Author: Jacqui Muller

While South Africa has no shortage of capable women leading in the technology sector, few of them hold formal IT qualifications, with many joining the industry with seemingly unrelated qualifications. Often, we see women who hold senior positions in IT companies with degrees such as in business management, commerce, marketing, accounting, or other fields that at first glance seem unrelated. Yet, there are leaders such as Lauren Wortmann, who is NTT’s vice president of Applications for Middle East and Africa, Riana Cook – head of BizApps at NTT Data Middle East and Africa, and Lillian Barnard, who holds the position of…