Board of Directors

Mr. Johnson is a telecommunications expert whose career in the industry spans over 35 years, with a special focus on mobile telecommunications and fibre infrastructure development. He has worked as Chief Technical Officer for the MTN Group, Chief Executive Officer for MTN Rwanda, and Chief Technical Officer for MTN Uganda, as well as other positions within MTN Group. Prior to that, he worked as a telecommunications engineer for Eskom.
Mr. Johnson has extensive business and technology management consulting experience within the Sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific regions in 18 different countries for the African Development Bank, World Bank and other entities and operators. He is worked as Principal Consultant at Tubitayeho Telecomms Consulting in South Africa for the past 11 years.
He previously served as a Director for MTN subsidiaries in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda, whilst working for MTN Group and MTN International. Mr. Johnson holds a BSc (Eng) Electrical-
Light Current, from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, with a specialisation in elecommunications and Alternative Energies.

Mr. De Silva is a Chartered Accountant whose expertise covers Auditing, Accounting, Tax Planning, Financial Investigations and Fiscal Management. Now retired, he has over 36 years of experience in the profession mainly spent at PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Botswana,where he was a partner for 19 years and Chief Operating Officer for 9 years. While still with PwC Botswana, he served a large portfolio of Audit/Tax Clients and provided
Business Advisory Services to many large privately-owned corporates in Botswana.
Mr. De Silva is an Independent Non-Executive Director for three Old Mutual subsidiaries in Botswana and Debt
Participation Capital Funding Limited. He is a member of numerous professional bodies including, Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) of UK and Fellow Member of the Botswana Institute.

Mr. Molomo is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Aleyo Capital a Botswana-based private equity fund manager. He was previously the Chief Investment Officer at the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) having joined from Vantage Capital – a leading mezzanine fund manager based in Johannesburg and operating across Sub-Saharan Africa. At Vantage, Mr. Molomo was a Senior Associate originating and structuring deals
in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique. Prior to that he has with VPB in Botswana and Namibia as a senior investment professional in their private equity team. He began his career as an
investment analyst with Fleming Asset Management.
Mr. Molomo brings extensive experience in private equity, corporate finance, strategy and project finance. Mr. Molomo earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Finance) and an MBA fromthe University of Cape Town. He also holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Business from the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of
Business Science. He has also held a number of board roles in hospitality, healthcare, ICT, property, FMCG and beverage companies.

Mr. Mokgethi Frederick Magapa is an accomplished executive with a great track record in startups, turnarounds, and general transformation of companies. He is now involved in private business spanning healthcare, property development and retail. Mokgethi has over 25 years corporate experience with strong executive leadership, business transformation and creating a high-performance culture having successfully led multinational companies in their quest for turn-around.  He has worked in different industries such as telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, logistics & international trade, security, and risk management. Mokgethi ‘s experience in telecommunications includes the setting up (and leading) of beMOBILE (mobile arm of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation). He brings proven experience and knowledge in strategy formulation & execution, business leadership, corporate governance and building effective and high performing teams.

His past immediate corporate role was with G4S – Botswana (A BSE Listed company) as its Managing Director. Mokgethi has also worked for DHL Express, Samsung Electronics as CEO of both companies. He is the immediate past Chairman of the Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) with his term ending in November 2020. He is the Chairperson of Agile Private Hospital – Selebi Phikwe(previously BCL Mine Hospital) and is currently leading the team that is working on commercializing the hospital.

He graduated from the University of Botswana with a Bachelor of Science and also holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Telecommunications Policy& Regulatory Management from the University of the Witwatersrand (RSA). He has also successfully completed a Management Development Program at the University of Stellenbosch (RSA) and an Executive Leadership Training with NKD/DHL.

Mr Thato Kewakae is a well-rounded business professional and executive with a business and ICT background that is supplemented by working experience from across various industries. He is experienced in leading growth in private sector business, in consultancy and providing support services for government and the private sector.

Mr Kewakae has served as a Managing Director at Cabling for Africa (Pty) Ltd, Botswana for six years.  He also worked as the Information Systems Manager at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA). His most recent post was Chief Information Officer at Botswana Post, where he previously also served as Manager: Special Projects. Mr Kewakae currently sits on the Botswana Housing Corporation Board and is part of the Finance/Audit and HR committees.

He graduated from the University of Botswana with Master of Business Administration and also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science) from Birla Institute of Technology in India. He has also successfully completed the Executive Development Program at the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town and a Project Management Course at Wits University.

As Managing Director, Mr. Masunga is tasked with leading the growth and transformation of BTC post listing to deliver shareholder value. He provides overall leadership to the business including ensuring adherence to
the highest corporate governance standards, management of all financial and technical systems and processes, and development and management of the human resource capital.

He was previously the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, Acting Group General Manager Commercial and Privatisation Programme Manager, and is the founding General Manager of beMOBILE (now BTC Mobile). He has over 20 years’ experience in the field of Telecommunications and Information Technology. Mr. Masunga holds a BSc Computer Science degree from McGill University (Canada) and an MBA from DE Montfort University (UK). He is an Alumni of the University of Stellenbosch Business School, having completed their Executive Development Programme.