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Name: Godfrey Byekwaso Position: General Manager Finance Place of Employment: Centenary Bank Interview Questions CEO Summit: In which year did you attend the CEO Apprenticeship Program? Godfrey: CAP 2014 CEO Summit: What motivated you to join the CEO Apprenticeship Program? Godfrey: The program content was aligned with my leadership and career development plan. CEO Summit: How has CAP impacted you as a leader (Your journey pre and post CAP)? Godfrey: With insights from CAP I now have a clear career and leadership plan. I learnt and continue to learn and apply leadership approaches that are transformational and responsive.I have also expanded my networks. CEO Summit: What was the most important lesson you learnt from CAP? Godfrey: Having a personal plan that addresses both career, family and community goals CEO Summit: What would you say to someone thinking of joining CAP? Godfrey: CAP is a transformation program CEO Summit: What do you think leadership in going to look like in 2021 considering the on-going global pandemic? Godfrey: Leadership is going to be versatile

The 2020 11th edition of the CEO Annual Forum is a dynamic platform for promoting robust dialogue and action commitments from the public and corporate sector top executives, senior level accounting officers and development practitioners to make young Africa transform successfully. Uganda with a 41 million population of which 70 percent are youth, faces a challenge to create about 600,000 jobs every year for the next several years just to absorb the youth who are entering the labor market every year. Gainful employment for the youth will not only enable them to realize their dreams but to also substantially contribute to national economic growth and transformation and enable Uganda to reap the youth dividend- i.e., a large productive youth dominant contribution to economic take off. CEO Summit, Uganda is most appreciative of the great support and collaboration received for the CEO Forum from the Government and public officials in Uganda, the donor and development partner community, the private sector and especially our lead partners, this year, MasterCard and The Innovation Village. Participants of the 11th edition of the Annual CEO Forum that took place on 11 September 2020 in Kampala gathered together virtually to discuss how the youth can succeed in the worlds next big grow market -Africa, focusing on catalyzing the public and corporate Uganda partnerships for innovation-lead entrepreneurships by the under 30. Recognizing the critical role of innovation in achieving Uganda’s development objectives and building a prosperous middle-income country as set forth in National Development Plan III and Vision 2040. Emphasizing that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the limelight the importance of continuous innovation for inclusive, sustainable and resilient national development. Cognizant of the critical role of young entrepreneurs in designing and implementing innovative solutions in various areas. Convinced that Uganda needs a holistic ecosystem to support innovation and unleash and enable the innovative potential of the youth. Declarations/forum resolves informed by very productive exchanges and common grounds among others: Urgently take action to promote and substantially enhance opportunities for the youth at all levels of society. This also calls for the active elimination of the current opportunities gap between boys/men and girls/women with emphasis on the latter. For we must create, evolve and exploit new mental ideals of new things in the post Covid-19 pandemic era. Hence the emergency of generation RE (Reboot, Rethink, Reimagine). Every generation has its own revolution. The revolution of this and the next generation is innovation lead entrepreneurship through by among other embracing the forth revolution. ‘It is up to me to show’. Therefore, every youth should have this mentality. We call on the public and private educational institutions to revise the current education systems and approaches and overhaul the curricula to promote, from the earliest stages of learning, development of capacities and skills for creative thinking and innovation. In doing so, we invite educators to work closely with public and private social and economic agencies to expose students to real life problems and encourage their solution-oriented learning. We encourage Uganda’s corporate sector to engage with the educational system through learning partnerships offering new opportunities for young men and women to start and expand their business through a system of internship and apprenticeship, grants, innovation labs and other facilities to unleash their innovative potential. We invite the government and corporate sectors to work closely together to create stable and sustainable value chain partnerships through strategic linkages and well-defined opportunities right from the grassroots by leveraging market spaces in the industrial parks around the country. We further encourage the government and corporate sectors to create conditions for the youth to leverage platforms and pipelines by harnessing productive synergies in the agricultural space: Agricultural production local champions, Productivity local champions Processing local champions,Peer to peer learning by financial institutions in regard to cooperative approach. We call on central and local governments to ensure local content prioritization for youth and preferential treatment for youth entrepreneurship in agri-business, mining, oil and gas, powered by rising youth led innovation corporate Uganda investments in these sectors and unlocking new food production, energy and wealth for Africa. The impact is to remove entry barriers for the youth. ‘The obstacle is the way’ this should be the youth mantra from now on. We urge the government to put in place Institute mechanism to scandal proof the collaborative journey by deciding on and committing to the doctrines of stubborn refusal; to accept or give bribes, to engage in acts of discrimination, bulling, nepotism, identity information theft and so on. We encourage international and national development financial institutions to establish (or expand the existing) facilities to support entrepreneurial activities and innovative solutions designed by young men and women by providing affordable ad patient capital. We call on multilateral and bilateral development institutions and the UN system in Uganda to accept support to an inclusive system of innovation in Uganda, targeting in particular young women and men, as its core business and extend relevant technical and financial support. We request the government to adopt a special program for youth-led innovation that would include a holistic range of measures to provide technical assistance and create adequate operating conditions for youth-led innovative enterprises.

