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Power your career with CFE certification, Become a Certified Fraud fighter.
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Mr. Strategy: What are you good at?
What am I good at? I was once an Internal Auditor at Nile Bank, now ABSA. One day, I witnessed a colleague being terminated for lacking...
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Crafting a strategy that speaks in the Board Room
This month (July) 2025, I had the honour of briefing a high-level Board. It always feels nice to engage at the board level. Management had...
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The role of data in building the execution discipline of a company
Consultants see a lot. Some time back in 2016, I worked with a bank whose strategy sounded perfect on paper. Five pillars. Fancy...
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Risk is not what you think will happen; it is what you are not seeing
I once facilitated a board risk retreat for a fast-growing financial services firm. They had just crossed the 500 billion shilling mark in...
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summitBI Data Analytics weekly challenge | week 1
Data analytics is a core business skill. From Finance, Audit, Risk, and Compliance to the boardroom, you need data-driven insights to make...
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Why most auditors will be irrelevant in 5 years to come.
During one strategy retreat, a seasoned board member told a story about a broken lock. It revealed why many internal auditors do not add...
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Mastering data analytics in 3 hours, from basics to advanced
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The Whisper behind the Throne: The silent power of the company secretary in winning boards.
When the new board chairman of a regional insurer took office, he arrived with gravitas, strategy decks, and bold promises. But after his...
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Why most job seekers are losing before they start
In the old days, a blacksmith did not apply for work; he lit a fire. He showed the village his hammer, his scars, and the sword he forged...
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What makes a 21st century board director?
At a recent closed-door review for a financial institution, a long-serving board member confidently asserted, “We’ve been through worse.”...
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What culture does your board tolerate?
In every boardroom I have walked into, in the public sector, financial institutions, or family-owned manufacturers, it only takes a few...
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A fraud you do not investigate is a fraud you have approved
If your team can not detect fraud, you are not just exposed; you are endorsing theft with every passing day. From 2nd to 24th August 2025,...
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Strategy is not a document; make it a habit, not a file
I once worked with a CEO who carried the strategy document like a Bible, only it never left his briefcase. It was during a quarterly...
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Do human judgments still matter in this digital era in data analytics?
In chess, grandmasters still beat computers, but only when they break the rules. My team once trained a team of data analysts for a...
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Your strategy sounds great until reality hits
At a leadership retreat for one of East Africa’s largest manufacturing groups, I observed a striking contrast. The CEO, a numbers man to...
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Why internal auditors stagnate, and how to break the curse, part 2
At a government agency, I met an internal auditor who was technically brilliant, had all the credentials. Knew every policy. But every...
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The audit committee is dead. Long live risk intelligence
Yesterday, 25th June 2025, I engaged with two different boards. The contrast was surgical. The first board invited me to sit in as they...
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Risk-based internal auditing is dead. You just didn’t attend the funeral
There was once a village plagued by livestock theft. So they hired a watchman. Each night, he locked the front gate, inspected the fence,...
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How to eliminate 90% of workplace distractions without making enemies
I once visited a factory in Namanve where the manager’s office had no door. Not because the company was broke, but because, according to...
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Two Captains, One Ship -storm guaranteed
During a governance review at a top-tier insurer, the board chair routinely met department heads without informing the CEO. Meanwhile, the...
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Strategy isn’t just annual, it’s ongoing
At a steel processing plant in Nairobi, the CEO invited the board to tour a newly commissioned mill, installed just six months earlier...
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How come? How come politicians are sponsored but not entrepreneurs?
That’s the exact question that hit me too, how come we easily donate to campaigns, but not capital? This morning, I received 5 different...
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