Meet our team

Dr. Segun Ogunsanya is the former Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Africa PLC, a leading telecommunications and mobile money services provider operating in 14 African countries. Under his leadership, Airtel Africa grew into the fastest-growing and most profitable telecommunications company on the continent, with a turnover of approximately $5 billion and listings on both the London Stock Exchange and the Nigeria Stock Exchange.

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A seasoned leader with over 35 years of experience, Dr. Ogunsanya has worked across multiple industries, including telecoms, consulting, banking, and FMCG, holding key executive roles at Airtel, The Coca-Cola Company, and Ecobank.

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Before leading Airtel Africa, he served as Managing Director/CEO of Airtel Nigeria (2012-2021), where he repositioned the company to become the second-largest telecom operator by revenue, serving over 50 million customers. Earlier in his career, he was the first Black African CEO of several Coca-Cola bottling operations, including Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, overseeing billion-dollar operations and driving market expansion.

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Beyond his corporate achievements, Dr. Ogunsanya has been recognized with numerous accolades, including the Lifetime Achievement Award (2024) and African Business Leader of the Year (2021). He currently serves as:

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Chairperson – Airtel Africa Foundation
Independent Board Chairman – Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
Board Member – AirtelTigo Ghana, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, and several others

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Sitoyo Lopokoiyit is the Chief Executive Officer of M-PESA Africa, which develops and drives partnerships in the Fintech ecosystem. He supports the M-Pesa Platform development with continuous innovation and oversees the growth of M-Pesa.

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M-PESA is Africa’s largest fintech providing transformational financial services to more than 60 million active customers and over $1.1 billion transacted daily with a revenue of $1.5billion, 5 million businesses across eight African markets including Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Ghana and Egypt.

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He is a passionate, energetic, and easy-going leader. Prior to his current position, Sitoyo held executive leadership roles at Safaricom Plc in Kenya and Vodacom in Tanzania, overseeing M-PESA in both countries where he delivered major innovations that revolutionised the global money space and drove financial inclusion.

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In Kenya, he led M-PESA to achieve double digit growth at over 19% year-on-year, delivering revenues of over $700 million and major innovations including the M-PESA Super App, Fuliza – the world’s first mobile contextual overdraft, M-Shwari – a savings and loans proposition, M-PESA Global – an affordable remittance solution across 200 markets including partnerships with PayPal and Ali Express.
In Tanzania, he drove the growth and uptake of M-PESA, becoming the second largest market in Africa behind Kenya.

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In addition to the above role, Sitoyo also holds various Executive positions as indicated below:

• Chair - M-PESA Limited (Tanzania)
• Chair - Mezzanine Ware RF (Pty) Ltd (South Africa)
• Chair - The Moi University Teaching and Referral Hospital (Kenya)
• Chair - KCA University Council (Kenya)
• Board Member - The Central Depository & Settlement Corporation Limited (Kenya)

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