Communications minister Roy Padayachie hosted technology industry leaders at a roundtable on Friday to discuss ways of growing the sector and creating jobs.
High-profile attendees included Vodacom Group CEO Pieter Uys, MTN Group CEO-designate Sifiso Dabengwa, Dimension Data SA chairman Andile Ngcaba, Sahara Computers founder Atul Gupta and Altech CEO Craig Venter.
For the record and in the public interest, these are the names of those who were invited to attend, in alphabetic order. The list includes the names of representatives of the department of communications. — Staff reporter, TechCentral
- Coenrad Alberts
- Rufus Andrews
- Shadrach Appanna
- Peter Balchin
- Piet Beukes
- Trevor Brown
- Gift Buthelezi
- Simon Carpenter
- Mark Casey
- Donovan Cloete
- Tracy Cohen
- Sifiso Dabengwa
- Harold Wesso (acting director-general)
- Oliver Fortuin
- Gois Fouche
- Louis Geeringh
- Grant Gelink
- Atul Gupta
- Rajeev Gupta
- Jeffrey Hedberg
- Jussi Kinkkanen
- Sharon Horton
- Shenanda Janse van Rensburg
- Bronwyn Keene-Young
- Leah Khumalo
- Thandi Kopola
- Matthew Lang
- Nolo Letele
- Deon Liebenberg
- Leslie Maasdorp
- Sello Mahlangu
- Yusuf Mahomed
- Joe Makhafola
- Pam Mallella
- Paris Mashile
- Magnus Mchunguzi
- David Meads
- Busi Mlandu
- Peter Mofokend
- Jeff Molobela
- Benjamin Mophatlane
- Murphy Morobe
- George Mpapele
- Futhi Mtoba
- Norman Munzhelele
- Jayendra Naidoo
- Logan Naidoo
- Stella Ndabeni
- Andile Ngcaba
- Sifiso Ngcobo
- Ben Ngubane
- Ike Ngwena
- Paul Nkuna
- Mteto Nyati
- Obed Bapela (deputy minister)
- Imtiaz Patel
- Song Peng
- Themba Phiri
- Kuben Pillay
- Alice Qi
- Roy Padayachie (minister)
- Ron Reddick
- Raymond Reddy
- Tiyani Rikhotso
- Wayne Samson
- Rosey Sekese
- Pearl Seopela
- Dave Smith
- Allen Swiegers
- Lefu Tseki
- Pieter Uys
- Mark van Vuuren
- Craig Venter
- Sam Vilakazi
- Nic Wentzel
- Dave Wilson
- Lazarus Zim
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