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Standard Bank Group assembles an army of homegrown executives ahead of its planned game-changing East African acquisition 

East Africa is our home, and we drive her growth⏤ with local talent⏤ Standard Bank Group in its planned East African race to the top is counting on local knowledge and expertise to play tough. Clockwise from the top: Patrick Mweheire, the Regional Chief Executive - East Africa; Joshua Oigara, the Stanbic Kenya Chief Executive; Manzi Rwegasira, the Stanbic Tanzania Chief Executive; Phillip Madinga, the Standard Bank Malawi Chief Executive; Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda and most recently, Francis Karuhanga, the Chief Executive, Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited.
by Muhereza Kyamutetera
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In a March 2023 interview with Bloomberg, Patrick Mweheire, the Standard Bank Group Regional Chief Executive for East Africa, told of the Group's ambitions for the Kenyan market, revealing that the Group was looking to make a major acquisition by 2025, a milestone if achieved, would propel Stanbic Kenya to the top three banks in the country. As regional East African Chief, Mweheire's jurisdicti

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Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.