Ignatius is a research specialist in Competition Law and Corporate Law. His research interests include competition law and policy, regulation of economic activities and general corporate law. He is admitted to practice law in Zimbabwe as a registered legal practitioner, a member of the Law Society of Zimbabwe and the Academic Society of Competition Lawyers. He is also a member of the editorial committee for the Zimbabwe Law Reports, a member of the Women University in Africa Council and a board member. He is the substantive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Zimbabwe Open University in Harare.

Ignatius holds a Doctor of Laws (Mercantile Law) (University of Pretoria), Master of Laws (Business Law (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Bachelor of Laws 9University of Fort Hare), Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (Chinhoyi University of Technology).