Interview

Muhammad Ali Bhikhan, CIO – Absa Regional Operations, discusses the Joint Standard on cybersecurity and cyber resilience requirements, CIOs need to know, and strategies for maintaining resilience.

From psy-ops to undersea traffic exchanged through the web, Clinix Health Group CIO Andrew Roberts still maintains that it is the upliftment of people that remains his biggest career – and personal – reward.

Discovery Insure CIO Sne Dlamini has faced adversity and come out as a corporate heroine of her own. Her ambition, courage and tenacity are the result of being raised by women who didn’t ask for respect, but commanded it.

IT veteran Christopher ‘Chris’ Kistasamy has taken on the role of CEO at MakwaIT and reveals his plans to take an ambitious and dynamic IT firm onto the global stage, while retaining its African roots.

There’s science behind MTN group CIO Nikos Angelopoulos’s transition from physics to IT, and he calls South Africa the best country to live in, second only to his birth country, Greece.

The CIO’s passion for teaching and tech has shaped a two-decade IT career.

Sasol group CIO Lungile Mginqi shares his incredible journey of starting on the back foot, tapping into his team for momentum, and turning his challenges into wins.

Eskom's CIO Faith Burn explains that working for a state-owned entity is the great sign of patriotism – it’s what motivates her as a leader. She encourages everyone to at least once in their life explore the opportunity to work for an SOE.

Al Baraka Bank’s Omar Khayyam Karim shares his success story.

Zoom Fibre's CIO says that IT found him – and the best is yet to come.

Unisa’s vice-principal: ICT-CIO Mathabo Nakene-Mginqi explains that what may look like a normal organisation or job on the surface, serves a bigger purpose.

The CIO’s innovation journey has helped shape hospitality and the customer experience from the ground up.

Thando Mubva is dedicated to shaping the future of IT leadership through mentorship.

DHL’s senior IT director reveals that moving DHL from its former premises took a toll on her both physically and emotionally, but it was the support of her team that helped see the project to successful completion.

Khensani is the first African woman to earn a PhD in applied data science, focusing on AI algorithmic fairness.

CIO South Africa recently had the opportunity to connect with Willem Deyzel, the chief technology officer (CTO) at Numeral, whose diverse interests extend far beyond the confines of his professional role.

As a youngster, Hemu Choonilal was quite inventive. Now he’s taking that spirit into growing and stabilising Access Bank South Africa through agile IT.

The BidTravel CIO’s blend of business acumen and tech expertise has helped him plot a successful career path.

Sasol Energy’s CIO, Thato Sopeng, has gone from using her skills in basic software development programming to heading up a large team in a traditionally male-dominated environment.

The IT business relationship executive’s unique background helps him drive public-sector innovation.