Ethiopia Archives – CEO East Africa

Pebuu’s John Paul Ssemyalo: Reimagining Africa’s Agent Banking and Last-Mile Digital Economy for Efficiency and Scale

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 8, 2026March 9, 2026

As agent banking accelerates across Africa, moving trillions of shillings annually and expanding deep into trading centres, border towns, and island communities, the real challenge is no longer access. It…

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

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 4, 2026March 4, 2026

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…

Is EABL Next on the Market as Diageo Steadily Exits Africa?

CEO East Africa MagazineEast Africa News & Analysis The Big StoryMay 22, 2025May 22, 2025

East African Breweries Limited (EABL), one of the crown jewels in Kenya’s corporate sector, is now at the centre of market speculation following a broader strategic pivot by its parent…

Who is Sanjay Awasthi, the Quiet Billionaire Forging Uganda’s Green Steel Revolution at Tembo Steels?

Paul MurungiBillionaires Business & Markets Entrepreneurship The Big StoryMay 20, 2025January 8, 2026

In a region hungry for industrial transformation, one man is quietly forging a revolution. Sanjay Awasthi, the reclusive billionaire behind Tembo Steels, has built Uganda’s most advanced and environmentally conscious…

South Sudan conflict : Counting the costs and the opportunities for Uganda

theceomaThe Big StoryFebruary 26, 2014February 26, 2014

By Patrick Kagenda An International Alert (Uganda) commissioned report on the impact of South Sudan on Uganda`s economy titled, “South Sudan-Uganda investment & Trade relations: Preliminary Findings & Recommendations