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Garba Castik

@garba

Business transformation and strategy leader with 9+ years of experience delivering large-scale operational and digital transformation programs

Zimbabwe
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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead high-impact business and digital transformation—especially where analytics and partnerships translate strategy into measurable outcomes like revenue growth, faster operations, and improved customer experience.

Business transformation and strategy leader with 9+ years of experience delivering large-scale operational and digital transformation programs across African markets. Proven track record managing cross-functional workstreams independently, driving measurable impact in revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer experience within Telco, FinTech, and e-commerce sectors. Expert at translating strategic intent into execution leading senior stakeholder engagement, building programme infrastructure, and sustaining performance improvements in complex, multi-market environments. Highly experienced in MNO/Telco partnerships, post-launch integration, and building high-performing delivery teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

MK
Current

Strategy & Operations Manager

M-KOPA

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Led high-priority transformation workstreams across Retail, Logistics, Warehouse and Sales operations in Nigeria, redesigning repair/after-sales processes to cut customer turnaround times by 30% and improve retention. Orchestrated MNO partnership workstreams delivering ₦900M+ revenue and built KPI dashboards that reduced reporting cycle time by 85%.

M-KOPA logoMK
Current

Manager, Strategy & Operations

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Led high-priority transformation workstreams across repair and after-sales operations, reducing customer turnaround times by 30% and improving NPS and retention. Owned MNO partnership workstreams driving ₦900M+ revenue and built a BI function that cut reporting cycle time by 85%.

MK

Junior Strategy & Ops Manager

M-KOPA

Mar 2024 - Jan 2025 (10 months)

Designed and executed transformation initiatives to diversify revenue and expand market reach, launching new revenue streams (cash loans and data bundles) that delivered 20%+ incremental revenue growth. Led smartphone rollout across multiple states, built a retention team from zero, and launched refurbished/pre-owned devices reaching 10% of total sales volume in the first cycle.

M-KOPA logoMK

Junior Manager, Strategy & Ops

Mar 2024 - Jan 2025 (10 months)

Scoped and launched new revenue streams (cash loans, data bundles), delivering 20%+ incremental revenue growth through cross-functional alignment across Product, Tech, Finance, and Sales. Led nationwide smartphone rollout and built retention and refurbished-device capabilities that generated 10% of total sales volume in the first cycle.

MK

Analytics Manager - Ops & Strategy

M-KOPA

Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Established analytics and business intelligence across four African markets, deploying KPI frameworks and dashboards that reduced reporting cycle time from 3 hours to 20 minutes. Improved customer experience processes with a 70% success rate and supported cross-market innovation tools such as global deregistration workflows and stock performance tracking systems.

M-KOPA logoMK

Analytics Manager, Operations & Strategy

Jan 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year 2 months)

Established analytics and BI capabilities across four African markets, deploying KPI frameworks and dashboards that reduced reporting cycle time from 3 hours to 20 minutes. Designed customer experience improvement processes with a 70% success rate and managed cross-market innovation tools.

MK

Senior BI Analyst

M-KOPA

Mar 2022 - Jan 2023 (10 months)

Co-led the launch of a new Telco distribution channel with MTN Nigeria, managing technical integrations and coordinating nationwide sales capability activation. Built demand planning and forecasting systems and improved stock management reporting infrastructure to strengthen retail replenishment and sales performance.

M-KOPA logoMK

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Mar 2022 - Jan 2023 (10 months)

Co-led the launch of a new Telco distribution channel with MTN Nigeria, coordinating technical integrations and nationwide sales capability activation. Built demand planning and forecasting and end-to-end stock management reporting to improve product availability and retail replenishment performance.

TR

Business Analyst

Travelstart

Jul 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 6 months)

Improved product attachment rate by 7% through data analysis and business case development aligned with senior stakeholders. Reduced refund processing time by 38% via automation and defined performance KPIs that improved call connection rates by 10 percentage points, positively impacting NPS.

KS

Customer Lifecycle & Email Strategist

Konga Online Shopping

Jul 2016 - Jul 2018 (2 years)

Grew the active customer base by 30% using targeted retention campaigns and segmented engagement strategies. Increased email open rates from 5% to 27% through data-driven automation and personalization, improving customer lifecycle performance.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

The Bells University of Technology logoTT

The Bells University of Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

Earned a BTech in Information Technology from The Bells University of Technology.

TT

The Bells University of Technology

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Information Technology

Earned a BTech in Information Technology from The Bells University of Technology.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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