Empowering women in the SA tech sector

In South Africa’s tech industry, significant strides have been made in recent years to drive innovation through diversity. By Mia Odendaal, marketing manager at Ecentric Payment Systems However, the journey towards cultivating a truly inclusive and supportive...

Women under African skies: Remember how far we’ve come

As South Africa celebrates Women’s Day 2023, Annelize van Rensburg, global Chair of Signium and director of executive search at Signium Africa; Michelle Moss, director of assessments at Signium Africa; along with Signium Africa’s client, Sheila Motsepe,...

Closing the gender gap in tech

Looking at the IT industry, women still remain largely underrepresented, particularly at a board level. By Kate Mollett, senior director of Commvault Africa While change is happening, it happens slowly, and we are likely to only see real diversity and inclusivity...
Tech is a creative, fulfilling career path for women

Tech is a creative, fulfilling career path for women

When it comes to women empowerment in the tech industry, many companies talk a good game, particularly during Women’s Month. Actually implementing real change is an entirely different matter for chief information officer Fikile Sibiya and Busisiwe Mbatha, head...

How to support women in tech

The tech industry is typically male dominated, and though women have been increasingly participating in this space over the last decade, there is still a lot of ground to cover. Women in the industry say they still deal with stereotypes like ‘girls can’t...

Strategies for filling the skills gap

South Africa’s dismal unemployment statistics have been sitting at around the 30% mark for a decade, with the latest figures indicating that 34,5% of people in the country are sitting at home without work. In other words, in the fourth quarter of 2022, South...