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CEB WANANCHI is entering an exiting new phase in its 18th year of providing state-of-the-art African solutions to the Southern Africa corporate world. It is with great excitement and anticipation that we announce our merger with SCSA (Sonke Computer Services Africa) and CEB WANANCHI SYSTEMS. These three organizations have more synergy that just the name (Wananchi = for the people, Sonke = we are in this together), and believe that together we can and will add significant value to our customer base. Therefore, although you will see the same faces, commitment and all the other benefits, it will not be business as usual; it will be a whole lot better!

CEB Wananchi Technologies (Pty) Ltd. is a black owned private company and is the happy result of a marriage between CEB Networks (Pty) Ltd. and Wananchi Technologies (Pty) Ltd.

Wananchi Investment Corporation is an Empowerment Company that was started in 1997 under the leadership of Mr. Khehla S. Mthembu (Pty) Ltd, who is a well-known business leader in South Africa.

The CEB “group” of companies started in 1981 in the days of mainframe and midrange computers only. Personal Computers and Microsoft were still to come.

Over the years, as technology has changed continuously, the group has mirrored these changes in many ways. Autonomous units operate in different areas of technology. There is a healthy interdependence between the various companies, yet an independence which enables each entity tp expand or contract separately. Whilst obviously trying to promote the other companies in the group, there is still a healthy relationship and cooperation with other companies which could be considered as competitors.

Finance, Admin, Human Resources and accommodation are centralised, shared facilities within the group which has fluctuated in various ways over the years. Turnover peaked at just over R200 million and with a total staff, in more than twelve locations countrywide, of around 650 people.

CEB has business dealings with most large corporates in South Africa including Standard Bank, De Beers, IBM, SPAR, Datavia and Impala to name but a few.
 

Management Team

CEO:

Tshepo Bokaba

• 15 years experience in IT
• Technical to Project Management
• Personnel Management Diploma
• Information Systems Management Diploma
• Various technical network courses and diplomas

Directors

Kennedy Memani - Shareholder

• Represented the Ministry of Public Enterprises in the successful privatization of Sun Air
• Advisor in the successful privatization of the Airports Company of South Africa
• ÚCo-chair of the Strategic Equity Partner search for SAA
• Chairman of the Aventura privatization process
• Created and managed a benchmarking process comparing RSA performance and processes for privatization with worldwide best practice.
• Participant in the National Framework Agreement process on privatization
• Preparation of a master plan for the privatization of Transnet
• Represented the Ministry of Public Enterprises in the negotiations for the successful partial privatization of Telkom.
• CEO of the BEE component of the SNO - NEXUS

Kethla Mthembu – Shareholder

• Part of team that formed Afsure
• Part of team that formed Future Bank
• Led the team to form Afgen Insurance
• Appointed MD of Afgen
• Chairman and CEO of New Age Breweries
• Chairman of Sun International and Afrisun
• President Council Member of the Institute of Marketing Management
• President of AZAPO (1981-1983)
• Board member of the Center for Development and Enterprise
• Director and Trustee of the National Empowerment Trust
• Director of the South African Diamond Board
• CEO of Old Mutual - Gauteng

Bruce Klette – Shareholder

• Over thirty years in the IT industry
• Technical - IBM
• Sales and Marketing - IBM
• Founding Member of the CEB Group of Companies – 1980

Johan Coetzee – Shareholder

• Entered into IT in 1969
• Programming/Analysis – Chrysler S.A
• Systems Programming – Barclays Bank
• Management – Barclays Bank
• Major role in strategy, direction and listing of CRB: Sales, Technical and Marketing
• Started CEB NETWORKS in 1989
• Pioneered digital surveillance since 1995
• Developed remote intelligent surveillance unit for De Beers