Chike Agba (B.Eng., MSc) is currently the Chief Technical Officer and Head of Africa strategy and operations for the Interkel Group. In this role, Chike oversees the deployment and implementation of 4G and 5G technologies, active and passive operations management, fibre technologies deployment and maintenance for key telecom operators, tower companies and equipment manufacturers.

Chike’s portfolio also includes driving Interkel’s growth strategy, business building and expansion efforts into African countries. Chike has worked in the African telecoms infrastructure space since 2009. Chike led the crafting and implementation of Interkel’s growth strategy and expansion into Ghana, Congo DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Mali, Uganda and Tanzania including setting up operational business entities in most of the locations.

Chike holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology in Bauchi, Nigeria, and a Master’s degree in Telecommunications and Computer Networks Engineering from London Southbank University in London.

He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School and is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA program at Columbia University in New York.