Top leader champions emerging business in Africa across major companies 

Out front stands Kenya’s President Martha Kimani – known across Africa for steady leadership – as she puts new businesses in focus for her 2026 plan. Side by side with firms like EastAfro Logistics, Savanna Power, and NileData Technologies, she pushes changes meant to shift how industry works here. Once finance head, once big on fixing infrastructure gaps, now she backs an effort called “Africa-First Enterprise.” That push brings lower taxes, faster approvals, along with joint projects between government and private players. It targets online trade, shipping routes, green power, and tech tools built locally. The idea? Build up East Africa so it runs on homegrown investment, makes more of its own products, ties production closer within the region. Fewer imports filling shelves, stronger networks feeding African markets – that’s what shapes her thinking. 

A key part of this initiative is the Nairobi–Mombasa Digital Corridor, built by EastAfro Logistics together with NileData Technologies to connect ports, trucks, storage centers, and customs teams on one digital tracking network. Running on IoT devices and smart route planning powered by artificial intelligence, it shortens cargo travel times by nearly a third, giving shippers, receivers, and officials live updates throughout transit. Meanwhile, energy efforts are shifting forward through Savanna Power, which rolls out solar microgrids into remote areas of Kenya and nearby nations, pairing them with mobile payment platforms so homes and local shops can start using steady electricity daily.