Business & Enterprise
Landmark
James Mwangi
born 1962
Turned Equity Bank into a bank for people banks had ignored
Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Kenya Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
He built Equity from a failing building society into a bank of fourteen million customers by serving the people other banks would not open accounts for.
James Mwangi is a Kenyan accountant and banker, group managing director and chief executive of Equity Group Holdings, a banking group with over fourteen million customers.
Under him Equity expanded into Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He received the Oslo Business for Peace Award in 2020 and was named among the top fifty chief executives in the world in 2019.
Under him Equity expanded into Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He received the Oslo Business for Peace Award in 2020 and was named among the top fifty chief executives in the world in 2019.
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