About EABB

Who We Are

East Africa Business Bureau (EABB) connects enterprises, investment and development opportunities across East Africa.

People
Partnerships
Progress

Stronger
People
Brighter
Opportunities

About EABB

Business across Boundaries.

EABB is a private company limited by shares, registered under the laws of Kenya and South Sudan.

We facilitate cross-border trade, investment, infrastructure development and socio-economic opportunities across East Africa, connecting people, institutions and markets.

Our business encompasses general trading and supplies, mining, and the facilitation of infrastructure and development projects. Cooperation, coordination and information sharing underpin our work across the region.

Our purpose

Opportunity.
Participation.
Shared prosperity.

Our Vision

To foster regional peace, stability and national security through trade, development and a clean environment.

Our Mission

To create, promote and coordinate lawful businesses and investment opportunities in the region and beyond, in the interests of its people.

Our Values

Equal development opportunities and shared prosperity guide our work and relationships.

What we do

Connecting the pieces
of development.

We bring together governments, businesses and development partners to create opportunity through knowledge, partnerships and coordinated action.

Cooperate

We work with partners to build relationships, align priorities and deliver shared outcomes.

Coordinate

We facilitate matchmaking, information exchange and strategic collaboration across borders and sectors.

Share information

We support the exchange of market information, investment opportunities and policy insights.

Our projects

Explore EABB’s
project portfolio.

From infrastructure and trade facilitation to social development, our portfolio connects investment with hospitality, healthcare and education initiatives across East Africa.

View projects

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Working together

Progress takes
many perspectives.

EABB engages governments, financial institutions, private enterprises and communities through formal and informal partnerships.

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01 Government institutionsSupporting enabling environments and policy alignment. 02 Financial institutionsConnecting capital with strategic and inclusive investments. 03 Private sectorPartnering with enterprises to develop opportunities. 04 Learning & health institutionsAdvancing skills, innovation and resilient communities. 05 Communities & civil societyChampioning inclusive development and shared value.

Leadership

Lawrence Korbandy

Chief Executive Officer

Lawrence Korbandy brings experience in business, law and public service to EABB’s leadership.

His background includes service as chairman of South Sudan’s National Human Rights Commission and as a senior legal advisor to the President of South Sudan.

His professional background includes work as a managing partner of SSAA, alongside interests in writing, the arts and youth engagement.

EABB’s 2023 profile records recognition by True African Magazine in 2018 and a CEPO award for his advocacy relating to the Girl Child Education Act in 2014.