Thinking
Ideas, lessons and observations.
Writing on technology, leadership and the career behind the work — spanning the early commercial Internet, telecoms and technology leadership.
Career Archive
1993–1996
Founding the first commercial ISP in South Africa
The early TICSA / Internet Africa story.
Career Archive
1996–2003
Growth from Internet Africa to UUNET SA
The move from network engineering into product and commercial leadership.
Career Archive
2004–2009
The Consolidation Years — Verizon Business
WorldCom, MCI, Verizon and the African operation.
Career Archive
2009–2014
Post acquisition — Life at MTN Business
Migration, organisational change and lessons about agility.
Leadership
2020
Shadow IT and informal support
An argument for learning from technology adoption outside formal IT structures.