Ziaad Suleman

CEO, South Africa and Botswana, Cassava Technologies

Ziaad Suleman is CEO, South Africa and Botswana of Cassava Technologies, in the role since March 2025.

Cassava Technologies is a pan-African digital infrastructure group whose operating units include Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Africa Data Centres. Suleman leads its South African and Botswana business and has set out plans for AI factories in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

In the job

  1. Cassava Technologies appointed Ziaad Suleman as chief executive of its South African business, effective 1 March 2025. Source

  2. Cassava Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding with the South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) to support AI adoption in Africa. Source

  3. Cassava set out plans for a second AI factory in Johannesburg, using about 20MW of space in its existing data centre footprint, after its Cape Town facility. Source

Career before

  1. Senior leadership roles, EOH (now iOCO)
  2. Board member, Collective X

Sources

  1. cio-sa.co.za
  2. cio-sa.co.za
  3. bizcommunity.com
  4. itweb.co.za
  5. techcentral.co.za

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