Nairobi Java House

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Java House (formerly Nairobi Java House) is a chain of coffee houses with its head office at ABC Place in Nairobi, Kenya, [1] founded in 1999 by Kevin Ashley and Jon Wagner. It is one of the few places where one can find "export-quality" Kenyan coffee brewed and served in the region. [2]

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Starting from the first cafe at Adam's Arcade along Ngong Road which opened in 1999, Java House has grown to 68 locations across East Africa as of November 2018. The Java brand is also the owner of Italian pizza chain 360 Degrees Pizza and the first ever East African self-service frozen yoghurt store, Planet Yogurt. [3]

Corporate governance

Past Chief Executive Officers

Kevin Ashley (2010–2016)

Ken Kuguru (2016–2018)

Paul Smith (2018 - 2021)

Derrick Van Houten 2021 - 2022 “The new boss is coming to replace Mr Paul Smith who has been with us since February 2018,” said a source familiar with the changes at Java’s corner office.

Priscilla Gathungu 2022 - Present Group CEO Priscilla is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Java House Group. 2022 - Present

Her career at Java spans through various leadership roles across the group. From the HR department as Human Resources Director for 6 years to a successful stint as Commercial Director that saw her transition into Divisional Managing Director Foodscape where she has consistently delivered value and growth for the business over the last two years.

Priscilla was appointed as Group CEO in November 2022.

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact us." Nairobi Java House. Retrieved on 17 February 2011. "Head Office: ABC Place, off Waiyaki Way, P.O.Box 21533, 00505, Nairobi, Kenya."
  2. ↑ Xan Rice (August 3, 2007). "Nairobi cafes buzzing as real coffee finally comes home". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "Our Locations". javahouseafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  4. ↑ "BIKO: Itinerant backpacker who co-founded Java". Business Daily. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  5. ↑ "Java coffee chain sells majority stake to US equity firm". Business Daily. May 27, 2012. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Java to inject Sh1bn into expansion drive". Business Daily. January 18, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  7. ↑ "ECP to exit Java House". ECP Investments. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Abraaj to Acquire East Africa's Leading Coffee Chain Java House". The Abraaj Group. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  9. ↑ "Financial Times: Abraaj Group to Buy African Coffee Chain Java House". The Abraaj Group. 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  10. ↑ "Our Leadership". Java Group. Retrieved 2019-10-01.

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