Jabulani Dhliwayo

Jabulani Dhliwayo (born 15 April 1960) is an ICT expert and the founder of ICT Africa. He is a strong advocate for the use of ICT as a vehicle for sustained economic development in Africa. He has travelled to more than twenty African countries providing training and support for fiber optic infrastructure development. Jabulani is a contributing author for "Open Access for Africa: Challenges, Recommendations and Examples" and the author of "The Endless Journey: From a liberation struggle to driving emerging technologies in Africa".

Career In 1975, Jabulani Dhliwayo went to Mozambique to join the ZANLA revolutionary movement led by President Robert Mugabe to fight the racist regime of Ian Smith in Rhodesia. He was later sent to Sierra Leone for further studies by the organization's secretary for education, Dzingai Mutumbuka.

After Zimbabwe's independence, Jabulani went back to Zimbabwe where he took up teaching positions at Chindunduma High School and Harare Polytechnic.

After completing his PhD, Jabulani Dhliwayo took up engineering, scientist and management positions at Ando Corporation in Maryland, USA, and at Corning Incorporated

He also joined NEPAD Council in 2004 and was among a group of the organization's leaders invited to Maputo, Mozambique, to brief the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee on the council's vision for the development of the African continent.