It can be confirmed that the Head of IT Development at First National Bank (FNB) will be presenting at the Cloud Computing World Forum Africa, taking place on the 8th May 2012 in Johannesburg.
First National Bank is the oldest bank in South Africa and widely regarded as one of the country’s ‘big four’ banks. With recent expansion in to East Africa and Tanzania in 2011 and the introduction of eWallet solution, a feature which enables users to pay money from eWallet directly to a bank account and enabling the payment of bills, FNB are fast becoming one of the African regions most forward –thinking organisations.
Yolisa Skwintshi, Head of IT Development at, FNB, offers more than a decade of experience in the IT industry, with a focus on Application/Software. She has previously worked as a Lecturer at the University of Fort Hare and as a Technical Lead at Standard Bank, another of Africa’s ‘big four’ banks.
In her role at First National Bank, Yolisa heads up application development teams that deliver and maintain systems which provide enhanced, measurable and automated business processes that reduce the turnaround times of achieving sales, and improve sales productivity for the entire bank.
Yolisa will be presenting a session entitled ‘The Cloud as a Support for the Applications’ Lifecycle,’ taking place at 13.30 SAST. This session will explore how to make Application Lifecycle Management more agile, measuring performance and enterprise application integration.
Other speakers confirmed include:
- Malcolm Laing, Group CIO, Investec Specialist Banks and Asset Manager
-Dr Phil Mjwara, Director General Department of Science and Technology, Ministry Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa- Potlaki Maine, CIO, SABC
- Strini Mudaly, Group CIO, Goldfields
- Charles Ssebbaale, CIO, Africa Broadcasting (U) Ltd
- Mandla Mkhwanazi, Transnet Group CIO, Transnet
- Simon Hudson, Executive Head: Business Improvement & Group CIO, Indwe Broker Holdings
To view the full speaker list please click here.
The Cloud Computing World Forum Africa will take place on the 8th May at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event will see a number of top global exhibitors and expert speakers giving focalised talks on this new technology that is set to revolutionise the African IT industry.
The event will feature a free-to-attend exhibition and workshop programme running alongside the conference. To register your place please visit the website.
The Cloud Computing World Forum Africa is part of the Cloud Computing World Series with conferences in London, New York, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Dubai and Hong Kong. For information regarding any of these events please visit www.cloudcomputinglive.com.
