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Sasfin Wealth head of IT Reshen Sukhram believes a unified response to cybersecurity is key to corporate survival. He stressed this at the recent CIO Day held in Johannesburg.

Three C-suite executives revealed how CIOs can drive business transformation through strategic partnerships at the recent 2025 CIO Day held in Johannesburg.

At CIO Day on 27 May 2025, one of the breakaway sessions, called Mission IT Possible, gave CIOs an opportunity to dive into different scenarios within individual groups to solve business challenges.

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.

On 15 October 2025, the inaugural IT Indaba will bring together thousands of tech professionals for the biggest IT gathering in the southern hemisphere.

At the CIO South Africa Summit in Cape Town on 10 April, IT leaders unpacked the nuances of modernising legacy systems. The CIOs said that transforming legacy systems requires careful attention to the speed of the transformation and people management – beyond just looking at the technology.

The 2025 CIO Awards nominations deadline has been extended to Friday, 11 April, giving colleagues and peers more time to recognise the most outstanding CIOs and IT leaders in the industry.

Opportunities and challenges of AI revealed at the CIO Smarter IT Summit, which explored how IT leaders could balance business value, operational efficiency and customer-centricity, cost and navigate the AI hype cycle.

From business insights to technical deep dives and life-changing advice, these podcasts have Nkosenhle Ngongoma, divisional director of IT at City Lodge Hotel Group, Hilton Martin, chief of ICT at Ster-Kinekor, and Tiaan van Zyl, CIO at DataNoble, glued to their screens.

CIO South Africa caught up with Eskom CIO Faith Burn, Merchant Capital CTO David Reynders and iWYZE CTO Mbusiswa Nyuswa to explore their unique approaches to mentorship.

Following the resounding success of the second annual CIO Awards, nominations for the most prestigious accolades in information technology are now officially open. This is an opportunity to acknowledge exceptional CIOs and IT leaders for their pivotal contributions to organisational success.

South Africa’s leading CIOs arrived dressed to the nines for the second annual CIO Awards, and were ready to celebrate their peers.

Galeboe Mogotsi, CISO at Wits University, shares valuable insights and strategies that IT leaders can implement to secure their environments against the growing landscape of cybersecurity risks.

Omeshnee Naidoo, director: CIO programme leader for Africa at Deloitte, believes the next generation of CIOs will shape the future of technology and drive meaningful change. As one of Africa's leading professional services firms, Deloitte is eager to play a pivotal role in this evolution.

Dr Denisha Jairam-Owthar, CIO of the Council for Medical Schemes and 2023 Young CIO of the Year award recipient, writes a heartfelt message of reflection, encouragement and support ahead of the 2024 ‘Oscars of IT’ on 12 November. 

With only a week remaining, South Africa will soon find out which of its top IT leaders will claim the prestigious CIO of the Year title. Ziaad Suleman, chief commercial officer (CCO) at EOH, explains why sponsoring this award perfectly aligns with company’s vision.

CIO South Africa caught up with Thuto Masasa, partner and national head of advisory at BDO South Africa, for insights into the qualities this year’s CIO Awards judges kept a close eye on.

CIO South Africa’s Principal Partner, Entelect, will hand out the Strategy & Leadership Award at the second annual CIO Awards on 12 November.

Warren Hero, recipient of the 2023 High-Performance Team Award and product lead for SARS architecture design, emphasises that a successful leader must cultivate, curate and maintain a thinking environment for both themselves and their teams.

Incredible CIO Journey puts IT execs behind the wheel and unlocks their explorer mindset.