Titus Mathe

Chief Executive Officer, Technology Innovation Agency

Titus Mathe is Chief Executive Officer of Technology Innovation Agency, in the role since April 2026.

The Technology Innovation Agency is an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation that funds and supports the commercialisation of publicly funded research. In June 2026 it presented its TIA 2.0 strategy.

In the job

  1. SANEDI announced that he would leave its chief executive post on 31 March 2026 to take up the Technology Innovation Agency role. Source

  2. Presented the agency's TIA 2.0 strategy, which shifts it from funding individual projects to acting as a national innovation orchestrator, with new programmes in critical minerals, hydrogen and low chill apples. Source

Career before

  1. 2007-2010Programme manager, South African National Energy Research Institute (now SANEDI)
  2. General Manager in several portfolios, Eskom
  3. 2022-2026Chief Executive Officer, SANEDI

Education

BSc in Chemical Engineering, Howard University (1995); PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town (2001); Master of Business Leadership, University of South Africa (2007)

Sources

  1. engineeringnews.co.za
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. engineeringnews.co.za
  4. engineeringnews.co.za
  5. greenbuildingafrica.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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