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A Pebuu field supervisor supports an authorised bank agent at a local market, a scene that captures the quiet infrastructure behind Uganda’s agent banking boom. As trillions of shillings move through kiosks and trading centres each year, Pebuu’s on-the-ground teams ensure compliance, visibility, and operational discipline across Africa’s expanding last-mile financial networks.
A Pebuu field supervisor supports an authorised bank agent at a local market, a scene that captures the quiet infrastructure behind Uganda’s agent banking boom. As trillions of shillings move through kiosks and trading centres each year, Pebuu’s on-the-ground teams ensure compliance, visibility, and operational discipline across Africa’s expanding last-mile financial networks.

Who is Pebuu: The Ugandan Company Quietly Powering Africa’s Largest Agent Banking Networks

Across Africa, the banking hall is no longer the epicentre of financial services. It is the agent kiosk in a trading centre in Arua. The POS terminal inside a hardware shop in
March 4, 2026
Standard Bank’s Sim Tshabalala, Absa Group’s Kenny Fihla, MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita, SanlamAllianz’s Heinie Werth, Nedbank Group’s Jason Quinn, and Old Mutual’s Jurie Strydom represent more than individual corporate leaders. Collectively, they sit at the helm of institutions controlling hundreds of billions of dollars in assets, deposits, premiums, and market capitalisation across Africa. Their strategic decisions influence capital flows, credit creation, insurance penetration, and digital finance ecosystems across multiple markets. As they pivot attention toward East Africa, they are not merely expanding footprints; they are reshaping regional banking, telecom, insurance, and investment architecture for the next phase of continental growth.
Standard Bank’s Sim Tshabalala, Absa Group’s Kenny Fihla, MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita, SanlamAllianz’s Heinie Werth, Nedbank Group’s Jason Quinn, and Old Mutual’s Jurie Strydom represent more than individual corporate leaders. Collectively, they sit at the helm of institutions controlling hundreds of billions of dollars in assets, deposits, premiums, and market capitalisation across Africa. Their strategic decisions influence capital flows, credit creation, insurance penetration, and digital finance ecosystems across multiple markets. As they pivot attention toward East Africa, they are not merely expanding footprints; they are reshaping regional banking, telecom, insurance, and investment architecture for the next phase of continental growth.

South Africa’s capital is moving north-east, and East Africa is increasingly the preferred landing strip

South African capital, long dominant in Southern Africa and deeply embedded across the continent, is now moving decisively north-east. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda are no longer peripheral growth outposts. They are
February 13, 2026
#9. In this October 7th 2019 photo, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) workers arrive to lay and charge 1.5km of water mains extension in the areas of Burkoyen, upper Chebukat and Siron in Kapteret Parish, Tegeres Sub-county, Kapchorwa District. So far, the area has had a total of 23km of mains extension laid in the first quarter of FY19/20. According to NWSC, more Ugandans now have access to clean safe water following a period of aggressive expansion by NWSC, Government of Uganda and Ministry of Water and Environment. Geographical coverage has expanded from 36 to 253 towns and urban growth centers in the last 5 years serving up to 10 million people. NWSC was named among the best performing government enterprises for the year 2017/2018. According to the Auditor General in the Financial Year 2017/2019, NWSC was the third best performing state Corporation coming after Bank of Uganda and National Social Security Fund which came first and second respectively. For the period under review (2017/18) NWSC made a profit of Shs51.2b after taxes compared to Shs26.7b in the financial year 2016/2017. #57ReasonsAmProudToBeUgandan #UGat57

Government takes over the management of water supply in Ugandan refugee settlement

National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today signed a landmark agreement that will ensure reliable water provision for more than 84,000 refugees and Ugandans
October 16, 2019
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