Is Your IT Function Driving Growth—or Holding You Back?

You know your IT needs to evolve. But without a clear diagnostic, you're left guessing where to invest, what to fix first, and how to build the case for change.

Start with a 5-Minute Reality Check

Get an initial read on your IT health across five critical dimensions: risk management, delivery velocity, strategic alignment, IT service management and innovation readiness.

CIO HEALTH MICRO-ASSESSMENT

Free. No sign-up required.

The micro-assessment gives you a snapshot. But if you're serious about transformation, you need the complete map.

Ready for the Full Picture? The CIO Health Radar

The Full CIO Health Radar is a comprehensive diagnostic built by a CIO with 30 years of experience leading IT transformation across financial services in Africa. This isn't a cookie-cutter audit from a global consultancy. It's a practical, battle-tested framework that understands the realities of building world-class IT in African markets.

We evaluate your IT function across 13 critical dimensions.

What You Get:

  • A detailed scorecard benchmarking you against leading organisations.

  • A prioritised action plan showing you exactly where to invest next.

  • Executive-ready insights to build the business case for IT investment.

  • A practical roadmap from "acceptable" to "world-class"—grounded in what actually works in our markets.

This assessment is led by Dr. Etienne Slabbert - someone who's been in your shoes. Someone who understands the unique challenges of building robust IT capability in Africa while managing legacy constraints, vendor dependencies, regulatory complexity, and budget pressures.

Every leadership team knows IT transformation is necessary. But without a clear starting point, you risk wasting time, money, and organisational capital on the wrong priorities.

The CIO Health Radar gives you clarity.

And clarity is the foundation of every successful transformation.

 FAQs

  • We call it a "Health Radar" because it works like a medical diagnostic—scanning multiple vital signs to give you a complete picture of your IT function's health. Just as a doctor wouldn't diagnose based on one symptom alone, we assess 13 interconnected dimensions to understand where you're strong, where you're at risk, and what needs attention.

    The "CIO" in the title reflects that this assessment is built from a CIO's perspective—designed by someone who has sat in the seat, faced the trade-offs, and led IT transformations across African financial services for 30 years. It's the diagnostic a CIO would want: practical, comprehensive, and focused on what actually drives business value.

  • Traditional IT audits focus on compliance, risk, and what's broken. The CIO Health Radar goes further—it assesses strategic capability, innovation readiness, talent maturity, and business alignment. It's built by a CIO with 30 years of experience across African financial services, so it's grounded in what actually works in our markets, not just global best practices. You'll walk away with a prioritized roadmap for transformation, not just a list of problems.

  • The full CIO Health Radar typically takes 2-4 weeks, depending on your organization's size and complexity. This includes stakeholder interviews, documentation review, system evaluations, and workshops with your leadership team. The outcome is a comprehensive report with actionable recommendations, benchmarking insights, and a clear roadmap you can present to your board or executive team.

  • We typically engage with your CIO or Head of IT, key technology leaders, business stakeholders who depend on IT, and select members of your executive team. The goal is to get a 360-degree view—not just what IT thinks about itself, but how the business experiences IT capability. This cross-functional input ensures our recommendations are practical, realistic, and aligned with your broader strategic goals.

  • You'll receive a detailed scorecard showing where you stand across all 13 dimensions, benchmarked against leading organizations in your industry. More importantly, you'll get a prioritized action plan that tells you exactly where to invest next—whether that's talent development, infrastructure modernization, service delivery improvements, or governance changes. Many organizations use the Health Radar to build their business case for IT investment or to guide their 2-3 year IT transformation roadmap.

The question isn't whether IT needs to evolve. It's where to start.

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