Introducing CEO Apprenticeship Program CLASS OF 2020! The new CAP 2020 Cohort, made up of the brightest leaders and future CEOs, begun their CAP journey on 28th February 2020 with an orientation at Kampala Serena Hotel. For the next 9 months, the Cohort will go through a rigorous training across 3 countries aimed at developing a generation of globally competitive, innovative and tech savvy corporate leaders. The CAP 2020 Cohort was welcomed by our founder and team leader, Mr. Peter Kimbowa, who challenged the new cohort to become the kind of leaders who inspire, care and influence for good. CAP Alumni President, Mr. Godfrey Byekwaso, was also on hand to welcome the cohort. He stressed the importance of creating and nurturing effective leadership on their journeys to becoming successful leaders. “When you create networks, are they effective? As Alumni, we plan activities that enhance our learning and value in society,” he said. We were honored to have Country Director of Strathmore Business School, Stephen Mukasa, to introduce the new cohort to the Program and their CAP journey will entail. Through our partnership with Strathmore Business School and University Of Cape Town Graduate School Of Business we’ve created an exciting program designed to train industry thought leaders on how to build and grow business in today’s volatile world.

Amidst this tumultuous time, our joint historic mission is to solve both the human to human transmission of the virus through containment and adjust the economy for a new global order. Click the link below to download an up-to-the minute comment from the CEO Summit Secretariat: Download COVID-19 Up-To-The Minute Comment. Download COVID-19 Up-To-The Minute Comment

What does it take to run and grow a successful start-up business in Africa, and particularly, Uganda, today? A crucial part of the CEO Apprenticeship Programme (CAP)is interacting with real businesses successfully navigating and growing in today’s business environment. This year, the CAP 2020 cohort was hosted by the fast growing ride hailing start-up, SafeBoda. Here, they interacted with co-founders Ricky Rapa Thompson and Maxime Dieudonne who emphasized the importance of innovation, risk taking, data analytics and passionate employees as important factors for SafeBoda’s success. “Innovation rarely comes from status quo. If you want to change things, you really need to take some risks. Be obsessed about small things but do not micromanage, there is difference. In addition, Safeboda is unique in that we have proximity with the product that we are building. All our staff are SafeBoda super users and we are able to get amazing feedback for example, our pair feature was an innovation of one of our Engineering staff,” said SafeBoda co-founder Maxime Dieudonne. “KPIs and Metrics are important in using data analytics – Data needs to be structured around building a competent BI team that’s technically competent but also teams that add value and understand trends and what these mean for the business.”- SafeBoda COO, Deepa Shekar, added. Catherine Tulina Kafumbe, Head of Support, also emphasized, “The secret in service excellence is in the hiring of passionate individuals and in being committed to building an engaged team.”

