Patricia Ojangole exudes calm as she sits down for our impromptu interview on the sidelines of the Trade and Development Bank Group's TDB Group Annual General Meetings in Kigali, Rwanda where Uganda and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa BADEA have just signed loan agreements totalling 150m.
Ojangole, who was appointed as managing director of the Bank in 2013, has helped to lead the institution through a period of considerable expansion. UDB's balance sheet has grown from UGX 109bn 31m in 2013 to UGX 1.78tn 500m in 2024, while its loan book has expanded from UGX 92bn 26m to UGX 1.53tn 430m over the same period.
This growth gives the bank more firepower to pursue sustainable development across key sectors of the Ugandan economy from agriculture to industry and green finance.