Date Notes
08 March 1974 Meeting of a group of persons interested in forming a society at the Biometrics library in the Department of Research and Specialist Services.
20 August 1974 Formation of the Society with initial membership of 188 individuals and 15 institutions.
07 October 1974 First Annual General Meeting at Jameson Hotel, Harare.
February 1975 National diploma course in data processing launched.
June 1976 First public symposium.
July 1977 Introduction of the J F Carlisle award.
October 1983 First annual Summer School.
August 1987 Admission of the Society to the International Federation for Information Processing as a full member.
August 1987 AFRICOM 87 conference in Harare.
August 1987 IFIP TC6 meeting in Victoria Falls
June 1988 First Business School (IPMW)
September 1991 IFIP General Assembly in Harare
November 1992 First CSZ Handbook produced.
October 1996 IFIP/ICCC AFRICOM 96 conference in Harare.
October 1996 IFIP TC6 meeting in Nyanga.
January 1997 Full-time Secretariat established.
August 1997 IFIP CAPBIT conference in Harare.
August 1997 IFIP TC3 meeting in Harare.
March 1999 Launch of ICDL in Zimbabwe