Cybersecurity

As head of technology services at Ecobank Uganda, Juliet Kyomugisha is at the forefront of the bank's digital transformation and cybersecurity efforts. She oversees technology projects, strengthens governance frameworks, and helps the bank stay ahead of evolving cyber threats. She shares how Ecobank leverages data, manages cybersecurity risks, and balances innovation with security.

When it comes to information security, Kiprono Rugut brings both technical depth and business perspective. His more than two-decade career spans financial technology and legal-sector advisory work before cyber investigations brought him to his current role at Adili Group, where he is chief information security officer (CISO).

When Ecobank Uganda's Juliet Kyomugisha, Nation Media Group's Russell Akuom and AAR Hospital's Ibrahim Juma took to the stage at the CITO East Africa Data and Cybersecurity Summit to report back from the roundtable sessions, the consistent message was that implementation is the hard part of data governance.

As CIOS weighed in on topics of data access, governance, cyber security and cyber resilience at the CITO East Africa Data and Cyber Security Summit held at Villa Rosa Kempinski Nairobi, it was apparent that human actors have a bigger role to play than the tech. 

Cybersecurity remains one of the biggest challenges that tech leaders grapple with on a daily basis. While companies continue to invest in technology to make their systems robust, Bank of Kigali’s CIO Eveque Mutabaruka, Del Monte’s head of IT Kennedy Njenga and Nairobi Water’s head of IT Jimmy Thuo believe that none of this counts for much if the person sitting behind the keyboard does not understand the risks they are exposed to every single day.

Bank of Kigali’s CIO Eveque Mutabaruka has built his entire career by stewarding transformation programs in different financial institutions, from Rwanda to Botswana and Kenya. In every program, his leadership philosophy is simple: empower first then follow up.

James Kwezi is on a mission to do more than digitalise; he is securing the future of finance in Rwanda. As digital transformation manager at AFR, he is driving responsible innovation, building cyber resilience and leading the charge on ethical AI. He shares how strategy, vigilance and vision are shaping the next chapter of digital development.