The winner of the IT Personality of the Year award is Matt Putman, co-founder and CEO of iKhokha; and Louise van der Bank, CIO of AfriSam, has been named Visionary CIO of the Year.
Matt Putman, co-founder and CEO of iKhokha, receives the IT Personality of the Year Award, while the Visionary CIO of the Year Award goes to AfriSam’s Louise van der Bank.
The company pays tribute to Tanita Engall, Adele Eksteen, Nicole Marais, Lauren Geldenhuys and Dorianne McKenzie.
This year, the awards feature a new category – the Women in IT Excellence Award.
ITWeb TV: SA has enough potential skills | Episode #77
CompTIA's Loraine Vorster talks addressing the IT skills shortage, upskilling within the organisation, giving a chance to 1 million matriculants and what's on the horizon for the IT certification and training body. #itwebtv #comptiacetification #skills
The IITPSA President's Awards 2025 recognises visionary leaders, innovators and change makers in South Africa's ICT community.
Wired4Women Awards 2025
The local technology player readies two new solutions, with a staff target of 80% women developers and technicians.
From Novice to Eskom CIO: Faith Burn’s Inspiring Journey in Tech | Exploring Careers in Tech #15
In the latest episode of Exploring Careers in Tech, ITWeb interviews Faith Burn, CIO of Eskom, who shares her inspiring journey in the tech industry. Faith candidly reflects on her path, emphasizing the role of preparation and seizing opportunities. Despite never having seen a computer before university, she pursued a degree in computer science, driven by curiosity and a willingness to face fears. Faith began her career as an assistant programmer, steadily rising through roles such as business development manager, project manager, and ultimately CIO. Along the way, she gained diverse experiences, including working in internal auditing, project risk consulting, and holding a leadership role at Deloitte. Her advice to aspiring women in tech centers on embracing new challenges, maintaining a learning mindset, and not being deterred by doubt or negativity. Faith underscores the importance of finding mentors and counselors from diverse backgrounds to provide guidance and perspectives, enabling informed decisions
Three South African teams are among the top performers at the 11th edition of the annual GirlCodeHack hackathon.
Silver Solutions has set its sights on future-proofing Africa’s businesses using next-generation technology.
Nokuthula Ndlovu joins the business and technology consulting firm as a non-executive director, replacing Lillian Serobatse in the role.
Women working in IT must take advantage of opportunities to gain more exposure and experience, said panellists at the IITPSA Women in IT panel discussion at Leaderex 2025.
Intellergy’s women-led technical team deployed AWS Control Tower at a fast-growing digital payments provider.