Primary Job Title Chairman and Founding Partner Primary Organization 
Convergence Partners
Location Johannesburg, NA - South Africa, South Africa Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Investor Type
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Andile is the controlling shareholder and non-executive chair of Convergence Partners. He was previously the Director General of the Department of Communications (DoC) for 8 and a half years up until the end of 2003 when he announced his intention to leave Government for the private sector. During his time in Government, Andile oversaw tremendous
change in the South African technology and telecommunications landscape, both from the point of view of the diverse and advancing technologies on offer as well as advancements in the overarching regulatory framework.
At the DoC, Andile was responsible for, inter alia, policy formulation, conceptual development and implementation in the ICT Sector. During this time, he assisted foreign governments with their own policy formulation and oversaw a number of significant developments in the ICT Sector in South Africa.
Andile serves as the Executive Chairman of Dimension Data Middle East & Africa, a role in which he has overseen tremendous growth of the business into new markets as well as a number of new strategic initiatives.
In addition to appointments to the boards in investee companies of Convergence Partners, Andile holds and has held a number of positions on global and local bodies.
