For Rabelani Dagada, the 24 hours leading up to the ICT Visionary for 2008 awards evening were some of the most eventful of his life. Dagada, who heads up the ICT and knowledge management division at Royal Bafokeng Administration, has implemented several projects that include ERP, document and records management, and wireless broadband network infrastructure.

In the hours leading up to his acceptance speech, history was shaping itself in the United States with the appointment of Barrack Obama as the first black president of that country.