2021 – Clayton Hayward

Clayton has more than 21 years of experience in the domestic and international ICT industry. He has sought and successfully exploited many gaps in the ICT market over that period. Clayton has founded, operated and successfully exited several technology start-ups, starting with INFOR (GmbH) in 1998 which he was then listed in Germany.

Following this Clayton was the founder of over a dozen technology and services businesses both locally and abroad. In 2000, Clayton formed one of his first companies called Vidette, a specialist strategic sales and account management methodology and CRM software provider. Three years later, he started openVOICE, where he was a pioneer VOIP service provider, as well as an open -source telecommunications provider. In November 2018, Clayton co-founded Ukheshe Technologies where he aims to become the dominant B2B fintech enabler on the continent.