Uganda, Feb. 28 -- Many times, women find themselves with multiple responsibilities that often bar them from taking up leadership roles. When they eventually take up a leadership position, managing the various roles can be strenuous.

Ms Annet Nakawunde, the managing director of Finance Trust Bank decided, however, that she was not going to let opportunities pass her by. It was when she was pregnant that Ms Nakawunde was nominated to steer one of Uganda's financial institutions, then a Minority Depository Institution (MDI), to becoming a commercial bank.

Born in a family of many, Ms Nakawunde's childhood was marked by strength and determination, traits that would define her later years. After completing her Bachelor's in Arts degree, she...