Gift Shoko

Gift Shoko is a Zimbabwean banker, businessman and business executive. Since January 2025, he is the managing director and chief executive officer of Equity Bank Uganda, a commercial bank in that country, pending approval of the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator.

Before that, he was the executive director of Equity Bank Uganda, under the leadership of his predecessor as CEO, Anthony Kituuka, a Ugandan national. In November 2024 the Daily Monitor reported that Kituuka had given notice of his intention to resign from the Equity Bank Group, effective 1 March 2025.

Education Shoko had his primary and secondary education in Zimbabwe. He then entered the University of Zimbabwe, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies and Computer Science. His second degree, an MBA in Banking and Finance, was obtained from the Cyprus Institute of Marketing in Nicosia, Cyprus. In addition, he has completed advanced management courses and executive leadership programs from various international business schools and institutions. He is also a Certified Executive Coach by the Academy of Executive Coaching and has Genos Emotional Intelligence Certification by GENOS.

He also worked as the Chief Executive Officer at Commercial Bank of Africa (Tanzania) Limited for five consecutive years. He then served as the Director for Regional Business at NCBA Group, where he oversaw banking subsidiaries across East Africa.