Photo Gallery: 12 February 2026, CIO Connected Intelligence Summit, Sandton Hotel, Johannesburg

During a CIO Dinner that took place at The Westcliff hotel in Johannesburg, on 13 October, CIOs said AI rebuilt an undocumented application in 18 hours, yet replacing a core system still costs from R1 billion to R5 billion or more.

Dr Kiru Pillay has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at Richfield, effective 1 October 2026.

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.