{"id":55282,"date":"2025-08-19T10:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/serge-atikossie-appointed-new-managing-director-of-bank-of-africa-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:09:41","slug":"serge-atikossie-appointed-new-managing-director-of-bank-of-africa-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/serge-atikossie-appointed-new-managing-director-of-bank-of-africa-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Serge Atikossie appointed new Managing Director of Bank of Africa Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

The appointment marks a significant milestone in the bank\u2019s journey to strengthen its commitment to delivering outstanding financial services and contributing to innovation, aligned with Rwanda\u2019s sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n

Serge Atikossie brings extensive experience in financial services and leadership positions. He is expected to ensure excellent governance and further enhance the bank\u2019s engagement with clients.<\/p>\n

Bank of Africa Rwanda emphasized that his client-focused approach aligns perfectly with the institution\u2019s mission to provide Rwandans with financial services that are accessible, efficient, and transparent.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his appointment, Serge Atikossie expressed his enthusiasm and commitment: \u201cI am honoured to join Bank of Africa \u2013 Rwanda and lead a team that is deeply committed to serving customers and supporting Rwanda\u2019s economic growth. Together, we will build on the bank\u2019s strong achievements, introduce innovative solutions, and continue to deliver value to our clients, partners, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vincent Istasse, who served as Managing Director of Bank of Africa Rwanda for the past two years, played a pivotal role in the bank\u2019s growth and in strengthening relationships with clients. <\/p>\n

He expressed his gratitude for the trust placed in him and wished his successor success in continuing the bank\u2019s development. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a privilege to serve as Managing Director of Bank of Africa \u2013 Rwanda. I am proud of what we have accomplished as a team and I am confident that Mr Serge Atikossie will take the bank to even greater heights,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n

Bank of Africa Rwanda also thanked its clients, partners, and stakeholders for their continued trust and collaboration.<\/p>\n

Bank of Africa is a commercial bank operating in over 18 African countries. In Rwanda, it started operations in 2015 and has steadily grown its footprint, now operating 14 branches nationwide, eight in Kigali and six in other provinces.<\/p>\n

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Bank of Africa Rwanda has officially announced the appointment of Serge Atikossie as its new Managing Director, succeeding Vincent Istasse. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000092793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000092793,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuhi5496-bab0b.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuhi5496-bab0b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuhi5496-bab0b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuhi5496-bab0b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuhi5496-bab0b.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/yuhi5496-bab0b.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000092793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55282"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55282"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}