Heath Muchena

Tech in Africa Heath Muchena

This book is a compilation of interviews and feature articles with some of Africa's top IT leaders. The subject matter and topics covered include: How IT leaders can lead effectively, maintain business focus and unlock digital advantage. Measuring and communicating the ROI of IT investments to stakeholders and approaches to evaluating the success of digital transformation initiatives. IT leaders' ability to unlock this advantage with talent, skills or ways of working. The biggest technological challenges IT leaders face and how they plan to use IT to gain competitive advantage. How to maintain a business focus while ensuring that innovation within organisations stays on trend. What influences IT leadership style and values important to IT leaders on the African continent. What some of the largest IT-related and non-IT related initiatives various IT leaders across multiple sectors were responsible for including breakdowns and analysis of costs, elapsed time, scope or team sizes. How IT leaders evaluate the success of various ICT initiatives, in terms of performance, cost, schedule and quality. How IT executives are working with other business leaders in their organisations to conduct workforce planning to assess risk and address staffing gaps. Exploring the hurdles that make the journey to digital so challenging for many organisations