Hardy Pemhiwa
Hardy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cassava Technologies. Hardy was Group Chief Executive & Managing Director of Econet for six years, one of the pioneers of the mobile telecoms industry in Africa. He has over 20 years’ experience of senior management experience including 5 years at Econet Wireless. He spent over 12 […]
Lorraine Harper
Lorraine is the Group Chief Financial Officer at Cassava Technologies. She has previously served in several senior finance positions at Liquid Intelligent Technologies between 2018 and 2023, including as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. During her career, Lorraine has worked in the finance teams at various internationally listed organisations in the retail, FMCG, and telecommunications sectors. […]
Nanda Scott
Nanda Scott is the Group Chief People Officer at Cassava Technologies. She is a seasoned, strategic, and highly commercial Business Transformation and Human Capital Executive with over 22 years of experience globally and on the African continent. She has spent the last 12 years working for pan-African businesses managing multi-country teams across Europe, the Middle […]
Bronwen Zehmke
Bronwen was appointed Group General Counsel (including Group Company Secretarial function) for Cassava Technologies (Cassava) in February 2025. Before this, she was the Chief Legal and Compliance / Company Secretary for Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Africa. She brings a wealth of experience to the organisation, overseeing complex legal, corporate goverance and operational matters. She has […]
Raoul du Plessis
As the Group CIO, Raoul is responsible for Liquid Intelligent Technologies’s critical IT functions, including systems, infrastructure and new implementations, supporting the group as it expands its product offerings and enters new geographies. Raoul’s career in IT spans over 25 years and he brings diverse experience from his time in academia, at an independent software […]
Finhai Munzara
Finhai Munzara, the Chief Corporate Development Officer for Cassava Technologies, brings a wealth of experience and expertise in M&A, corporate finance, and strategic partnerships. Describing himself as an Afro-optimist, Finhai brings over two decades of expertise in capital raising, due diligence, valuation, structuring, and execution of debt and equity transactions across Africa His leadership will be instrumental […]
Oswald Jumira
CEO of Cloud and Cyber Security Oswald has over 15 years of experience in the technology and business development across a number of African markets. Previously he was the CEO of Vaya Technologies Limited, a Cassava Technologies. Oswald worked for a fintech startup in Nigeria and Kenya looking providing digital financial services to SMEs. Oswald […]
Darlington Mandivenga
As one of the luminaries of African fintech, Darlington has been instrumental in shaping the industry over the past decade, having led the team that pioneered EcoCash, one of Africa’s first and most successful mobile money platforms. He has subsequently championed many other similar initiatives, leading from the front in the development and scaling up […]
Ahmed El Beheiry
Ahmed is an entrepreneur, technology executive & an AI expert. He joined Cassava Technologies Group in May 2002 as Sr. Advisor for the Group President & CEO for AI, and he is now the COO and CEO of Compute AI. Ahmed was the Managing Director & CEO for “Telecom Egypt” between 2017-2019. He started his […]
Ifeoma Jibunoh
Ifeoma is Chief Marketing Officer of Liquid Intelligent Technologies. She was previously Director of Marketing and Communications for Sub-Saharan Africa at Mastercard, where she was responsible for the development of an integrated marketing and communications strategy that drove Mastercard’s business performance, brand salience, and reputation in the region. Before MasterCard, she worked at Heineken for […]
