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The power of well-applied IT

Cisco’s Garsen Naidu has gone from engineer to business leader, but he’s still got a love for problem-solving with tech.

18 October 2021

Cisco’s GM for Sub-Saharan Africa, Garsen Naidu, is pretty slick in making sure his message gets across. He tells me several times during our interview that his big passion is using technology to solve problems in our communities and create more inclusive societies.

That sounds commendable, although it’s the sort of thing that every IT company executive trots out. Yet as we chat, Naidu adds that he doesn’t really delineate between his private life and work life because his interests overlap so much. So when some medics in his social circle told him about a problem they were having, he took the issue to his team at Cisco and they developed a solution.

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