2020 SA PMO of the Year Award Winner.

The showcase this year was impressive and we are proud to announce the cream of the PMO crop.

A purple and orange striped party popper bursts open, releasing orange confetti and streamers into the air—celebrate your team's success with Online Project Management Software against a light background.
Gold medal with a laurel wreath design, attached to a purple and orange ribbon—perfect for recognizing achievements in online project management software teams.

City of Cape Town
Corporate Project, Programme and Portfolio Management
Winner

A silver medal with a decorative laurel design, attached to a purple and orange ribbon—perfect for recognizing achievement in online project management software teams.

Old Mutual
Rest of Africa Enterprise Project Management Office
Runner Up

Finalists

Logo for DirectAxis with stylized green and red DA initials above the company name DirectAxis written in green text on a white background.

Direct Axis, PMO

Logo of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), featuring stylized blue text “SARS” with a swoosh design and the words “South African Revenue Service” underneath.

SARS, EPMO

Other Participants

FNB logo featuring a stylized black acacia tree inside a yellow-orange circle with a teal curve at the bottom, next to the teal letters FNB on a white background.

FNB, iDnA (Intelligent Data & Automation) PMO

Nedbank logo featuring a green geometric design with an N shape and the word NEDBANK in bold green letters below, symbolizing innovation and trust—qualities also valued in leading Online Project Management Software.

Nedbank Insurance, Strategic Projects Office

Logo for DFA Open Access Network, an Online Project Management Software. The text DFA appears in black, with the tagline OPEN ACCESS NETWORK below, and a green stylized DFA symbol on the right.

Dark Fibre Africa, EPMO

Eskom logo featuring a stylized circular emblem on the left and the word Eskom in blue bold letters on the right, reminiscent of modern Online Project Management Software branding.

Eskom, Asset Management Execution Portfolio

Nampak logo featuring a stylized white N and P on a blue square, with the text Nampak packaging excellence in blue and gray to the right—ideal for businesses seeking online project management software solutions.

Nampak, IMS PMO

What the judges had to say

Insights


"Well done CoCT Team! Comprehensive presentation showcasing CoCT's complex and robust project, program and portfolio management practices. Perfectly pitched submission describing your evolution to a very advanced project organisation."

"Old Mutual PMO office is one of the youngest PMOs with only five years in business but has shown a quick growth in a smart way, within only five years you have grown from nothing to one of the best offices with the world-class standards. Very strong and professionally done preparation and presentation of the work done in the ЕPMO and entire organisation. Cleary a good decision and strategy for fostering PMO capabilities via central team which shown a high speed of improvements in the Group."

"SARS is doing a great job in building the PMO to a world class standard. There is a very clear set of EPMO services and a great fit with the presented strategy of each of the departments within the organisation."

"Well done to the Direct Axis PMO having navigated an impressive journey, evolving from process and execution-centric to a strategic business enabler. The shared accountability and the invaluable partnership with your business stakeholders is evident."
Thoughts from Louise Worsley, chair of the judging committee
The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and it illustrates how well South African project offices are doing even when compared with the global stage. All the finalists received higher than average scores from the international panel. The #SAPMOAwards competition’s aim has always been to promote sharing and best practices across our nation. In these four finalists, we have project offices that we can all be proud of. Immense congratulations to them all!

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