About the founder
Former CDO of the MTN group
He was previously the CDO of the MTN group where he was also deputy chairman of Jumia, Africa’s first unicorn as well as chairman of its JV insurance business.
At MTN, he was chairman of its JV insurance business and on the MTN Ivory Coast and Cameroon board.
Former digital executive for Vodacom
In 2012 Herman moved into the role of Managing Executive of mobile Commerce Vodacom.
Here he successfully launched and managed a short term insurance business, a life assurance business and a mobile wallet.
Engineer with MD experience
Managing Director in the Siemens Company in 1996 to lead a large scale turn-around of the Industry Division responsible for Sub- Saharan Africa (13 countries) between 1996 and 2000.
Herman is an engineer with MD experience at both Siemens and Reunert for 20 years.
Associate Professor
Associate Professor at GSB at UCT and is adjunct faculty at Duke Business School in North Carolina.