iOCO

Connect. People. Technology. iOCO’s IT services drive the transformation, modernisation, and security of digital systems and broader technology ecosystems.

iOCO is one of Africa’s leading end-to-end technology solutions providers, trusted by clients across industries to solve complex challenges. With deep expertise in both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), the company delivers impactful, integrated solutions at scale. Through strong partnerships with leading OEMs and suppliers, iOCO designs, builds, and manages advanced sys

tems that drive business performance. From IT operations and workspaces to services and hybrid infrastructure, the company delivers smart, scalable solutions. Its digital enablement capabilities span software development, data analytics, intelligent automation, cloud services, security, testing, quality assurance, and proprietary applications. In the OT domain, iOCO modernises and secures operational technology systems across industrial, mining, and public sectors. iOCO’s Outsourced Knowledge Solutions (OKS) offering supports organisations with agile workforce solutions—from recruitment, payroll, and compliance to talent development and flexible staffing. OKS also delivers Legal-as-a-Service, cyber security, and fraud prevention services, helping businesses strengthen governance, manage risk, and stay ahead in a fast-changing world. Driven by a purpose to solve both customer and societal challenges, iOCO holds a leading market position in South Africa and is expanding globally, delivering seamless digital enablement solutions across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

31/08/2026

A terminated employee's card still opens the door. A new customer clears six checks in ninety seconds. Same organisation, same week, two entirely different standards of proof.

Hendrik Blignaut, Managing Director, Digital at iOCO, on the gap between them, and what it costs. First of six.

28/08/2026

We're proud to announce that iOCO's Cyber Security team has achieved Mimecast Sapphire Partner status, making us one of only three partners in South Africa to hold this accreditation.

Sapphire is one of the highest tiers in the Mimecast Partner Program, awarded for our deep technical expertise, proven sales success and long-standing partnership with Mimecast.

This milestone reflects our team's dedication across training, certifications, sales, support, and client engagement. It strengthens our Mimecast capabilities and reinforces our position as a trusted cyber security partner for our clients.

Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you for your continued commitment to excellence!

24/08/2026

Across our continent, organisations are moving beyond asking whether to adopt Enterprise AI and focusing on how to do it with confidence.

These conversations demand more than technology. They call for trusted information, resilient digital foundations and partners with the experience to help turn strategy into measurable business value.

It is within this context that we are proud to be a Diamond Influence Partner of OpenText Summit Africa 2026.

We look forward to joining our clients, partners and industry leaders in Johannesburg to share insights, challenge thinking and explore how organisations can realise lasting value from enterprise AI across Africa's diverse markets.

📍 3 September 2026 | The Canvas, Riversands

Find out more and register here: https://hubs.li/Q04tHH2Z0

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09/08/2026

Every breakthrough starts with people who choose to make a difference.
Across iOCO, women are helping customers navigate complexity, driving innovation, growing teams, creating opportunities for others to succeed and driving a culture of excellence.

This Women's Month, we celebrate the women across our organisation whose impact extends far beyond the workplace. Through their leadership, resilience and commitment, they help shape our business, strengthen our communities and inspire those around them to reach their full potential.

At iOCO, we believe that Everyone Matters. When we create opportunities for women to thrive, lead and succeed, we build stronger teams, stronger organisations and a stronger nation.

Because when women are empowered, everyone benefits.
Happy Women's Month and best wishes for Women's Day.

04/08/2026

The true impact of Mandela Month isn't measured in hours volunteered or initiatives delivered, but in the lives changed when someone gains access to an opportunity they never thought possible.

This is the impact we set out to make this Mandela Month.

At iOCO, we believe that changing lives starts by creating access. Access to education. Access to skills. Access to technology. Access to opportunity.

Through our partnership with the Youth Program, more than 400 young people gained access to information, guidance and opportunities that can help shape the course of their futures. For some, that included one of 26 sponsored learning opportunities, including 12 alternative pathways to obtaining a matric certificate - opening doors that may previously have felt out of reach.

At Siphamandla Secondary School in Khayelitsha, learners participated in the school's first-ever Career Day, connecting with mentors, exploring career possibilities and gaining practical insights into the world of work.

And because opportunity increasingly depends on digital access, 67 refurbished laptops were donated to Delta Park Primary School, Siphamandla Secondary School and local entrepreneurs, helping learners learn, teachers teach, and businesses grow.

The numbers tell part of the story.
The real story is the learner who now believes higher education is possible.
The young person who sees a future they hadn't imagined before.
The entrepreneur who can take the next step in building a sustainable business.
The opportunities created today that have the power to change lives for years to come.

As we reflect on Mandela Month, we're reminded that lasting impact is not measured by what we do in a single day, but by the opportunities we help create long after that day has passed.

