Wave Mobile Money Archives – CEO East Africa

Rashmi Pillai, Appointed FSD Kenya CEO

Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryDecember 2, 2025December 3, 2025

Rashmi Pillai will become Chief Executive Officer of Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya in February 2026, succeeding Tamara Cook, who has led the organisation since 2019. Pillai is a global…

Wave Mobile Money Named in Y Combinator’s Inaugural 2023 Top Companies by Revenue List.

Jonathan N. LubwamaBusiness & Markets Technology & InnovationJuly 3, 2023July 3, 2023

Mobile Money challenger startup, Wave, has been listed by the famed Silicon Valley accelerator program, Y Combinator in its inaugural Top Companies List by Revenue. The list was shedding light…

Wave Mobile Money to wave off more than 80% of staff in a second wave of layoffs

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & Markets The Big StoryNovember 13, 2022November 14, 2022

Hardly 6 months after laying off some 300 people in June 2022, Wave Mobile Money Uganda Limited is set to lay off more people, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively…

After 15 years at NBL, Patricia Kadama joins Wave Mobile Money as Regional People Lead for East Africa

Nelson NambooleCompany News News & AnalysisApril 22, 2022November 13, 2022

Patricia Kadama Anguzu has been appointed Regional People Lead (East African Hub) at Wave mobile Money with effect from April 26, 2022. Wave mobile Money is a financial institution on…

MultiChoice Uganda’s Asiimwe Colin moving to Wave Mobile Money as Marketing Lead

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & Analysis The Big StoryMarch 5, 2022March 5, 2022

Asiimwe Colin, until recently the Head of Marketing at Multichoice Uganda has been snapped up by digital money firm, Wave Mobile Money Uganda as its Marketing Lead, CEO East Africa…