What’s Next — AFSUG’s Amanda Gibbs and Duke Mathebula unpack SAPHILA 2025

In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Amanda Gibbs and Duke Mathebula discuss what the SAPHILA 2025 event will cover.

Gibbs is the Chief Executive Officer at the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) and boasts 28 years of industry experience.

In her current role, which she has held for three years, Gibbs oversees a network of SAP customers and partners and helps them realise the full benefits of their SAP Investments while shaping the future of SAP software development.

Gibbs is a SAP User Group Executive Network (SUGEN) member, a global platform for dialogue and collaboration between SAP users and SAP.

Mathebula is the Chairman at AFSUG and is an industry expert with over 25 years of experience.

Across this quarter century, he has held multiple key roles that have given him the knowledge and skills to execute the duties of his current position.

These roles include:

• CIO at Trident Steel Africa
• Strategic Advisor to AnalyticsX
• Independent Audit and Risk Committee member for the Commission for Gender Equality
• Independent Non-Executive Director at Armscor
• Head of IT – Business Applications and Solutions Lead for Saint-Gobain Africa
• SAP SD Business Analyst for RCL Floods

Mathebula holds an MBA in Corporate Finance and Strategic Information Systems from Alba Graduate Business School, as well as a BCom and BCom Honours from Rhodes University.

The interview

In this What’s Next interview, Mathebula explains what AFSUG is, noting its importance in the current SAP market, and Gibbs outlines the organisation’s goals and vision for the future.

She then unpacks the upcoming SAPHILA 2025 event, an IT conference for key decision-makers and professionals in the SAP ecosystem.

Mathebula reveals which individuals outside the SAP industry should attend SAPHILA 2025, and Gibbs explains how interested parties can register for the event.

They conclude the interview by sharing their message for anyone who has never attended a SAPHILA event.

Watch the interview with Amanda Gibbs and Duke Mathebula below.