CAREER SUCCESS, THE MUMBA KALIFUNGWA WAY: God, family and work; and while at work— discipline, hard work and humility Mumba Kalifungwa (MK), the Managing Director at Absa Bank Uganda is one man who has scaled the corporate ladder, in the truest sense of the word. Long before he joined the corporate world, he cut his teeth, working for his father as salesboy and personal assistant- something that taught him to be bold but also fall in love with business numbers. He, after university, would later join an audit firm- at what is now Grant Thornton in Zambia and 2002 crossed over to Government, working his way to becoming a Senior Revenue Accountant at the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA). He, in September 2005, joined Barclays (now Absa) Zambia as Finance Manager/Deputy Finance Director. By September 2012, he had risen to become Executive Director, Finance at the same bank. After 2 and a half years in that role, in July 2015, he would move to Absa Bank Botswana as the Chief Finance Officer. It is from here, that he, in April 2020, was promoted and moved to Uganda, to head Absa Bank Uganda, one of the country’s five largest banks. On July 15th, he was hosted by the #40DayMentor host and creator, Robert Kabushenga (RK), assisted by Tony Otoa (TO), the Chief Executive at Stanbic Business Incubator Ltd to answer many questions from both the hosts and listeners on Twitter, under the theme: Scaling the Corporate ladder while nurturing your business or side hustle.” David Kangye and Muhereza Kyamutetera, tuned in, and bring you some highlights.