03/08/2026

You can't build trusted AI on fragmented, ungoverned data. Yet many organisations still struggle with information spread across multiple systems, making it difficult to access, govern and use as a reliable foundation for AI.

iOCO is helping OpenText customers address this challenge. As an OpenText Platinum Partner and an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, iOCO is modernising information management environments and strengthening data governance to help organisations become AI-ready while meeting South Africa's data residency requirements.

Our latest ITWeb feature explores how this works in practice through iOCO's Transition, Transform, Transact approach, helping organisations modernise legacy environments, unlock greater value from trusted information and create a stronger foundation for AI.

The article explores how organisations can address fragmented information, strengthen governance, simplify procurement through AWS Marketplace and unlock the value of OpenText Aviator AI capabilities.

Read the full article here: 🔗 https://hubs.li/Q04rDWHP0

We'll also be showcasing this approach at OpenText Summit Africa 2026 on 3 September 2026 at The Canvas, Riversands. Click here to register. https://hubs.li/Q04rDYQG0

Visit the iOCO stand to learn more or contact us at [email protected].

20/07/2026

For the first time in iOCO's history, we opened our doors to 20 bursary recipients, the children of our own employees, who are recognised as our top academic achievers. This event held personal significance for all who attended.

The day was built on one belief: leadership is about creating a lasting legacy.

It began with the C-suite in the room, where our students spent time directly with our Group Chief Financial Officer, Ashona Kooblall, who spoke to talent, building the future of iOCO, and gave bursars real, practical guidance on career progression.

To give our bursars a real-world taste of the corporate tech landscape, they participated in a networking session with our executive team, gaining insights into Finance, Corporate Law, Brand & Strategy, and Innovation & Future Tech.

To close out the day, McGeralds Entrepreneurship Centre led a closed coaching session, walking students through the 5 Levels of Leadership: a framework for building trust, driving results, and developing genuine influence.

Empowering our employees' children through bursaries is only step one. By opening our doors, giving direct access to leadership, and closing with real coaching, we enabled our bursars to lead with impact tomorrow, and build their own legacies.

Discover more about iOCO's commitment to developing South Africa's next generation of technology leaders: https://hubs.li/Q04pRKkz0

18/07/2026

This Mandela Month, iOCO isn’t just talking about change. We’re helping create it.
In partnership with universities, SETAs, and TVET colleges, iOCO hosted a Career Day at the Kliptown Youth Programme (KYP), connecting more than 100 young people with education pathways, career guidance, and funding opportunities including NSFAS and bursary applications.

Kliptown is one of Johannesburg's oldest settlements, home to an estimated 38,000 residents in Soweto, where unemployment has historically sat between 60-70%. In a community defined by this much potential and this much need, access to education isn't a nice-to-have. It's the foundation everything else is built on.

That's why iOCO sponsored 26 learning opportunities for career day attendees, including a pathway to matric for 12 youth through the Adult Education & Training programme, for young people who didn't have that certificate standing between them and their next step.

Thank you to every university, SETA, TVET college, and the Kliptown Youth Programme for making this possible, and to every young person who showed up with curiosity and ambition.

This is what it looks like to invest in South Africa's future, one young person at a time.

Know a young person who could benefit from opportunities like these?
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14/07/2026

As crime increases, South African schools and tertiary education institutions find themselves in an ongoing battle to better secure their premises and keep children and students safe.

However, adding more electric fencing, razor wire and armed guards doesn’t create a warm and welcoming learning environment. Instead, schools and campuses should be focusing on advanced digital safeguards that offer enhanced situational awareness and more effective - yet unobtrusive - protection. By deploying solutions such as AI-enabled digital identity platforms, advanced facial recognition with liveness detection and multi-faceted environmental and audio sensors, education institutions can use these new technologies as a force multiplier to enhance the impact of their existing security systems - such as CCTV cameras.

How is your institution balancing security, accessibility and the student experience?

Learn how intelligent security technologies are helping education institutions strengthen protection while supporting learning. https://hubs.li/Q04p7f4J0

As originally published here: https://hubs.li/Q04p8g1C0

08/07/2026

Ideally, users should also be able to see whether a dataset is already used in other reports or dashboards in tools like Power BI or Tableau, enabling them to reuse these instead of starting from scratch. They should also be able to trace lineage and data ownership to understand where the data came from and how it’s been transformed.

Whether users are analysts, data scientists or business leaders, they need access to curated datasets and data products that are: trusted; governed; searchable and presented in business-friendly terms. The data products should comprise rich metadata with business context, while security, access controls, and compliance are seamlessly enforced in the background.

The new online shopping-style data marketplace meets their needs, offering a unified and open semantic layer that maps business concepts to underlying systems and publishes them via ODBC/JDBC, REST, GraphQL APIs and much more.

This virtualised model supports open access via any tool and data retrieval method, avoiding the need for bespoke API coding and centralised ETL pipelines.

If your teams are rebuilding the same dataset for the third time this year, that's worth a conversation. Send us a message.

As originally published here: https://hubs.li/Q04ntkZ80

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