| Name: |
Anna Badimo |
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Ms |
| Company Name: |
Linuxchix Africa |
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Co-Founder |
Anna Badimo is the Co-Founder of Linuxchix Africa and is passionate about increasing the number of women in ICT and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in particular. She used Free and Open Source for doing recombination detection in HIV-1 for her PhD Bioinformatics (Computational Molecular Biology) research. She has an M.Sc Applied Science (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from Wales University , dissertation cum laude. She was the first black woman to qualify for a B.Sc and B.Sc Hons in Computer Science at the University of the Witwatersrand . She has also worked as an IT Manager for Eskom and Telkom. She is on the WSIS Telecentres, Digital Divide Network, Gender Caucus, as well as the APC-Africa Women's Network, the Department of Communication's Working Group on Telecoms Pricing. She is the General Secretary of Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), and she is on the Kasi Open Source Society (KOSS) Committee. |
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| Name: |
Colin Koligan Pillay |
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Mr |
| Company Name: |
Oracle Corporation |
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Executive - Local Government
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Colin Kogilan Pillay has been in the ICT industry for 18 years, twelve of which he served in executive management. He is currently the Executive of Local of Local Government at Oracle Corporation. Prior to that, he was the CIO of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and the head of Technology in various organizations.
He was named the Top Public Sector CIO for Africa in 2005 at ForgeAhead's ICT Achiever's Awards. He has qualifications in Project Management, Cash Management, Finance for non Financial Managers and an MBA majoring in Information Management and E-Commerce. |
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| Name: |
Evans Munyuki |
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| Title: |
Mr |
| Company Name: |
IBM Global Technology Services |
| Designation: |
Financial Services Sector Executive
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Evans Munyuki spent most of his career working for IBM USA , running its Business Transformation Initiatives, Technology Transformation Initiatives, Application Development Initiatives as well as its Strategic Outsourcing Business, which was responsible for commercial accounts in the industrial, retail and ICT industries. He then moved to IBM SA where he was running the organisation's Applications Services Business. He is currently the Financial Services Sector Executive for IBM SA's Global Technology Services Business.
Munyuki has three degrees, which he obtained in the USA , which include Business Administration, Electronic Engineering and Project Management. He also acquired IBM certificates in Project Management and ACT Consulting. He is also a member of the Project Management Institute. |
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| Name: |
Faouzi Zaghbib |
| Title: |
Chairman |
| Company Name: |
Tunisian IT Chamber |
| Designation: |
UTICA-CNS-SSII |
| Since 1990, Faouzi Zaghbib has been an expert in information system's engineering & information technologies, General Manager of R2i (designed national information system's projects, conducted many ICT projects, associated to several initiatives regarding industry, trade, e-commerce and education development model). Prior to that, he worked as an IT project manager at an insurance company in Tunisia called STAR and a Tunisian National IT Centre. He was later a general manager for GEISER, an IT company in Tunisia and he is currently an administrator at ESPRIT, which is a private university specialising in IT. He currently sits as a chairman in the Tunisian IT chamber, also a member of the World IT & Services Alliance, a member of the African ICT Alliance and a member of IJMA3, which is an Arabic IT Federation. |
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| Name: |
Godwin J. Brocke |
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| Title: |
Director |
| Company Name: |
Ministry of Road Transport |
| Designation: |
Research, Statistics and
Information Management |
| Godwin J. Brocke has worked for the Department of Highway Authority in the ministry of Roads and Highways as an engineer in Ghana . He started his career as an Assistant Engineer and worked his way up. He was promoted to directorship in 1995 and he was a Director for Planning, Programming, Bugeting and Donor Co-ordination in 2001 and he is currently the director for Research, Statistics and Information Management since 2002. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's Degree in Engineering Management. He is also a senior member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers. |
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| Name: |
Gillian Marcelle |
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| Title: |
Dr |
| Company Name: |
Technology for
Development (TfDev) |
| Designation: |
Principal Consultant |
| Gillian Marcelle has been professionally active in the field of strategy, business development and management, particularly in the ICT industry for over fifteen years. She began delivering consulting services into Southern Africa , working for a UK based firm, Analysys Ltd. Her success in generating new business opportunities particularly in policy and regulatory advisory services prompted a move to South Africa , where she has lived since 1998. She currently operates an owner-run and managed consulting practice, Technology for Development. She has also worked in South Africa as the Senior Telecommunications Research Analyst for JP Morgan Chase, where she was responsible for Equity Research to support the listing of Telkom SA on the JSE and NYSE. |
