Mr. Ikopit is an experienced business executive with over 30 years’ experience in the Petroleum, Telecommunications and Fintech sectors with experience spanning both financial and commercial domains, and has held several senior positions across Africa and the Middle East within multinational organizations.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Accounting) from Makerere University, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). The organizations in which he has held senior management positions include Virgin Mobile (in South Africa and in Kuwait), MFS Africa, MTN (Group, Iran, Sudan and South Africa) and Safaricom in Kenya. He has previously held directorships with MTN Publicom, MTN VillagePhone, Digital Mobile TV (Joint Venture between MTN Group and Multichoice in South Africa) and Save App (Kenya).