For RMB’s Engineering Centre CIO Emily Mbele, life has often meant navigating circumstances with careful calculation, a skill honed during her childhood in Soshanguve township. Here, many decisions were a response to the consequences weighed beforehand.
An intervention by a tertiary registration office employee changed the course of Standard Bank SA Risk CIO Phakama Qoboshiyana's life, steering her from tourism into a career that would see her rise to the C-suite of a major financial institution.
For the 2024 Public Sector CIO Award winner, Pandelani Munyai, everything has to have a scientific approach and reasoning behind it. Now he is tapping into his science background to rewrite South Africa’s digital future as Transnet’s CIO.
MagicOrange’s Stephen Coull and Blake Davidson explore how CIOs can turn opaque IT budgets into strategic tools for business growth.
2024 CIO Awards cybersecurity category winner and Clicks’ group head of IT Ridwan Khan is an inspiring case study of how CIOs navigate modern IT challenges while staying grounded in their personal lives and values.
With phishing, smishing, and vishing attacks on the rise across South African enterprises, the proactive management of cybersecurity risks is no longer optional and is fast becoming an industry standard. Richard Cassidy, CISO for the EMEA region at Rubrik, offers his expert perspective on what CIOs need to prioritise to counter the growing threat of identity-based attacks.
Stefanutti Stocks Construction’s IT manager, Kevin Wilson has joined the list of leaders competing for the CIO of the Year title.
Yellow Card co-founder and CTO Justin Poiroux shares how the evolution of fraud detection, digital ecosystem requirements and emerging protocols are compelling organisations to build their own AI capabilities rather than rely on external providers.
IFS head of group IT Andrew Britz is connecting Africa’s most remote operations the way he deep-sea fishes in the Indian Ocean – with whatever he has at his disposal.
Mr Price Group’s Kim Sim joins the list of leaders competing for the CIO of the Year title.
The online accounting platform has signed up as a Platinum partner for the 2025 IT Indaba taking place on 15 October.
DRDGold CITO Shalin Naidoo joins the list of leaders competing for the CIO of the Year title.
The software solutions provider has signed up as a Silver partner for the 2025 IT Indaba happening on 15 October.
Three C-suite executives revealed how CIOs can drive business transformation through strategic partnerships at the recent 2025 CIO Day held in Johannesburg.
Pineapple CTO Sizwe Ndlovu joins the list of leaders competing for the 2025 CIO of the Year title.
Digital literacy needs to evolve to include neurochemical literacy, Rennie Naidoo, a research director and professor at Wits believes. He explains how social media can be manipulated to elicit specific engagement and warns that attention and mental clarity are IT leaders’ hottest commodity.
An experienced actuary and non-executive director, Satish Antony will lead Medscheme Holdings’ data organisation and strategy development functions.
For CIOs today, the biggest challenge comes at the intersection between strategy, business impact and innovation. In order to successfully navigate this crossroads, IT leaders need to go beyond the technology and learn new skills that will help them influence the direction of their organisations.
When the market can’t deliver, Santam group CIO Sam Nkosi develops his own data platforms and technology talent.
Rachit Tayal, associate VP and country head at HCLTech, shares real-world insights on moving from AI concepts to tangible business value in South African companies.
