Cabinet has approved Andile Ngcaba's appointment to the National Advisory Council on Innovation, where he joins the ranks of other business leaders, academics and economists.
The council aims to provide the minister of science and technology with input on national matters around innovation. Last year, the council's advice highlighted regulatory issues in the bioeconomy environment and assisted the Department of Science and Technology to put together the National Bioeconomy Strategy.
Ngcaba, who founded Convergence Partners and is currently executive chairman of Dimension Data's Middle East and Africa unit, joins other well-known South Africans such as Sibusiso Sibisi, CEO of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; economist Azar Jammine; and Sim Tshabalala, joint Standard Bank CEO.
The council, which has been appointed for a four-year term, will be chaired by University of Pretoria vice-chancellor professor Cheryl de la Rey.
The members of the council are:
1. Adv Louisa Zondo
2. Garth Strachan (trade and industry representative)
3. Professor Jennifer Thomson
4. Clare Busetti
5. Zanele Monnakgotla
6. Dr Azar Jammine
7. Professor Cheryl de la Rey (chairperson)
8. Dr Andile Ngcaba
9. Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
10. Dr Sibusiso Sibisi
11. Professor Olive Shisana
12. Dhesigen Naidoo
13. Dr Albert Van Jaarsveld
14. Professor Glenda Gray
15. Professor Roseanne Diab
16. Dr Shadrack Moephuli
17. Kevin Nassiep
18. Sim Tshabalala
19. Dr Khotso Mokhele
20. Professor Anton Eberhard
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