The future of work in Africa won’t be built on software alone. It will be built at the intersection of digital and physical transformation, where technology, infrastructure, and design are orchestrated to work together, not in silos.
While many businesses focus narrowly on digital transformation by buying new tools, launching new platforms, true leaders are going further. They’re rethinking how their entire organization functions, integrating the tools their teams use with the spaces they work in, and connecting everything from back-end systems to front-of-house experiences.
That’s the bold vision powering Novotech Works, a pan-African transformation company reimagining how businesses scale by harmonizing the digital and the physical experience, and at the heart of this next chapter is its new Chief Operating Officer, Misan Olukuade.
A transformation leader for the next phase
With almost decades of experience in human capital, organizational design, and business operations, Misan Olukuade has led transformation from both the people and systems side. Now, as COO, she’s tasked with deepening Novotech’s operational muscle and delivering on its promise of integrated transformation across the continent.
“I believe the future of work in Africa will be built by companies that understand transformation isn’t linear,” Misan explains. “It happens when technology, design, and infrastructure, move together, and that’s exactly what Novotech enables. It’s what we’re building, and I’m proud to lead that charge.”
Beyond tools: What real transformation requires
Digital transformation is no longer optional. But tech alone won’t fix broken processes or outdated operations. What’s needed is total transformation, a model that aligns systems, spaces, and execution to unlock real business outcomes.
That’s the model Novotech Works delivers, through a fully integrated structure that includes:
novoTPS – Technology procurement services and consulting
novoDSB – Design, signage & branding
novoDEV – Infrastructure build-out & development
Together, these divisions form a single engine, helping enterprises move from tool acquisition to true transformation with one partner that delivers from vision to execution.
Scaling impact across the continent
With delivery footprints in Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Angola, Mauritius, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zimbabwe, Novotech Works is already enabling some of Africa’s most dynamic businesses to reimagine how they work and grow.
Under Misan’s leadership, the company is entering a new phase, expanding its regional presence, formalizing cross-market delivery systems, and embedding deeper partnerships in local ecosystems to switch on the future of work in Africa.
