Nompumelelo Mokou, the MD of Dimension Data’s Southern Africa business, has stepped down from her role at one of SA’s largest IT companies.
In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Mokou confirmed that she had resigned from the MD’s office as well as her role as Middle East and Africa chief of staff.
The technology executive did not give reasons for her departure, simply saying she wanted to “embark on a new chapter” in her career.
Co-founded in 1983 by Jeremy Ord, who was executive chair, the group has undergone a major restructuring of its business and operating model. It was once one of the largest technology companies on the JSE, with a market cap of R77bn at its peak in September 2000. In 2010, it delisted after being bought by Japanese tech firm Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) for £2.1bn.
Mokou, a chartered accountant by profession, first took on the role in April 2021.
She joined Dimension Data in 2016, having previously held positions at auditor EY; co-founded a project management company; was a director at accounting firm Ngubane and was chair of Business Women’s Association of SA’s Soweto branch.
At the time Mokou was tasked with pushing forward the group’s One Dimension Data strategy in Southern Africa.
Dimension Data had consolidated its various businesses under one name, retiring brands such as Britehouse, a digital products unit; Internet Solutions, its internet services provider business; and ContinuitySA. The company now operates as One Dimension Data, except for its internet service provider, MWeb, and business process outsourcing unit Merchants.
But that strategy has since changed. Dimension Data is set to begin trading under it's parent company’s name from April 1 as NTT Data.
In addition, the group has been slimming down operations.
In January, the Competition Commission approved the management buyout of Dimension Data’s advanced infrastructure business.
In late 2023, the group sold MWeb — one of the country’s largest internet service providers (ISPs) — to WebAfrica, as part of the slimming down exercise.
The company has also had a turbulent few years, including a messy legal battle with former chair Andile Ngcaba and instability at executive level.
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