Growing up in rural Eastern Cape, Fikile has always been driven to make a real difference not only in the SMME space, but to the entrepreneurs working within it.
Qualifying in 2001 with a BCom (Hons) in information systems and management from the University of Western Cape, he went on to work at global management consulting and technology firm Accenture for seven years. There he was promoted from a systems analyst to business consultant and project manager. In 2010 Fikile became a business analyst for JP Morgan Chase & Co, specialists in global asset management and fund administration.
He is also a director of the Zeleni Group, and the founder and a former director of VMC. A project close to Fikile’s heart, VMC is an agricultural co-operative that promotes sustainable community development in areas around his hometown of King William’s Town.