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| Name: |
Proffesor Gideon Hayford Choinia |
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| Title: |
Mr |
| Company Name: |
University of Zurich |
| Designation: |
Senior Information Officer |
Chonia is ICT Lecturer and Distinguished Visitor to Graduate Institute for Development Studies in Geneva . He is currently a Distinguished Tutor for the Swiss "Volkshochschule". He has been giving tutorials on IT and Networking covering latest advances. Professor Chonia is on the Board of Directors of Chonia Informatica, a non-profit organization and on the Board of Technical Advisors to GhanaNet projects in Africa .
Professor Chonia received his degrees from the University Of Zurich and also holds Diploma in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. His areas of research interest are Open Source Software.
He is an active participant in several other industry forums and sits on the International Steering Committee of GlobalCN, Internet Society Geneva, and Chief advisor on On-going Community Network Projects in Africa |
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| Name: |
Jacqueline Mgudlwa |
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| Title: |
Ms |
| Company Name: |
SABC Corporate Marketing |
| Designation: |
Projects Co-ordinator |
Jacqueline Mgudlwa's experience lies with community development. She is qualified in Project Management, Business Administration as well as Social and Community Development. |
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Name: |
Mirriam Thobeka Zwane |
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| Title: |
Mrs |
| Company Name: |
Praxis Computing Pty Ltd |
| Designation: |
Director |
| Mirriam Thobeka Zwane joined the IT industry in 1987 as a Trainer. After 5 years she joined a 4-month old Praxis Computing and became a shareholder and partner to Mish Middelmann and Michael Haddad. Mirriam is very involved in community initiatives (mainly to educate the disadvantaged communities in IT). She has a Train the Trainer diploma with Damelin and an Adult Basic Education diploma with Unisa. She is also a life contender for the Life College and a member of the East Bank High School Knowledge Gateway Book Club. |
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| Name: |
Mitesh Mohanlal Patel |
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| Company Name: |
PKF (Pta) |
| Title: |
Mr |
| Designation: |
Managing Director |
| Mitesh Patel began his studying career as a chemical engineer, changed to Chartered Accountant and upon completion of his articles, opened his own Audit Practice. He started a bursary fund specifically for disadvantaged students who would like to pursue a career in Chartered Accounting. To date Mitesh Patel has funded two students in his personal capacity to the value of R30 000 to pursue their careers in the field of Chartered Accountancy. He has obtained a Bcompt Honours in financial accounting, financial management, taxation and auditing. He is also part of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. |
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| Name: |
Willem Hendrik Fourie |
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| Title: |
Mr |
| Company Name: |
Industrial Development
Corporation of South Africa Limited |
| Designation: |
Head: Techno-Industries Strategic Business Unit |
| Willem Fourie has been with the IDC for 12 years, evaluating finance application and projects in a wide variety of Industries, from Tourism to Textiles to Agriculture. He has been a Business Unit Head since 2001 and specifically heading up the Techno-Industries Strategic Business Unit since September 2004. This unit is responsible for IDC's investments in the ICT, Electronics and (some) Electrical services industries. He currently sits as a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. |
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| Name: |
George Finger |
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| Title: |
Mr |
| Company Name: |
Development Bank Southern Africa (DBSA) |
| Designation: |
ICT Specialist |
| George Finger worked for 18 years at Telkom SA Ltd. He started as a senior technician in 1983, moved a senior manager position in 1997 and became the head of ICT in 2002 to 2003. He is currently working as Manager of ICT Strategy for the Development Bank of Southern Africa . He handles Business development and identification of growth, s tudy and analyse market and technology developments as well as competitors, identify and assess middle and long term market trends, Appraisal of Projects/Due Diligence, etc. His qualifications include an Honours Degree in Technology Management at the Natal Business School , an Advanced Management Diploma, as well as a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Wales . |
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| Name: |
Gilda Odera |
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| Company Name: |
Internet Service Provider/ International Call Centre
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| Title: |
Mrs |
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Board Director, Telecommunications Providers of Kenya (TESPOK)
Board Director, Africa ICT Association (AFICTA), an affiliation of WITSA |
Marital Status: Married with two children
Age: 39yrs
BA Hons degree in 1989
Other activities: Founder and owner of a company called "All About Kids", a company providing edutainment to children. I plan to merge my two passions by introducing ICT to kids through edutainment.
