ZEDA LIMITED - Appointment of a director

Appointment of a director

Zeda Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number: 2022/493042/06
JSE share code: ZZD
ISIN: ZAE000315768
(“Zeda” or the “Company”)

APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR

In compliance with paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Ms
Xoliswa Kakana has been appointed to the board of directors of Zeda (“the Board”) as an independent
non-executive director with effect from 1 August 2023.

Ms Kakana is an Electrical Engineer with over 25 years’ experience in the electronic engineering and
ICT sectors. She held senior Executive positions in various blue-chip technology companies. She is a
founder of Spiritual Insight, a leadership development and coaching practice that services clients in the
global tech and financial services sectors. She is also a founder and a former Chief Executive Officer
of ICT-Works Proprietary Limited (“ICT-Works”), an innovative service delivery company in
transportation solutions, supply chain solutions and enterprise architecture. She has been leading the
ICT-Works’ operations in South Africa and the rest of the African continent since it was founded in 1999.
Prior to that, she worked for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Mikomtek,
Hewlett Packard (HP) and Iridium Africa.

Ms Kakana serves on the boards of Old Mutual Insure and is Executive Chairman of ICT-Works. She
is currently the Council Chairperson of the University of Johannesburg. She previously served as the
Chairperson of South African National Space Agency and served as non-executive director at
Broadband Infraco and ZACR. She is the Founder of Women in ICT Forum.

Ms Kakana possesses a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, a Masters of
Business Administration (“MBA”) in Technology Management from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, a MBA (Henley Management College), Meng in Electronics Engineering (F.H Giessen-
Friedberg University), and BSc. Maths & Applied Maths (University of Transkei).

The Board welcomes Ms Kakana as a new director of Zeda and looks forward to her contribution
towards assisting the Company in achieving its objectives.


2 August 2023

Sponsor
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Nedbank Limited

Date: 02-08-2023 05:41:00
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