South Africa’s smallest businesses are punching above their weight when it comes to job creation – but the system is still actively working against…

Ivan Lumala
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Ivan is Chief Technology Officer for the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative. Ivan is responsible for defining and executing a strategy to catalyse a vibrant and sustainable ecosystem of African software startups. Originally from Uganda, he has been with Microsoft for 23 years with previous roles in academic learning, technical evangelism and the cloud, which has seen him live in the United States for 22 years. He was recipient of the 2014 Ugandan Diaspora Award. He is now based in Kenya