Secretary Rotary Club of Milimani, Nairobi |
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| Name: |
Ike M. Ngwenya |
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Oracle Corporation |
| Title: |
Mr |
| Designation: |
Executive Director of Channel Alliance |
Ike Ngwenya started his career at Anglo America in 1980 to 1988. He moved to FSA-CONTACT as a Senior Consultant in 1989 to 1992. Later that year, Ngwenya moved to NTC as the Group HR Manager and left in March 1994. He upgraded to Executive Director for ACTAGON from April 1994 to April of '96.
He then became the Managing Director of MTHA Consulting from May 1996 to May 1999. He has also worked as an Executive Director of Corporate Affairs since May 2000 as well as an Executive Director of Corporate Affairs from May of 2000.
He has recently taken up a position as the Executive Director of Channel Alliance at Oracle Corporation in June 2006 and currently sits on the Executive board of Black Information Technology Forum. |
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| Name: |
Margaret Zunguze |
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| Company Name: |
UNFEM |
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Ms |
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National consultant on women's use and access to ICTs |
Since 2001, Margaret Zunguze has worked closely with UNFEM as a national consultant on women's use and access to ICTs. She is currently carrying out research in workplace HIV/AIDS policies and programs for twenty organizations in Zimbabwe for SMART Work AED. The goal of the research is to identify best practices in workplace HIV/AIDS policies programs. The research results will be published before the World AIDS Conference to be held in Bangkok in July.
For seven years, she worked as an Information and Communications Specialist with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) through its regional programs in Uganda , Kenya , Zambia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , South Africa , and Malawi . She became an active member of regional and international organization that encouraged the participation of civil society organizations in the formulation of national ICT Policies to bridge the divide between the rich and the poor. From 2001 to 2003, she headed the Information Services Department of a Gender and Development feminist organization called the Zimbabwe Women's Resource Center and Network (ZWRCN)
From 1997 to 2001, she headed the Information and Communication Department of a Regional Farming System Program called FARMESA, executed by FAO. She was responsible for initiating implementing strategies to gather, analyze and compile information for use by the program in farming systems research including gender
From 1994 to 1996, she was the Information Officer for a Regional Fisheries Project, ALCOM. Prior to that, from 1987 to 1994, she was Assistant Editor Manager for a large educational publishing house, the College press. From 1985-1987 she was a lecture in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Bachelor of Technology student at Laboratory Technicians at Polytechnics. Ms. Zunguze completed the Level in Biology, Chemistry and earned Bachelor of Science degree with special honors in Biochemistry from Hull University , in the United Kingdom . |
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| Name: |
Nhlanhla Mabaso |
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Mr |
| Company Name: |
Meraka Institute CSIR |
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Manager |
Nhlanhla Mabaso has worked in a range of ICT areas. After completing his B Sc (Computer Science & Applied Maths) at the University of the Witwartersrand, he worked as a software engineer for an airline. He later took on other responsibilities as a systems analyst for an internet service provider working on a range of areas including systems administration, internet hotline, online databases as well as strategic consulting. By the time he completed his Masters in Business Administration studies he had moved into the area of management within the private and later the public sector where he was Chief Information Officer.
