Below are some profiles of people who have joined or participated in the CIO Forum to make a difference.
Bridgetti Lim Banda
Bridgetti has assisted in the SAP University Alliance
Program and is passionate about helping
academics and students.
Bridgetti has been coordinating the forum
event and online community.
she uses social networks to build
communities and has developed methods for
Managed Social Networks. view profile ...
Andre de la Harpe
Andre consults and
lectures at the Cape Peninsula University of
Technology in Advanced Information Systems
Management.
Andre co-chairs the monthly forums.
He brings a wealth of experience in IT management
and is helping to drive the CIO research initiatives. view profile ...
Zee Gwebu
Zee is Head of Strategy and Planning at Sanlam.
He has had extensive experience in IT management,
strategy and architecture.
Zee has participated in the monthly forums as well
as endeavoured to promote networking and collaboration. view profile ...
Roderick Lim Banda
Roderick Lim Banda is a founding partner of KASE and has been
consulting and lecturing in Enterprise Architecture.
Roderick developed the concept for the CIO Breakfast
and is a co-chair on the monthly discussions. view profile ...
Bolelang Rakeepile
Bolelang is an Entrepreneur in various industries and
is a former Chair of the Western Cape Black IT Forum.
Bolelang has sat in various boards as a non-executive director.
He has extensive understanding of the ICT industry, the financial and public sector and NGOs.
He is interested in the development of the ICT industry in South Africa. view profile ...
Prof Michael Kyobe
Michael Kyobe is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at UCT.
He has consulted extensively with organisations in the public
and private sectors in Strategic Planning and Alignment, Computer Networking,
Computer Auditing, Systems Development and Knowledge Management systems. view profile ...
Tina Angelos
Tina is a former Corporate Account Manager with
Microsoft South Africa.
Tina has supported and contributed to the
monthly forums despite her busy schedule.
She has used her own extensive network to
promote the forum and collaboration between
CIOs and academics. view profile ...
Issa Habimana
Issa was a lecturer in Information Systems
at the University of the Western Cape.
Issa passed away in 2008 and is missed by
his family, friends and colleagues.
He is seen here attending one of the forums.
He supported the initiative and was
passionate about teaching and making a difference.
The forum is open to Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Academics, Professionals, Industry, Corporates, Government, Graduates, Students and other stakeholders.
The forum provides CIOs with insight into the academic program, research and initiatives being undertaken by participating universities.
It also enables academics to share, learn and engage with key decision makers in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
Our desire is to connect people and breakdown barriers.
We build relationships with those who are active on the ground and passionate about making a difference.
The online forum and events are managed through social networks.
Social networks avoid bureaucracies, remove impediments and build bridges that connect individuals directly.