Jannie van Zyl is the executive head of innovation at Vodacom.

Jannie is an electronics engineer by training and an ICT veteran, with over 25 years of experience in the industry. Jannie has been with the Vodacom Group since the launch of 3G in South Africa at the end of 2004.

He became Group CEO of Wireless Business Solutions in 2009, where he worked to turn around iBurst until he rejoined Vodacom in 2010. Since then, he's served in various roles at the company, including the position of executive head of consumer data from 2011 to 2013.