Edward Snell & Co head of technology Kevin Fredericks shares how he balances AI-driven innovation with intentional succession planning, internal software development, and family time.
CIO South Africa recently caught up with Takealot group chief technology officer Clive Charlton and here is what he shared about his role.
Hanlie de Bod-Leaf never planned a career in technology. But as CIO at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, she's combining her love of problem-solving and innovation to build digital solutions that connect millions of young South Africans with much-needed work opportunities.
Kim Sim, CIO of Mr Price Group, has built her leadership philosophy around high-performance team culture, psychological safety and accountability while steering major technology transformation initiatives. Her approach earned her both the Strategy and Leadership Award and the High-Performance Team Award at the CIO Awards in 2025.
AI is accelerating knowledge work. The real test for CIOs is whether it is also strengthening human capability.
As AI token prices collapse, boards often confuse cheap raw intelligence with a cheaper business.
Sasol’s IT digital and innovation enablement lead Bramley Maetsa and Microsoft’s senior account technology strategist Phumlani Nhlapo explore why the industry's Open-AI coalition changes the sovereignty debate.
Speaking exclusively to CIO South Africa, Palo Alto Networks chief information officer Meerah Rajavel explains why offline power outages do not solve your security issues, sharing a global playbook for local digital transformation.
If your cyber security strategy is measured by the number of security products you own, then you are measuring the wrong thing.
Hans Zachar, 2025 CIO Awards Cybersecurity award-winner, built Nutun’s international technology platform with the same quiet discipline that shaped his life growing up in Edenvale. For the group chief technology and information officer, global scale, trust and innovation have always been about people first – and systems second.
During the 11th annual ExCo Women’s Dinner at the NH Johannesburg Sandton, Kevin Wilson, group GM: IT at Stefanutti Stocks said healthy population growth requires companies to make it easy for people to have families.
At least 27 of Johannesburg’s top women leaders in the IT field came together for high-energy discussions and appreciation for the journey to CIO.
Three leading CIOs share how their reading habits shape their leadership, from service excellence and purpose to continuously connecting ideas across disciplines.