Introducing CEO Apprenticeship Program CLASS OF 2020! The new CAP 2020 Cohort, made up of the brightest leaders and future CEOs, begun their CAP journey on 28th February 2020 with an orientation at Kampala Serena Hotel. For the next 9 months, the Cohort will go through a rigorous training across 3 countries aimed at developing a generation of globally competitive, innovative and tech savvy corporate leaders. The CAP 2020 Cohort was welcomed by our founder and team leader, Mr. Peter Kimbowa, who challenged the new cohort to become the kind of leaders who inspire, care and influence for good. CAP Alumni President, Mr. Godfrey Byekwaso, was also on hand to welcome the cohort. He stressed the importance of creating and nurturing effective leadership on their journeys to becoming successful leaders. “When you create networks, are they effective? As Alumni, we plan activities that enhance our learning and value in society,” he said. We were honored to have Country Director of Strathmore Business School, Stephen Mukasa, to introduce the new cohort to the Program and their CAP journey will entail. Through our partnership with Strathmore Business School and University Of Cape Town Graduate School Of Business we’ve created an exciting program designed to train industry thought leaders on how to build and grow business in today’s volatile world.

CEO cluster teams will be launched at the ninth edition of the CEO Summit Uganda on October 23rd at Kampala Serena hotel by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda. The purpose of these cluster teams is to: Engage and prompt senior level public policy makers and Practioners into execution mode – Transform ideas into Action, and Action into Impact. Analyze Information, trends and their implications with a view to practical action and assessment of Risk.  Accelerate, consolidate and expand priority actions through regular (quarterly) consultation and mutual accountability. Serve as a catalyst for deep thinking about what works and what really matters in Business.

The 2018 CAP graduation ceremony was held on 30th November at the Golden Tulip Hotel from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The graduating class from Strathmore Business school took home its certificates of completion which were presented to them by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Izael Pereira Da Silva and the CEO Summit Team Leader, Peter Kimbowa. The graduands were given inspiring words of wisdom from their Vice Chancellor who urged them to stay focused on their leadership roles through an educative discussion of the seven habits of highly effective CEOs. Great inspiration was also acquired from the panel discussion which discusssed a topic on how to stay focused and stick to your plan as a leader.

On 1stAugust 2019, CEO Summit successfully held the 10thedition of its premier annual event, CEO Forum. The Annual CEO Forum brings together the region’s best business and industry minds to engage with thought leaders, public sector practitioners, development actors and each other with the purpose of engendering insights into- and influencing and implementing solutions to – business and industry challenges and hindrances to economic growth. We were joined by over 200 of Uganda’s most influential CEOs, business experts and industry heads as we engaged in discussions and strategy under the theme titled “Business Growth in a Volatile Economy: Facts or Myths.” We kicked off the Forum with presentations from CEO Forum 2019 sponsors Isuzu Uganda and dfcu Bank. In his presentation titled, “Innovation in the 21stCentury: Shared Value in Corporate Uganda”, Head of Tender Sales at Isuzu Uganda, Mr. Douglas Kawalya, emphasized the importance of businesses understanding their customers’ and clients’ lifestyle as a way of staying relevant for the long run. “In order to continue to remain relevant in an ever-changing landscape, businesses will have to understand their customers and clients’ organisations and lifestyles, anticipate their needs and offer 360-degree solutions that empower them,” he said. On the other hand, dfcu bank CEO, Mr. Mathias Katanga, highlighted the opportunity for digital in a country with one of the world’s youngest population and an informal sector with a big potential for growth in his presentation titled, “Leveraging Technology for Inclusive Financial Sector.” “According to the latest statistics, only 11% of adults are using financial services from banks. Of these, 73% prefer to use bank branches, 4% prefer ATMs , 12% use mobile phones while only 2% use the internet. When it comes to services, 52% of people use banks for savings and only 11% for credit. Looking at behaviour, the most positive thing is that 90% of Ugandans are prepared to learn and use new technology,” he said. Without a doubt, the highlight of the day came from CEO Summit 2019 Keynote Speaker and MD of Guinness Nigeria PLC, Mr. Baker Magunda who gave a powerful keynote titled, “Business Growth in a Volatile Economy: Facts or Myths.” “East Africa is currently winning. When you look at the data, East Africa is growing at twice the rate of West African businesses and certainly doing better than many in Southern Africa. At the moment, we are averaging 6.1% growth rate. But what is the current discussion that we should be having to position ourselves in a way that enables us to continue growing?” he asked during his speech. The keynote speech was followed by a panel discussion on the day’s theme and Mr. Magunda’s keynote, as well as a Q and A session. The panel featured some of the brightest and most experienced minds in industry and business leaders including: Japheth Kawanguzi, Country Team Leader of The Innovation Village Kampala, Prof. Pamela Mbabazi Kasabiiti, Chairperson, National Planning Authority, Dr. George Njenga, Executive Dean of Strathmore Business School(SBS), Mr.Earnest N. Rubondo, Executive Director, Petroleum Authority Uganda Ms.Clara Mira, Uganda Resident Representative, IMFand Mr.Michael Segwaya, Executive Director, Barclays Bank. By all accounts a memorable, engaging and relevant event, the 10thedition of the CEO Summit came to an end with a vote of thanks from Dr. Maggie Kigozi. We would like to thank all the CEOs who attended, our panelists, speakers, keynote speaker and everyone who made this year’s event a success.

