01 · Founder & CEO
Innovo Networks
Communications, connectivity, cloud and cybersecurity for South African SMEs and government.
1,200+ businesses supported since 2013 · B-BBEE Level 1
CEO · Innovo Networks · Cape Town → Nairobi → The World
Damian Michael.Building Africa'sDigital Backbone.
Cape Town — 18:42Golden hour
01 — The Prologue
“We don't sell technology. We build the backbone that lets African businesses compete with anyone on earth.”
Damian Michael is the Managing Director and CEO of Innovo Networks (Pty) Ltd, a Cape Town-headquartered ICT company he founded to give South African SMEs and government institutions the communications, connectivity, cloud and cybersecurity muscle usually reserved for enterprises. Today the company operates across South Africa and Kenya under a simple creed: think, solve, connect.
His track record runs from municipal networks in the Cape Winelands to the Pan African Parliament — and to Innovo's own proprietary Video PBX and omni-channel contact centre platform, which has held 99.99% uptime on Huawei Cloud for more than eight years. In 2017, Innovo Networks was named FNB Business of the Year in the technology sector.
Beyond the server room, Damian is a public speaker, mentor and board member, an entrepreneur with ventures spanning ICT and premium consumer brands like Marlowe — and a traveller who believes the best strategy sessions happen at 38,000 feet.
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02 — The Ventures
02 · Founder
Marlowe
A premium ready-to-drink cocktail brand built with bartender-grade standards.
Premium consumer brand · South Africa
03 · Proprietary product
Video PBX + Omni-Channel CC
Innovo's own video PBX and omni-channel contact centre platform, run on Huawei Cloud.
99.99% uptime · 8+ years in production
04 · Strategic partnership
Huawei Cloud Partnership
Enterprise-grade cloud delivered from South Africa for latency-sensitive, compliant workloads.
Enterprise cloud · delivered locally
…and counting.
Partner with Damian03 — The Expertise
Everything Innovo Networks builds for SMEs and government rests on the same four disciplines. Open a pillar for the working detail.
04 — The Journal
05 — In the Press & In the Field
Selected clients · features · recognition
Cape Winelands District MunicipalitySouth African Medical Research CouncilStellenbosch MunicipalityCapeNaturePan African ParliamentHuawei Cloud — strategic partner
BizcommunityInsights SuccessRetailing AfricaEY Entrepreneur Of The Year — SAITWeb interviewsFNB Business of the Year 2017 — technology sector (Innovo Networks)IT Personality of the Year 2016 — nominee
Keynotes · Panels · BoardroomsZA / KE / International
06 — The Stage & The Boardroom
Damian speaks and advises on the questions African executives are actually weighing — no futurist theatre, no vendor pitch. Current topics:
- 01AI for SMEs — from hype to payroll impact
- 02POPIA & data governance that businesses actually implement
- 03Cybersecurity resilience for the mid-market
- 04Africa's digital backbone — connectivity, cloud and sovereignty
- 05Founder lessons — 20+ years of building in African ICT
07 — The Traveller
Cape Town to Nairobi, Dubai to Phuket — the best strategy sessions happen at 38,000 feet.
08 — The Closing Frame
Speaking invitations, board seats, media features, strategic partnerships — or a hard problem in African ICT worth an hour.
Direct line
damian@innovonet.co.zaLinkedIn
/in/damian-michaelResponse time
Two business days. Faster if the subject line is interesting.