#A24BehindTheTech: Kevin Lubega

Kevin Lubega, is a 28 year old Ugandan and founder of EzeeMoney, a financial technology firm offering electronic money services to clients with or without a mobile phone or formal bank accounts wishing to receive and make multiple payments. EzeeMoney also offer to pay bills, do collections and offer point of sale money transfers and other e-money services to banks, non-bank corporations, government and NGOs. From as far back as his early teenage years, Lubega used every opportunity he had to work with and learn from his father. He was inspired to solve Africa’s problems through technology. To date, he has founded five companies in diverse industries, including e-commerce, real estate, financial services and oil and gas. Through these ventures, his goal has been to provide sustainable and lasting solutions to Uganda’s and Africa’s unique challenges.” Incorporated in 2012, EzeeMoney operates in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. They directly employ 80 people and indirectly about 8,000.