From marketing opportunities with industry heads and business experts, to exciting discussions on East African corporate capacity to claim the 21st century and a highly anticipated speakers, the 10thCEO Forum promises to be the best one yet. We are especially excited to share that this year’s keynote speaker is Baker Magunda. An industry giant and expert on all things business and East Africa, Mr. Baker Magunda currently serves as Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc. Previously,Mr. Magunda served as Managing Director of Kenya Demand at East African Breweries Limited and Managing Director of Uganda Breweries Ltd. He was also at UBL and its Global Partner Diageo, the world’s largest Alcohol beverage company for six years, where he served as an Executive Director, Marketing and Sales, Marketing Manager, Brand Manager since 1999. Mr. Magunda served with Diageo in London as Marketing Manager Guinness for two years and later transferred on assignment to Guinness Nigeria Plc. Mr. Magunda will give a keynote titled “Business Growth in a Volatile Economy: Facts Vs Myths.” He will share the most valuable ideas, insights and recommended actions to accelerate socio-economic gains.

The date has been set for the 10th Annual CEO Forum! On 1st August, all roads lead to the Serena Hotel, Kampala for the 10th annual CEO Forum under the theme “How Corporate East Africa Can Claim the 21st Century.” The Annual CEO Forum brings together the region’s best business and industry minds to engage with thought leaders, public sector practitioners, development actors and each other with the purpose of engendering insights into- and influencing and implementing solutions to – business and industry challenges and hindrances to economic growth. The institutional agenda of the Annual CEO Forum to-date is to continuously scan the local and international socio-economic environment, identify key challenges, emerging opportunities, flag risks, and generate smart responses and sustainable solutions that will accelerate, consolidate and expand efficiency gains and effectiveness in the economy. The keynote speech on the topic “Business Growth in a Volatile Economy: Facts Vs Myths” will be delivered by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Guinness Nigeria PLC Baker Magunda to share the most valuable ideas, insights and recommended actions to accelerate socio-economic gains. The 2019 Annual CEO Forum will include a panel discussion and is set to be an ideal setting to strengthen and shape the ongoing debate and discourse on What Works, What Matters and What needs to Change. In addition, the 2019 Annual CEO Forum will be graced by State Minister of Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda , Hon. David Bahati as our Guest of Honour. The Annual CEO Forum is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and Strathmore Business School Uganda. Follow our social media pages for daily updates: Facebook-https://web.facebook.com/ceosummitug/ Twitter- @ceosummituganda

This year’s Forum themed “The National Convention on Making Economic Growth inclusive, Equitable and Sustainable” was held on the 23rd October 2018 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The event was well attended with over 78% of the invited guests in attendance. The forum was opened by the State Minister of Finance for Planning in the Cabinet of Uganda, Hon. David Bahati who launched the cluster teams in the Financial Services, Agriculture, Human Capital Development, Public Investment and infrastructure, Tourism, ICT, Manufacturing, and Energy & Power sectors. DOWNLOAD 2018 CEO FORUM REPORT