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                <![CDATA[ Fledge Business Solutions joins 2026 IT Indaba as Silver partner ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 11 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Fledge Business Solutions has signed up as a Silver partner for the 2026 IT Indaba.
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                <![CDATA[ Information technology executive Varun Rao nominated for 2026 CIO Awards ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 09 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Kaelo information technology executive Varun Rao has been nominated for the 2026 CIO Awards. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Mohamed Sami explains why Vodacom builds AI twice ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 08 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Vodacom's group chief information officer explains why the group runs its AI platforms in parallel – cloud-based and fully on-premise – to survive Africa's 40-plus regulatory regimes. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The engineer who writes novels, inside Priyen Naidu’s left-brain, right-brain life ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 07 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Aspen’s head of IT for SA Commercial has built a career on systems thinking – and a second life on the pages of a novel a decade in the making. Priyen Naidu reflects on risk, reinvention and finding purpose at work and at home. ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 2026 Executive Day: Leaders tackle AI blindspots and corporate tension ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/2026-executive-day-leaders-tackle-ai-blindspots-and-corporate-tension/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 04 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ The third annual Executive Day saw 230 of South Africa’s top executives come together to bridge the tech divide by focusing on the relationship between AI, human capital and corporate strategy.
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                <![CDATA[ Photo Gallery: 3 September 2026, Executive Day, Melrose, Johannesburg ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/3-september-2026-executive-day-melrose-johannesburg/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 04 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/3-september-2026-executive-day-melrose-johannesburg/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 2026 Executive Day: Diagnosing and fixing corporate friction ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/2026-executive-day-inside-the-cio-framework-for-diagnosing-and-fixing-corporate-friction/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 03 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ During a breakaway session on tackling workplace tension, Zeda CIO Pulana Ngwasheng unpacked her five types of corporate friction. She was joined by Auditor-General CTO Phila Ndarana and AB InBev VP of people Inette Swart.
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                <![CDATA[ Marsh joins 2026 IT Indaba as Gold partner ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/marsh-joins-2026-it-indaba-as-gold-partner/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 02 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Global insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh joins the 2026 IT Indaba as a Gold partner.
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                <![CDATA[ South Africa’s CIOs are building their own tech talent ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/south-africas-cios-are-building-their-own-tech-talent/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 01 September 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ Vendors keep poaching mid-career technologists just as they hit their stride. Five IT leaders explain how they're closing the gap by growing talent from the inside out.
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                <![CDATA[ The hidden talent risk behind AI productivity ]]>
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            <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/the-hidden-talent-risk-behind-ai-productivity/ ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ 28 August 2026 ]]>
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                <![CDATA[ AI is accelerating knowledge work. The real test for CIOs is whether it is also strengthening human capability.
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                <![CDATA[ https://cio-sa.co.za/articles/the-hidden-talent-risk-behind-ai-productivity/ ]]>
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