Peter Kahara Munga (born 1943) is a Kenyan entrepreneur and one of the most influential figures in Africa’s retail banking story. He is best known as the founder and former long-time chairman of Equity Group Holdings Plc, which began life as Equity Building Society in 1984 in Kangema, Murang’a, and grew into one of Africa’s largest banks by customer numbers. Starting with roughly KSh 5,000 in capital and a licence for a struggling rural building society, he steered Equity through decades of reform, financial distress, and strategic reinvention into a listed, multi-country banking group. Beyond banking, Munga is a diversified industrialist and education investor, with significant interests in agriculture, agro-processing and private education. He founded the Pioneer Group of Schools and Pioneer International University, and built one of Kenya’s largest macadamia processing operations through Equatorial Nut Processors and related firms, exporting nuts and seeds across the region. He has received multiple honours, including the Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) and an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Nairobi, in recognition of his role in democratising finance and his philanthropy.