He is currently involved in Meraka, the Open Source Centre initiative being driven by the CSIR. All this work has necessitated the establishment of a wide range of local and international partnerships, a current highlight of which is the recent hosting of a 'deep thinking session' with experts from within Africa , Brazil , China , Finland and India . Masters research report topic: identifying subtle opportunities in ICT infrastructure planning. |
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| Name: |
Barry Dwolatzky |
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University of Witwatersrand |
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Mr |
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Professor |
Career Background:
Barry Dwolatzky obtained a BSc (Eng) in Electrical Engineering, and a PhD – both from Wits. Having completed his studies, Dowlatzky worked in the UK as a post-doctoral researcher in 1997. He also worked at the University of Manchester , the Imperial College and GEC – Marconi Research Centre. In 1989, he returned to South Africa and worked at Wits Unversity, where he is currently a Professor of Software Engineering and Academic Director of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering.
He is a member of the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers , a Fellow South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in the UK as well as a Chartered Engineer |
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| Name: |
Joel Sekoala |
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| Title: |
Mr |
| Company Name: |
MIT |
| Designation: |
Business Development Executive |
He is a most remarkable young man who exemplifies the spirit of ubuntu proving that it is alive and well in South Africa . I believe that all of us have a social responsibility to build and maintain a strong South African economy. This could be realized through the development of young entrepreneurs, says Sekoala
Recruited straight from university he was mentored and groomed by the directors at MIT Joel Sekoala was born in the rural area of Limpopo , Mokopane, and Moshate in 1980. Young, Dynamic and innovative passed his matric with flying colours and got an entrance at Wits University where he has studied B.com Degree in Economics and Finance.
who saw his potential. His due diligence and tenacity have now paid off as he is in charge of almost twenty percent of the company's business.
He is a Business Development Executive (Account Executive) at Mthombo IT Services, leading Information Technology Company in South Africa . He comes from a strong Commercial background at the University of Witwaterand , Johannesburg .
One of his most outstanding qualities is his commitment to the community and to the disadvantage of society. For the past seven years he has been a tutor at the Student Teaching and Education Programme (WITS STEP) which assists high school learners who come from previously disadvantaged communities.
He was also instrumental in ensuring that a school in Soweto, Thabang Primary School, was given a proper IT infrastructure with 50 computers to expose the students to technology, adequately preparing them for the new millennium and instilling in them a knowledge that the ICT sector is alive with possibilities for everyone and not only a select, privileged few.
He became a strong and dynamic student leader at Wits in varies Clubs and Societies. He became the Chairperson and founder member Wits Student Business Society (WSBS).
During his Academic tenure at Wits, Joel Sekoala scooped many awards for his outstanding performance in varies Club and Societies and also voted twice as the best Economic Tutor in the faculty of Commerce, Law and Management
His interest grew even more by his intention to pursue his academic research studies in ICT fraternity after completing Executive Development Programme with Oxford University in the next three years.
He realized the need to invest heavily in the Information Communication Technology as part of essential instruments to contribute positively towards both micro and macro economic stability in South Africa and around the African Continent.
He strongly believe that this is most innovative way to be pursed by most of young professionals around Africa, to begin to build a strong resourced based African Continent that is free from poverty, illness and underdevelopment.
Joel Sekoala is a true humanitarian and community leader constantly involved in the upliftment of those less fortunate.
He won the top ICT Entrepreneur of the year in Africa , at the African ICT Achievers Awards on Saturday, 29th
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