Job Title: vice principal ICT and CIO
Company: University of South Africa
Mathabo Nakene-Mginqi is the vice principal ICT and CIO at the University of South Africa, (Unisa) a role she has held since March 2022.
Before joining the Unisa, Mathabo served as group manager service development at Airports Company South Africa.
She previously served as a senior project manager at the Department of Home Affairs.
Earlier in her career, she held senior IT and project management positions at TPM Project Management, Wits, Nyarhi Technologies, UBank, HR Computek and CSIR. She also served as a board member at Rand Water and the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency, as well as a non-executive director at Project Management South Africa.
Mathabo holds a master's in project management from the University of Pretoria, as well as a BSc honours in computer science and a BSc in computer science from the University of Cape Town.
Mathabo was the 2025 Public Sector CIO of the Year.
Work:
2022 – Present: vice principal ICT and CIO, University of South Africa
2015 – 2022: group manager service development, Airports Company South Africa
2019 – 2021: non-executive director, Project Management South Africa
2014 – 2015: senior project manager, Department of Home Affairs
2014 – 2015: board member, Rand Water
2011 – 2014: owner and founder, TPM Project Management
2011 – 2014: board member, Cross-Border Road Transport Agency
2010 – 2011: programme manager, Wits
2009 – 2010: programme manager, Nyarhi Technologies
2008 – 2009: project management consultant, Department of Home Affairs
2007 – 2008: program manager, UBank
2005 – 2007: project manager, HR Computek
2001 – 2004: software engineer, CSIR
2022 – Present: vice principal ICT and CIO, University of South Africa
2015 – 2022: group manager service development, Airports Company South Africa
2019 – 2021: non-executive director, Project Management South Africa
2014 – 2015: senior project manager, Department of Home Affairs
2014 – 2015: board member, Rand Water
2011 – 2014: owner and founder, TPM Project Management
2011 – 2014: board member, Cross-Border Road Transport Agency
2010 – 2011: programme manager, Wits
2009 – 2010: programme manager, Nyarhi Technologies
2008 – 2009: project management consultant, Department of Home Affairs
2007 – 2008: program manager, UBank
2005 – 2007: project manager, HR Computek
2001 – 2004: software engineer, CSIR
Education:
2008: Master's in project management, University of Pretoria
2000: BSc honours in computer science, University of Cape Town
2000: BSc in computer science, University of Cape Town
About company: Unisa is a comprehensive, open, distance and e-learning institution that offers internationally accredited qualifications and focuses on addressing Africa’s educational and developmental problems.
