, but instead found his career lift-off after enrolling for a major in Accounting at university.

Risper Genga Ohaga, the CFO of East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL), considers success a multifaceted concept, spanning courage, sacrifice and self-awareness.

CFO East Africa caught up with Michael Nzule, financial and strategy director for Mitchell Cotts Freight Kenya Limited, to better understand the finance leader's approach to strategy and crises - and also convinced him to impart critical insight on that elusive X Factor and his leadership life lessons.

ICEA LION General Insurance Tanzania CFO Alfred Mtaki is relishing the steep learning curve in a fast-growing company.

Although Jurgen Paulis has worked all over the world, he has found a passion for Africa and for the work that AIF does. And looking back at his career, he is also most proud of the work that he is doing at AIF.

Eunice Waweru, Finance and Strategy director of Uganda Breweries Limited, recently engaged in a conversation with CFO East Africa, discussing her career journey, cultural differences across African countries, and the legacy she aspires to leave.

Despite starting his career as a graduate accountant trainee, Richard Tobiko, the chief financial officer for Nation Media Group, actually began working in operations on site.

The excitement about the launch of the CFO East Africa community is palpable.

ICEA LION General Insurance CFO Zipporah Chege’s journey to leading a finance function was undoubtedly shaped by her upbringing.

MTN Rwanda expects an improvement in EBITDA margins in the forthcoming quarters with the implementation of its expense efficiency programme (EEP) and the launch of its own 4G network. This is according to Mark Nkurunziza, MTN Rwanda’s chief finance officer, who was commenting on the company’s first quarter results.

Dilip Pal, the CFO of Safaricom, is a highly educated and extremely experienced professional who has led finance functions on two of the largest continents in the world.

Saket Mohta has taken on the role of Regional Finance director: Africa & Middle East, for Bata Group. As a senior finance executive, Saket moves into his new role after a two-year tenure as Bata South Africa's Finance director.

Taking a sabbatical and working with an executive coach after spending a number of years working in audit, finance, strategy and general management ranks among the best decisions that Allan Wainaina, the CFO of Telkom Kenya, has made.

Diversification strategy pays off for KCB Group, with the Rwandan business amalgamation resulting in the creation of the second-largest bank in the market.

Yusuf Omari, who has been serving as interim MD and CEO of Absa Bank Kenya, has returned to his role as CFO.

Eugene Antera has taken on the role of group CFO at Bamburi Cement, effective 1 June 2023. He has been with parent company, Holcim, since 2007.