Mr. Octivius Mutsa Kahiya is the Chief Commercial Officer for Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC). He is a multi-skilled international ICT and telecommunications commercial executive with over 23 years of experience in developing and executing growth strategies across Africa; South-East Asia and the Middle East. 

Throughout his career, Octivius has horned a penchant for success in culturally diverse and challenging frontier markets attained through working 3 Tier-one Global Telecommunications companies, including (Veon / VimpelCom/ Etisalat and Airtel). 

He has lived and worked in eight countries: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Afghanistan, UAE, Iraq, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, across three continents.  He has also exercised managerial oversight across 14 additional African markets.

Mr. Octivius has solid business contacts and profound ICT market knowledge across the three key economic hubs in Sub Saharan Africa – Kenya (East Africa), Nigeria (West Africa), and South Africa (Southern Africa).  He is an expert in Growth Strategy Development & Execution;  Diversification Strategy, New Ventures Development, Business Modelling, Product Development and Innovation; Telecommunications Business Transformation Programmes;  Digital Business Strategy. 

His qualifications include: MBA - University of Zimbabwe; BTech Hons - University of South Africa; Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business - MIT Sloan and Emeritus Institute; Post graduate Diploma in Marketing - Chartered Institute of Marketing United Kingdom; Graduate Diploma in Marketing – Institute of Marketing Management South Africa; Certificate in Digital Strategies – Columbia Business School and Emeritus Institute.