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SmartDigital Solutions announces leadership transition: Veronica Motloutsi steps into chairperson role, Alex Opoku-Yeboah appointed new CEO

SmartDigital Solutions announces leadership transition: Veronica Motloutsi steps into chairperson role, Alex Opoku-Yeboah appointed new CEO

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Veronica Motloutsi and Alex Opoku-Yeboah, SmartDigital Solutions. SmartDigital Solutions, which positions itself as a leading African digital transformation company, today announced a strategic leadership transition to strengthen its growth and innovation trajectory across the continent. Founder and outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Veronica Motloutsi, will step down as CEO to assume the position of Chairperson of…

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Naspers SA CEO advocates for women leadership roles in tech

Naspers SA CEO advocates for women leadership roles in tech

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Naspers SA CEO Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) As a finance industry juggernaut, Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa says it’s exciting to be in the technology sector, especially as its impact is felt across industries. Mahanyele-Dabengwa is CEO of JSE-listed internet giant Naspers SA, while Fabricio Bloisi is group CEO of Naspers and its subsidiary Prosus. In…

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SA’s risk profile rises amid leadership, governance failures

SA’s risk profile rises amid leadership, governance failures

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Investment in digital and telecoms infrastructure could help improve service delivery, according to the IRMSA Risk Report. Out of South Africa’s key network industries, the telecommunications industry remains as the one that is “still functional”. As a result, improving the energy, transport/logistics and water industries is paramount, as there is a risk of them becoming…

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Three Leadership Listening Skills To Empower Your Team

Three Leadership Listening Skills To Empower Your Team

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Some leaders have the innate ability to inspire and connect. What is their secret? Dori Moreno, business advisor, life coach and conversation enabler, attributes this leadership success to a simple yet powerful skill: listening. Dori Moreno shares three conversational shifts and leadership listening skills, including the power of active listening, that leaders must consider if…

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Africa: Can We Close the Leadership Leak? Andia Chakava Reflects On True Leadership Parity

Africa: Can We Close the Leadership Leak? Andia Chakava Reflects On True Leadership Parity

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Recently, the Graça Machel Trust, through its Afrishela Fund, joined forces with 2X Global to co-host an Investor Meetup in Nairobi. This brought together impact investors, venture capitalists, and fund managers to explore the evolving landscape of gender-lens investing and forge new avenues for collaboration in the gender finance space. It also spotlighted entrepreneurs from…

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Africa: Can We Close the Leadership Leak? Andia Chakava Reflects On True Leadership Parity

Africa: Obasanjo Decries Africa’s Leadership, Overdependence On Aid, Flawed Democracy

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has attributed Africa’s stagnation to a combination of poor leadership, endemic corruption, overdependence on foreign aid, and the continent’s adoption of a democratic model ill-suited to its realities. Speaking at the 32nd Annual Meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja on Thursday night, Obasanjo argued that Western liberal democracy, inherited from colonial powers,…

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Africa: Keynote Address H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the Occasion of the Panel Discussion on “Women In Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments and Shaping Policy”.

Africa: Keynote Address H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on the Occasion of the Panel Discussion on “Women In Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments and Shaping Policy”.

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Luanda — I thank you for the opportunity to attend and share my views at this vital and timely conversation. The theme of this plenary, “Women in Leadership: Driving Innovation, Catalyzing Investments, and Shaping Policy”, echoes throughout the halls of power and boardrooms across Africa, the United States and across the world. It is relevant…

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Africa: Can We Close the Leadership Leak? Andia Chakava Reflects On True Leadership Parity

Africa: Plans to Scale Up Mental Health Leadership Courses in Africa

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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is spearheading a continental Mental Health Leadership Programme aimed at equipping mental health advocates and leaders with the skills and competencies needed to address mental health challenges through a public health lens. Launched last year at two training sites–the American University in Cairo, which trained…

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