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As one of the leading innovation & digital transformation speakers and tech leaders, Mushambi Mutuma has helped companies for over 17 years move beyond surviving to thriving in an ever changing digital landscape.
When leaders want to establish new best practice in their digital journey, course correct their teams to a future minded focus or inspire with the latest learnings and advance in technology, they call Mushambi Mutuma.
Mushambi is an internationally renowned keynote speaker, digital transformation and innovation expert and author. Whether startup co-founders or C-Suite executives, he has guided leaders at all levels on how to take advantage of the exponentiality of technology today.
Mushambi’s intent is to re-code the DNA of leaders and teams to further cultivate and advance the next generation of innovators, intrapreneurs and tech-adjacent businesses. He shares insights and tangible tools to evolve thinking, plot new roadmaps for growth and kickstart high-performing teams. His speaking clientele include the likes of Facebook, SalesForce, Coca Cola, PWC, Dell, QuickBooks, Huawei to name a few.
Mushambi’s work and insights has also been featured in media outlets across the US & Africa including CNBC, GQ, VentureBurn and Entrepreneur. He also co-founded and led a digital product lab, Altivex, which was acquired in its 10th year of operation.
Mushambi’s first book, ‘Tech Adjacent’ was one of the top selling business & leadership books. The book is about understanding the principles of tech, its pace, footsteps of where it’s heading, knowing how disruption and innovation work, and most importantly leveraging it for exponential success. The book shares specific insights and case studies of African businesses – both those that are being disrupted and those that are disrupting as part of a new wave of growth.
He now serves on Accenture’s leadership and heads its Commerce & Innovation practices, overseeing the delivery and scale of digital transformation projects for the largest companies in the world.
Mushambi is an author, speaker and tech leader with over 17 years of experience building brands and businesses across Africa and the US.
Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, Mushambi moved to the United States in the early 90s due to the political situation in Zimbabwe. While in the US, Mushambi’s South African-born father was one of Apple Computer’s early employees. This, along with an early encounter with Steve Jobs, cemented his love for technology and its impact (he now admits that, upon shaking Steve’s hand at the tender age of 12, he cried).
Wrapping up 17 years in the US, Mushambi graduated from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles as a Political Science and Studio Art double major. Initially his career carried him into the public health sector, leading research sites and new hospitals across Africa and Asia for the University of California for several years before coming back to his tech roots.
Since his return to South Africa, Mushambi has established himself as a sought-after tech leader and speaker. Aside from setting up multiple successful digital businesses, he’s been brought in by multiple accelerators and incubators to guide South Africa’s next generation of innovators, including RMB’s AlphaCode, Endeavor, The Innovation Hub and Standard Bank. . Multiple listed entities have also used Mushambi not only as a speaker but as a consultant on digital transformation and practical innovation.
Mushambi’s first book, ‘Tech Adjacent’ was one of the top selling business & leadership books in 2019. The book is about understanding the principles of tech, its pace, footsteps of where it’s heading, knowing how disruption and innovation work, and most importantly leveraging it for exponential success. The book shares specific insights and case studies of African businesses – both those that are being disrupted and those that are disrupting as part of a new wave of growth.
‘Tech Adjacent’ is a must-read for anyone aiming to understand where tech in Africa is heading.As a speaker, he shares insights on Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. His speaking clientele includes SalesForce, Dell, Suits & Sneakers, QuickBooks, Standard Bank, Absa, PWC, Allan Gray, and LeaderEx to name a few. He hopes to further cultivate and advance Africa’s next generation of innovators and tech adjacent businesses through his content.
As an entrepreneur, Mushambi previously founded and led digital product lab, Altivex whose client base included Dis-Chem, Vodacom, Granadilla, African Bank, South African Reserve Bank, SES, Sofn’Free, Telkom, Absa, and more. This led to a successful acquisition in its 10th year of operation.
As an entrepreneurial expert, he has advised multiple accelerators and incubators including the Innovation Hub, AlphaCode, Standard Bank, and Endeavor.
Mushambi’s business leadership includes the formation and board membership of multiple companies in the healthtech, fintech, edutech, and creative industries.
Today, Mushambi serves on Accenture South Africa’s leadership and heads its Commerce & Innovation practices, overseeing the delivery and scale of products & teams across Africa.