Absa has hired the Kenyan banker behind M-Shwari and Fuliza to help rebuild its retail bank

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 15 October 2026 at 08:00

Eric Njagi Muriuki, who ran NCBA's digital bank in Kenya, joins Absa in a new Johannesburg role under Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, the former M-Pesa boss now running its personal and private banking.
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