People moves

Alex will oversee Google’s operations in Africa, including programmes to assist African businesses and economies.

Ridwaan spent the last 18 months building Absa’s engineering capabilities.

Nomthi is the South African counterpart to the group’s CIO, Nikos Angelopoulos, who is a 2023 CIO Awards nominee.

Mustek has appointed Isaac as an independent non-executive director, effective 1 September 2023.

Nonkqubela previously held the role in an acting capacity.

Sibusiso will be responsible for IT in the soon-to-be-launched PPS New Ventures business.

Kholiwe will take over from Cathy Smith, outgoing MD.

Simo will tap into his ICT expertise to assist with Telkom’s transition into next-generation technologies.

Itayi will succeed outgoing VP and country MD Kholiwe Makhohliso.

MTN is confident that Mudassar’s hands-on approach will take the fintech business to new heights.

Rob’s appointment is based on the company’s succession plan initiated in 2022.

Maya Makanjee and Godfrey Motsa have joined Cell C’s board.

Glad will succeed outgoing CEO Nick Reed.

Convergence Partners rebrands to Solcon Capital and names Pramod Venkatesh as new CEO.

Carl Scholtz will oversee the development and dissemination of modernisation techniques at SARS.

The data centre expert will lead Vertiv Africa’s engineering and technical team.

Heather Lawson will be in charge of Genasys’s operations and project delivery.

The appointment gives Yunus the opportunity to help guide the entire group’s growth plans and vision.

The tech giant has appointed Lillian Barnard as president for Microsoft Africa, and named Kalane Rampai as managing director of Microsoft South Africa, succeeding Lillian.

Mark will contribute expertise to TracPlus’s future wildfire innovation.