Jabu Mtsweni
Research Fellow at UNISA
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolJabu Mtsweni is a seasoned cyber and information security leader and researcher who currently heads the Cyber and Information Research Centre at CSIR and holds research fellow roles at Stellenbosch University and UNISA. With over 17 years across academia and industry and an NRF C2 rating, he combines strategic RDI leadership, technology transfer, and hands-on cyber warfare research to build nationally relevant capabilities and commercialisable solutions. He has authored 60+ peer-reviewed publications, supervises Masters and PhD students, and regularly presents at international conferences, reflecting deep academic and applied impact. Beyond technical leadership he co-founded the Suganag Foundation and is passionate about youth development and mentoring, translating research into social impact. An endurance athlete who completed the Comrades Marathon in 2019, he brings the same persistence and long-term planning to developing talent pipelines and sustaining national cyber capability.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Senior Leaders Development, A, Certificate, Senior Leaders Development, A at Wits Business SchoolCertificate, Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods, Certificate, Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods at SANPADUniversity of South AfricaMTech, Computer Systems, MTech, Computer Systems at Tshwane University of Technology
Zulu, ndebele, south, English, Afrikaans, Tswana
Github Skills (7)
doi6
health6
data-repository4
dashboard3
doh3
data-science3
data-visualization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
SmartcizenZA/smartcitizens
Dec 2014 - Mar 2015
Smart CitizenS
Contributions:42 commits, 25 pushes, 1 comment in 3 months
citizens
dsfsi/covid19za
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository and Dashboard for South Africa
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 1 day
doincovdata-repositorydata-sciencehealth
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