Sandiso Sibisi

Sandiso Sibisi, is an innovator and entrepreneur, with over 13 years’ experience in technology consulting. She is the former Head of Open Innovation (Africa) at Accenture and has led tech implementations, data strategy, cost reductions assignments in the Consumer Goods and Financial Services sector. She is the founder of COOi Studios, an innovation lab for corporations. In just three years she has exponentially grown the company in revenue year on year, servicing JSE and NYSE listed companies in Financial Services, Resources, Healthcare and Consumer Goods.

Amongst other accolades she is a Sustainable Development Goals ambassador, Mzansi’s 100 Inspiring and Aspiring Leaders, a Play Your Part Ambassador with Brand South Africa, an Inspiring Fifty Women in Tech and a Mandela Washington Fellow.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring Information Systems (Honours) from Wits University and has a Certificate of Social Entrepreneurship from INSEAD Business School. Sandiso is currently a Masters of Management- Innovation Studies candidate at Wits University.