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Resilient. Intelligent. Inclusive: Shaping South Africa’s digital future
This theme speaks directly to the unique crossroads South African CIOs face in 2026, balancing innovation with resilience, scaling AI responsibly, modernising legacy systems, and ensuring that digital transformation creates value not only for business, but for society.
It highlights three imperatives:
Intelligent: Harnessing AI, automation, and data for smarter, faster, evidence-based decisions.
In an era defined by rapid technological change, South Africa’s CIOs stand at the centre of national and enterprise transformation. The Chartered CIO Conference 2026 brings together digital leaders from business and government to explore how technology can drive resilience, intelligence, and inclusion across the economy.
From scaling AI responsibly and building cyber-resilient infrastructures to modernising legacy systems and investing in digital skills, CIOs are redefining how technology enables progress.
This is where public and private sector leaders converge to share strategies, strengthen partnerships, and shape a digital future that works for everyone.
Demonstrate thought leadership & qualified lead generation
As a solution provider in this industry, this is a prime opportunity to directly interface with a decision-maker audience while sharing your thought leadership on the agenda. Our audience consists of C-level executives and decision-makers actively seeking trusted partners to guide their transformation strategy. Chartered CIO Conference 2026 offers the perfect platform to connect with these key decision-makers.
Don’t miss this annual chance to partner with southern Africa’s leading ICT media company. Join us to showcase your technologies, services, and solutions at your display stand, and contribute to the agenda to help attendees navigate the digital transformation journey.
Chartered CIO Conference 2026 is more than a marketing opportunity, it’s a strategic investment in South Africa’s digital future. Join us to reaffirm your status in this space.
Contact Debbie Visser, debbiev@itweb.co.za, for a breakdown of opportunities available to suit your marketing budget.
Sponsorship Opportunities200+ attendees
Expert speakers
Exhibitors
Venue
Montecasino - The Ballroom
Montecasino Blvd, Fourways, Johannesburg, 2055
011 510 7000
Our award-winning entertainment destination – located in Fourways in northern Johannesburg – boasts international theatre, world-class dining, family fun, class-leading hotels, casino-thrills, shopping, movies and much more. Let us entertain you… it’s what we do!
Find out more:
Event Sponsor
BCX
At BCX, we pride ourselves on being one of the leading South African end-to-end digital partners for corporates and enterprises across the African continent, within the Private and Public Sector. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Telkom Group, we aim to become the number 1 digital partner of choice for clients within our chosen markets. BCX drives business results by helping our clients place their customer at the heart of their organisations. Enabled by our technological capabilities such as converged communications, cloud services, industry solutions, cyber security and digital edge, BCX will innovate solutions to deliver exceptional value through better experiences along the value chain. To do this we combine local market understanding and deep industry expertise with some of the world’s most advanced Information and Communication Technology, together with a tireless commitment to make your unique digital journey as seamless as possible.
For more information, please visit www.bcx.co.za
Diamond Sponsor
IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.
For more information, please visit www.ibm.com



