Merchants appoints Shalendra Kundalram as new VP of technology and facilities

Building on the success of its inaugural event, the 2026 IT Indaba returns to the Sandton Convention Centre on 21 October.

South African technology leaders Emily Mbele, David Gray and Keneilwe Gwabeni share how traditional wisdom, local constraints and human-first leadership shape their digital legacies.

Sage’s global chief technology officer, Aaron Harris, put himself through university by building accounting software. Decades later, the cloud pioneer believes the future belongs to tech leaders who learn faster than code evolves. In this exclusive Q&A, Aaron explains why the ability to inspire is a CTO’s most valuable asset.

From Euro-priced software on a Rand budget to AI that speaks 11 official languages, top tech leaders show how South African culture shapes enterprise innovation.

DHL vice president of IT for sub-Saharan Africa Mahendra Beharie has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards.

In a recent CIO South Africa webinar exploring the foundations of an AI-ready enterprise, Jonathan Whitear, specialist sales: EMEA and APAC at Hyland, Justin Parry, CEO: Content services at Visions Group, and Andrew Griffith, MD at Information Genetics, unpacked why the success of any AI strategy depends less on the model chosen and more on whether an organisation's content is connected, governed and understandable.