The “Africa Context” Idea

Michael founded Africa Context Advisory Partners in January 2016 driven by a passion to adapt and translate his experience towards advising Leaders, Investors and businesses seeking to acquire, establish, run and oversee growth businesses in ICT and Consumer spaces across Africa.

At the very heart of the Africa Context unique value proposition is our practical leadership experience in African markets which provides a unique combination of thought leadership and business insights available to support Global, Pan-African and/or local companies and leaders in their growth journey in and across Africa.

Still active in his functional telecom/ICT space, Michael has been working with a team of senior telco professionals to provide advisory/consulting services on Telecom/ICT in areas including strategy, commercial due diligence, business operations, policy & regulatory and new business development. He continues to serve as a business strategy resource and analyst in the ICT space.

He has displayed a mastery of business transformation strategies and change management to drive short, medium and long-term commercial and growth objectives in his career in the MTN Group.

Michael Ikpoki is an Adviser to several companies to support their business growth and expansion in Nigeria. One of such companies is MFS Africa. MFS Africa is a leading African digital hub and payments fintech which connects over 400 million mobile wallets across 35 African countries and operates more than 800 payment corridors, promoting regional payment interoperability and seamless cross-border payments.

More details are available on the Africa Context website

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Africa Context Advisory Partners brings global experience and exposure aligned with rich relevant local expertise, insight and leadership talent across Africa.
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Michael’s core expertise is in developing and executing business strategy in African markets.