Women in tech

On the importance of taking risks

Mr Price Group’s Taryn de Bruin was named ITWeb and Wired4Women's Rising Star in Cloud earlier this year. She tells Brainstorm about the chance someone gave her and encourages others to make the most of opportunities.

Learning to lead

Callan Abrahams is a champion of inclusive tech and women in STEM, working to change the industry through her skills and the power of representation.

Callan Abrahams

Kate Thompson Davy

In pursuit of technical excellence

Hleziphi Siyothula-Mtshizana is the founder of In Pursuit Projects and Technology Services, working to change the skills and energy mix in South Africa for the next generation.

Hleziphi Siyothula-Mtshizana

Kate Thompson Davy

From ‘phobe to ‘phile

As lead DevSecOps engineer at Peach Payments, Grace Mukendi has come a long way from her first tentative ventures into tech as a self-described technophobe.

Grace Mukendi

Kate Thompson Davy

Be inclusive, not just diverse

Cisco’s Francine Katsoudas has turned a serendipitous start in tech into a wide-ranging career and a strategic leadership role, focused on “people, policy and purpose”.

Francine Katsoudas

Kate Thompson Davy

Click here for wellness

Is wellness an invaluable tool that HR can use to bolster engagement, or is it a toxic wasteland filled with metrics and measurables?

Sarah Rice

Tamsin Mackay

Changing colours of diversity

Women have influenced history in remarkable ways. In South Africa, 20 000 women of all races marched to the Union Buildings in 1956, protesting the country’s pass laws. Thirty-nine years later, in 1995, the first National Women’s Day was celebrated on August 9.

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Rebecca Haynes