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.
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.
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.
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.
2025 Young CIO of the Year Irwhan Rakiep does not lead through noise or bravado, but through deep thinking, calm, clarity and a deep respect for people. That mindset shapes not only how technology works, but how teams thrive at Metropolitan Life.
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.
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.
Gary Crouse, Compsol’s newly-appointed CIO, has spent 13 years rising through the ranks in the company and is now reshaping its technology strategy through AI, talent development and process modernisation.
From change freezes and on-call rosters to automated monitoring and transparent risk management, CIOs share how they approach business continuity during peak leave periods.
Zanele Hala is steering PetroSA’s IT function through one of the most consequential periods in the organisation’s history and she is doing it while lifting others.
Ericsson South Africa has appointed Siseko Ngxola as country head, reinforcing its long-term commitment to the local market and its focus on advancing connectivity-driven innovation.
Lenders are moving beyond static financial statements to real-time transaction data, enabling faster decisions and more current assessments of SME performance and funding needs, according to David Reynders, CTO at Merchant Capital.
Sanlam has appointed Theo Mabaso as its first group chief AI officer, formalising artificial intelligence as a dedicated function at executive committee level.
IoD certification equips South African CIOs with governance expertise crucial for board-level influence, but achieving true strategic impact ultimately depends on shifting organisational mindsets that still view ICT as a cost centre rather than a strategic partner, says Wits University CIO Dr Stanley Mpofu.
In honour of International Women’s Month, CIO South Africa highlights interviews with leading IT executives who are shaping the future of the country’s technology landscape and creating pathways for the next generation of women in tech.
On 19 March, CIO South Africa hosted an exclusive dinner at Aurum in Sandton, bringing together senior IT leaders for focused discussions on AI cost, control and value realisation.
Three leading CIOs share how their reading habits shape their leadership, from service excellence and purpose to continuously connecting ideas across disciplines.
Nathan van Rooyen has been appointed chief information officer at Mediclinic, where he will lead the group’s digital transformation initiatives in support of enhanced patient care delivery.
On 11 March 2026, Sage Group hosted a briefing in Johannesburg to introduce Sage AI to the Africa and Middle East market. The session brought together regional executives and product specialists to outline how the company is embedding artificial intelligence into its finance, HR and payroll platforms for small and midsize businesses.
The cloud-based provider has signed up for a Gold stand at the 2026 IT Indaba taking place on 21 October 2026.
