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...and as if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared
Please forgive me if I skip over any other information previously mentioned.
Peter is quite correct with the explanation of how to side-load files into the iOS app.
It's also possible to use email / dropbox / other things, and utilize iOS' "open with..." functionality to then select the Kobo iOS app as the app to open the content with.
Now onto the meat of the thing.
Stingo, you mention you have kepub files. Where did you get them from? Did you generate them from / with something, perhaps from an ePub file.
In the normal course of things, kepub files are not typically accessible from outside of the the apps / desktop application. If you want a file to use for another platform, or have a copy of the file, you'd use blue download buttons in the purchase list via the website. That would get you an ePub file (ok, ok, usually an .acsm file which is then authorized by ADE - I'm trying not to be overly verbose at the moment).
KePub files aren't some mythical creature. They are ePub files that have been through our CMS system, and a few things happen to them (one day I'll try and see if I can get chapter and verse on what is (not) so special about KePub files, and why there aren't really "a thing" as it were.)
Let us take an example of a KePub file that you have obtained from the iOS application - by this I mean you have found where we keep the KePub files.
You copy that off, and then decide to side-load it to another iOS device running the Kobo app. That file *might* appear in the library of the app - it's been a long time since I tried side-loading one - , but even if it does, trying to open it won't do much at all, it may display a "content error" message. But I seriously doubt it'll render.
The reason? It's encrypted, and needs to be decrypted. The iOS app does not currently support decrypting side-loaded KePub files. Why not? It does not need to do so. It downloads the kepub files from the server, and that's how the app is meant to function.
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