CFA Society East Africa
@CFASocietyEA
The CFA Society East Africa is the premier local resource serving its members by providing a regional forum for the discussion of investments and finance
📣 Save the Date! 🗓 20–21 Nov 2025 📍 Kigali, Rwanda Join 400+ investors, policymakers & innovators at the Africa Investment Conference by @CFASocietyEA. Let’s unlock intra-African capital flows & drive sustainable growth. #AfIC2025 #AfricaInvestConf2025 #CFASocietyEA
A massive THANK YOU to all our delegates & guests who made #AIC2025 unforgettable! Your energy, insights & collaboration turned conversations into action. Together, we’re shaping the future of finance in Africa. #CFASocietyEA
At the annual Alternative Investment Conference, the conversation around Digital Assets & Tokenisation showed just how ready Africa is to leap into a decentralised future. The conference - themed around ‘Enhancing Investor Readiness for Opportunities Across Alternative…
“Tokenization builds trust, it removes the clipboard and replaces it with immutable blockchain data.” - @PeteBenHurNyeko With blockchain, carbon credits become verifiable, bankable assets. #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
“URBRA hosted a delegation from the CFA Institute and @CFASocietyEA , following the successful Alternative Investment Conference (AIC) held last week. The purpose of this visit was to deepen CFA’s ongoing engagements with URBRA, discuss updates on CFA Institute’s regional and…
Thinking about a career in finance and investment? Join Rob Langrick, CFA, CIPM (Chief Product Advocate, CFA Institute) and @fassila, CFA, for a virtual CFA Program Info Session on Wednesday, July 30th at 5 PM EAT 🔗 Zoom Registration: bit.ly/CFACourseIntro1 #CFASocietyEA
🙌 A big THANK YOU to all our #AIC2025 speakers, moderators & panellists for making the 3rd Alternative Investments Conference a success! Your insights inspired action, challenged norms & advanced the future of finance in East Africa. 👏 We are truly grateful! #CFASocietyEA
On Wednesday, I had the honour of attending and speaking at the @CFASocietyEA Alternative Investment Conference; a powerful gathering of finance professionals, investors, and policy shapers driving the conversation around alternative investments in Uganda. My key takeaway? To…
The path to a disease-free future starts with action as @UNICEFUganda joins @AfricaCDC, @WHO, @UNAIDS & others at #TripleEliminationConfUG to protect children and communities happening from 21st - 23rd July at Speke Resort Munyonyo. Register here 👉🏾 3eca.org
LinkedIn saw it first. I just earned my Local Champion badge from the 2025 #CFAResearchChallenge. 🥳🎉 Real-world equity research, and financial modeling wrapped into one unforgettable journey. Thanks to my amazing team! 🥇🥳💃🏽 #FinanceTwitter #InvestmentAnalysis #FutureCFA
“The future is private debt, real assets and infrastructure. But we must build trust, track record and education among trustees to truly scale. Uganda is young but the momentum is building.” #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
“Structural barriers like fund registration laws, tax hurdles and lack of cross-border investment frameworks are slowing progress. Reforms are needed to unlock real deployment of capital.” #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
“We’re moving from a 60/40 model to 50/30/20. Alternatives can no longer be ignored.” - Godfrey Bukomeko @UAPOldMutualUg urges fund managers to innovate, educate trustees, and create structures that de-risk alternatives for wider investor adoption. #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
“Infrastructure is Africa’s biggest investment gap yet we continue to overlook alternatives. Trade finance can be structured into investable, regulated funds. The solutions exist; we need more local buy-in.” - Linda Tsarwe, TDB #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
“Local capital is chasing safety, global capital is chasing innovation.”- George Kaluma Gen Africa on why African fund managers face a dual reality of high yields in local fixed income vs the global race for returns via alternatives. #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
“There’s no serious capital allocation conversation without @nssfug in the room.” Ibrahim Buya highlights the challenge: low-risk appetite, lack of track record, and a need to balance duty with innovation. #AIC2025 #CFASocietyEA
Why do Alternative Investments matter? At #AIC2025, this question takes centre stage in a fund managers’ panel exploring the growing relevance of alternatives in East Africa’s evolving financial landscape. Representing us is our Portfolio Manager, Godfrey Bukomeko, sharing…
Why should institutional investors focus on Alternative Investments? “Fixed income will continue to dominate locally, but the real challenge—and opportunity—is with retail investors. Globally, we see a shift toward private debt. Old Mutual has already deployed nearly UGX 2…