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Following the grand opening of the Nutun AI Operations Centre on 18 June in Sandton, group CTIO Hans Zachar unpacks the gruelling two-year backend modernisation journey required to bring an agentic AI debt collector to life.

As AI-native firms build around automation from day one, established companies may be forced to revisit the much-criticised idea of business process reengineering.

JobJack chief technology officer Gerhard De Wet has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards.

For Youth Day, CIO South Africa posed two questions to IT executives. In response, technology executive Vinoliah Martin, Multichoice / Canal Plus group executive for information and digital technology Maggie Matsie and W&R SETA CIO Barnabas Masekwameng look back at their younger selves and share their advice for the post-digital generation.

CIO South Africa recently caught up with Multichoice Africa / Canal Plus group executive for information and digital technology Maggie Matsie, who unpacks mum guilt, Enneagram 8 leadership, and why you should never delegate what you haven’t mastered.

Turning sustainability talk into action requires practical measurement. Volkswagen Financial Services South Africa CIO Wilma Crosson, PetroSA acting CIO Zanele Hala, Cassava Technologies South Africa and Botswana CEO Ziaad Suleman and Wits School of Business Sciences IS professor Rennie Naidoo explore how maturity models help African organisations execute their Green IT strategies.

Digital resilience has shifted from a technical safeguard to a strategic imperative as enterprises confront rising cyber threats, power instability and increasingly complex hybrid environments. Organisations that fail to embed resilience into their infrastructure risk not only operational disruption, but lasting damage to revenue, reputation and customer trust.

Dr Bongani Andy Mabaso has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards for his role as group CTO at Altron.

The SABC has announced the permanent appointment of Dr Vuyo Nyembezi as group executive for technology.

Simon Fishley uses the word squiggly to describe his career path, a term he and his team often use at Luno to explain things aren’t in a straight line. And if he had to live life over, he says he wouldn’t change much.

CIOs still approach cybersecurity as if attackers are trying to “break in”. That thinking is outdated. Modern cybercriminals are not smashing through firewalls wearing hoodies in dark rooms. They are logging in through the front door using stolen credentials, hijacked Microsoft 365 accounts and employees who unknowingly hand over access every single day.

Sahann Van der Vyver, CIO at Two Mountains Group, is a leader whose faith and values extend well beyond the boardroom. His charitable work is anchored in a conviction that every person carries inherent worth – and that leadership is ultimately an act of service.

Dr Wynand Beukes has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards for his role as CDO at WeBuyCars.

Sne Dlamini has stepped into the role of group chief information and digital officer at Sasol, bringing a 20-year track record of leading large-scale transformations to the organisation.

Philip Morris International CIO for sub-Saharan Africa Mary Mahuma is leading digital transformation with a focus on purpose, access and impact. She reflects on the values shaping her approach to leadership and technology.

The conversation around artificial intelligence has fundamentally shifted. We have moved past the hype of 2024/25. Leadership is no longer claimed by those with the most ambitious vision, but by those who have mastered industrialisation: scaling AI enterprise-wide as a core, repeatable capability.

With more than two decades of IT and delivery leadership across banking, insurance and financial services, Zakiyya Cassimjee steps into a new role as IT executive at Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa.

Standard Bank CIO of Global Markets Nicole Borges leads one of banking’s most demanding technology environments, where delivery is non-negotiable. Yet her story is just as much about mentorship, team-building and the hard-won lesson that ambition means little without balance.

Anand Naidoo has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards for his achievements as CTO at Hello Group.

As CIO and vice-principal of ICT Unisa, Mathabo Nakene-Mginqi has led one of Africa’s largest universities through a high stakes digital stabilisation and cloud transformation journey. Her path to the executive role, shaped by an unexpected chapter in interior decor, reveals a technology leader focused on intentional, human-centred systems change.