Xero joins Finance Indaba

Following a significant turnaround, iOCO Technology Group’s finance leadership revealed the company’s new focus on deploying capital with discipline, accelerating growth through technology and strategic acquisitions while maintaining a high-performance culture at the 2026 Finance Indaba.

At the 2026 Finance Indaba, Mduduzi Dladla, CFO of Mbali Industrial Solutions EPC, challenged finance leaders to move beyond reporting historical performance and become strategic partners who shape decisions, protect liquidity and influence business outcomes.

Artificial intelligence is changing how professional services firms operate, from automating routine finance tasks to reshaping how junior professionals are trained. However, the technology also raises questions about data governance, accountability and the skills finance professionals will need to remain effective.

At the 2026 Finance Indaba, finance leaders sat down to discuss how organisations can design remuneration frameworks that reward performance and ensure that executive incentives support long-term value creation.

During the 2026 Finance Indaba attended by thousands of finance professionals, Teddy Mosomothane, chief executive and principal officer at Bankmed Medical Scheme, drew on the scheme’s 112-year history to explore how workplace healthcare partnerships can support finance professionals and their organisations.

At the Finance Indaba on 22 October 2026, finance leaders discussed flexible capital allocation in a panel titled Dynamic resource allocation: Why traditional annual budgeting is finally dead.