Sonia Adibaku

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Job Title: head of finance

Company: aBi Finance

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Sonia Mazira Adibaku is the head of finance at aBi Finance , a development finance institution based in Kampala, Uganda.

She began her career at PwC Uganda in 2015, where she spent close to five years in the assurance practice, rising to the level of senior associate. In 2020, she joined aBi Finance and its sister entity aBi Development as a senior finance officer. She progressed to grants management controller before being appointed head of finance for both entities in January 2024. In August 2025, she assumed her current role as head of finance for aBi Finance.

Sonia studied procurement and supply chain management at Makerere University Business School.

Work
Aug 2025 – present: head of finance, aBi Finance 
Jan 2024 – Aug 2025: head of finance, aBi Finance & aBi Development 
Sept 2022 – Jan 2024: grants management controller, aBi Finance & aBi Development 
Apr 2020 – Aug 2022: senior finance officer, aBi Finance & aBi Development 
Jul 2019 – Mar 2020: senior associate (assistant manager), PwC Uganda
Jul 2018 – Jun 2019: senior associate 2, PwC Uganda
Jul 2017 – Jun 2018: senior associate 1, PwC Uganda
Jul 2016 – Jun 2017: assurance associate 2, PwC Uganda
Sept 2015 – Jun 2016: assurance associate 1, PwC Uganda

Education
Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Makerere University Business School

aBi Finance 
aBi Finance is a Ugandan development finance institution that provides wholesale lending to financial institutions, enabling them to extend credit to smallholder farmers and agribusinesses. It operates alongside its sister entity aBi Development, which focuses on grant-making and market systems development in Uganda’s agricultural sector.

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