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Breaking Barriers: Jeniffer Ramnath on Women, Tech, and Transformative Leadership in Africa
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Breaking Barriers: Jeniffer Ramnath on Women, Tech, and Transformative Leadership in Africa

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Richard Winfield
Jul 03, 2025
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Breaking Barriers: Jeniffer Ramnath on Women, Tech, and Transformative Leadership in Africa
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In a recent interview, Jeniffer Ramnath, Chief Digital and Information Officer at the Mastercard Foundation, shared her powerful journey – from growing up in generational poverty in South Africa to leading digital innovation across the continent.

Her path into tech was anything but conventional. Starting in a Johannesburg call centre in 1997, she taught herself network design and rose to lead African network operations for a global bank – falling in love with the impact of tech in financial services.

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