William Mzimba is the Chief Officer for Vodacom Business and a member of the Vodacom South Africa Executive Committee. He has been tasked with driving digital transformation in targeted industries and markets and is responsible for the implementation of a number of digital transformation solutions at Vodacom Business.  William’s qualifications include an MBA, BA (Honours) in Business Studies, Management Advancement Programme (MAP), and a Diploma in Datametrics. He joined Vodacom Business from Accenture Africa where he was the Chief Executive and Chairman. In that role, William oversaw the growth and strategy of the company in Africa. He played a key role in positioning Accenture as the foremost innovative digital services firm, with 50% of its sales derived from digital related services – digital marketing and interactive, cloud, and industrial internet of things, analytics and security by the time he left.  Prior to joining Accenture in 2000, William was the Co-founder and Director of a technology consulting and IT training business. He also had leading positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, NSB as well as Sage Life. William is a passionate entrepreneur, innovator and disruptor. He is increasingly recognised as one of the continent’s pre-eminent business and thought leaders. One of his flagship platforms he created included the Accenture Innovation Index and Conference, which is renowned for cultivating thought leadership.