Mark Oyier appointed director of IT at Safaricom 

At the CIO of the Future Summit held at the Dar es Salaam Serena on 11 September, Dr Allen Mutono delivered a keynote address that challenged IT leaders to think carefully about how AI is deployed in African organisations. He also urged CIOs to equip their teams for an AI-enabled workplace while keeping human judgement at the centre.

The CIO of the Future Summit brought nearly 100 IT leaders together at the Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel on 11 September for a deep look at the forces changing the role of the CIO, with the conversation quickly moving past technology.

AI has not only made work easier for organisations, but it has also added a layer of complexity when dealing with cybersecurity. Across different conversations, Jacqueline Madara, head of ICT at Machakos University, Yuki Ouchi, head of digital products and e-commerce at KFC Kenya, James Kwezi, digital transformation manager at AFR Rwanda, and Alex Siboe Wekunda, CIO at Stanbic Bank Kenya, weigh in on how AI is reshaping the threat on the other side of the firewall.

Erick Ngwiri has spent 17 years helping organizations turn complex, scattered information into decisions they can act on. Within that time he has seen why most organisations still get data wrong, and what it takes to fix it, one clear problem at a time. 

Faith will play a key role as the board seeks to strengthen governance, technology and digital transformation while expanding its investment banking business.

Beyond the day to day activities involved in running a tech department, tech leaders also engage in different community building initiatives in their free time. Paul Kioi, head of technology at ICEA Lion , Paul Njoroge, head of ICT at Hand in Hand Eastern Africa, and Raymond Machary, principal ICT officer at Ocean Road Cancer Institute, reveal how their off-duty passions sharpen their leadership and uplift their communities. 

In 2022, Uzma Qureishi, Senior Manager of EHR Operations at Aga Khan Hospital Nairobi, led one of the boldest bets of her career, overseeing the institution's transition to a paperless system. The transition wrote the hospital into the region's history books as the first hospital in East Africa to run a full Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, namely MEDITECH Expanse.

In his new role at DIB, Joel will be responsible for aligning the bank’s technology roadmap with business expansion. 

In today's rapidly evolving enterprise landscape, cybersecurity can no longer be treated as a behind-the-desk operation. Lilian Kamara, IT Manager at AAR Healthcare Uganda, shares her insights on why technology leaders must spearhead this shift and embed a security-first culture across the modern enterprise.

A 2025 PwC report placed knowledge and skills gaps among the top challenges organisations face when implementing AI for cyber defence. Mpesa Africa’s head of cybersecurity Tim Theuri, Ecobank Uganda’s head of IT Juliet Kyomugisha and WASREB’s head of IT Brenda Anzagi weigh in on the challenge of finding talent in IT.

At the recent CIO of the Future Summit held in Kampala, Uganda, participants identified AI as one of their main concerns with loopholes in AI governance emerging as one of the greatest hindrances towards its effective use.

Kibe has over two decades experienced in ICT management with expertise in IT strategy, governance and digital transformation among others