New CEO for kalahari.com

kalahari.com, South Africa’s biggest online retailer, has appointed Caren Genthner-Kappesz as its new CEO. One of Genthner-Kappesz’ goals is to reinforce the e-commerce pioneer’s leadership position in the market.  Genthner-Kappesz, who relocated to Cape Town from...

Bhoola takes on Samsung B2B

Industry veteran Manoj Bhoola has joined Samsung as B2B lead for the region. Bhoola previously set up Avanade – the joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft – in South Africa, where he worked for 18 months.  His previous positions include HP, Microsoft and...

Comztek appoints new channel manager

Comztek, a leading distributor of high-value, high-demand, consumer and business technology products and solutions throughout South Africa and the African continent, has appointed Martin Kruger as its Samsung channel manger. The appointment follows a recent...

Columbus appoints new sales director

Sidwell Ngqandu, former GM and acting CIO of the South African State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has been appointed sales director at Columbus Technologies, a subsidiary of the Swiss-based Brainware group. He replaces Theo Fourie who is moving into an...

Siemon strengthens support for Africa

Global IT infrastructure specialist Siemon has announced two expert appointments to its African team; Iyer Sivakumar and René Proost. Together they will lead the sales support for the region, with Proost taking responsibility for South Africa and Namibia and Sivakumar...