Topyster Muga

Topyster Muga is a Kenyan IT expert, management professional and corporate executive, who serves as the Senior Director of Financial Inclusion Africa, at Visa Inc., based in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.[1][2][3]

Topyster Muga
Born1982 (age 37–38)
Kenya
NationalityKenyan
CitizenshipKenyan
Alma materJomo Kenyatta University
(Bachelor of Science in Information Technology)
Strathmore University
(Higher Diploma in Management of Information Systems)
INSEAD Business School
(Master of Business Administration)
OccupationIT Expert, Management Professional & Corporate Executive
Years active2003 — present
Known forIT expertise and management skills
TitleSenior Director of Financial Inclusion Arica Visa Inc.

Background and education

She attended Alliance Girls High School in Kikuyu, Kenya, for her high school education. In 2003, she graduated from Strathmore University, with a Higher Diploma in Management of Information Systems.[2][3]

In 2005, she enrolled into Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, graduating from there with a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology. In 2011, Topyster won the Nelson Mandela Scholarship Award to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree at the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires in France.[2][3]

Career

Following her graduation from Strathmore University in 2003, she was employed by Barclays Bank of Kenya, as an applications support assistant. In 2004, she was transferred to Barclays Bank of Uganda in the same role. In 2005, she returned to Kenya and was hired by Airtel Kenya, while she concurrently pursued her first degree at Jomo Kenyatta University.[2][3]

After her second degree, she joined the Vodafone Group, as the M-Pesa principal product manager, based in the United Kingdom. In that role, she led M-Pesa’s commercial product development in emerging markets, including Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Albania and Romania.[2][3]

In 2014, she relocated to Kenya and rejoined Airtel Kenya, as the head of Airtel Money. Later, Visa Inc. hired her. As o September 2018, she served as the senior director for financial inclusion for sub-Saharan Africa.[2][3]

Other achievements

Topyster Muga travels frequently and widely, giving lectures worldwide, including at the Financial Times summit in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2018, and at the World Economic Forum in South Africa in 2017. She also co-founded the Digniti Charitable Trust, and is a mentor at Zawadi Africa Education Fund.[2][3]

In 2018, Business Daily Africa, a Kenyan daily English newspaper named Topyster Muga, one of the Top 40 Under 40 Kenyan Women for the year 2018.[2]

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See also

References
  1. CIO East Africa (2020). "Topyster Muga: Nairobi, Kenya". Nairobi: CIO East Africa. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. Business Daily Staff (September 2018). "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya 2018" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi: Nation Media Group. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. Muga, Topyster (2017). "About Topyster Muga: Career". Nairobi: TopysterMuga.Com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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