The winners of the IT industry's top annual accolades - IT Personality and Visionary CIO of the Year - were announced at the IITPSA President's Awards event on 6 November 2014.

Authenticity, the true key to success.

Bevan Ducasse is the founder and CEO of wiGroup, a platform that provides point-of-sale mobile transacting.

Alison Gillwald heads up telecoms policy and regulatory research throughout Africa.

JJ Milner has built his company's success on finding the next big thing.

Ahmed Ismael set out in 2006 to use technology to make a difference in the communities.

Gian Visser, CEO of Afrihost, won the prestigious IT Personality of the Year 2014 award.

...in the customer relationship puzzle.

The conundrum that all companies face.

Having started her career in HR, Sandra Hutchison says as CIO she is able bring out the best in people.

Woolworths CIO Danny Naidoo wants to ensure that every customer feels they are having a personal encounter with the brand.

Robert Boccia joined Lion of Africa to bring its IT organisation from basic to rationalised levels of maturity. He is confident he has achieved this in two short years.

After 20 years at Tiger Brands, Darryl Thwaits retires in 2015. He leaves the company's IT in excellent running order, capable of scaling to the demands of growing business.