This year, the awards feature a new category – the Women in IT Excellence Award.
Timeline
2025
November
- 7.
- 6. The GM will be entrusted by the board to help shape and translate strategy into operational reality, ensuring the IITPSA’s sustainability, relevance and impact.
October
- 8. The 2025 Computer Programming Olympiad is part of the Computer Olympiads, an initiative of the #IITPSA.
September
- 29. 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.
- 3. In addition to the established awards, the IITPSA Women in IT Chapter has introduced a new category: the Woman in IT Excellence Award.
August
- 27. Digital mindfulness helps individuals and teams develop cognitive defences, build healthy digital habits and foster a culture of security from the inside out.
July
- 29. Members of the IITPSA Social and Ethics Committee and chapter leadership have called for transparency and frameworks for declaring the use of AI.
- 8. This year, the event will be held in Sucre, Bolivia, from 27 July to 3 August.
May
- 7. Zuleigha Patel has completed her four-year Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and computer engineering at the University of Cape Town.
March
- 13. The CEO will oversee organisational operations and foster strategic relationships within the ICT industry, government and non-profit sectors.
February
- 17. In his recent State of the Nation address, president Cyril Ramaphosa committed to investing in digital public infrastructure to give South Africans access to government services.
- 13. Romance scams are prevalent schemes, where fraudsters create fake profiles on dating platforms or social media to build emotional connections with their victims.