Edison Mazibuko, CYBER1 Solutions. Photo: Karolina Komendera

While many people try to look younger than they are, Edison Mazibuko is keen to disguise his boyish features.

He’s cultivated an impressive beard peppered with a few grey hairs, which he strokes thoughtfully, like a wise old man in a fairy tale. When he asks me to guess his age, I have a stab at 42, prompting an impish grin. “The beard throws people off when they try to guess how old I am,” he laughs in his deep baritone. “If I decide to shave this, do you know how much younger I would look?”