Top Black CEOS In South Africa
Sipho Nkosi
Sipho Nkosi is the Chief Executive Officer at Exxaro. He was appointed in November 2007 and announced earlier this year that he will be retiring in March 2016. Nkosi is described as being instrumental in the company’s growth, having it listed on the JSE within just a year.
Under Nkosi’s leadership, Exxaro developed into one of the largest and foremost black-owned, South African-based diversified resources companies.
Khanyisile Kweyama
Khanyisile Kweyama is the CEO of Business Unity of South Africa (Busa) as of January 2015 and is responsible for the organization, which sets out to represent the business interests of South Africa.
Kweyama was named as 2014’s Most Influential Women in Africa and was the first woman in South Africa to be Vice-President of the Chamber of Mines. In 2015 she was named by President Jacob Zuma as a National Planning Commissioner.
Norman Mbazima
Prior to his career in South Africa, Mbazima was exposed to the mining industry in ZImabwe for several years where he played a pivotal role in the commercial and finance negotiation aspects of the business.
Mohamed Joosub
Mohamed Joosub is Vodacom Group’s CEO. He obtained his Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours) from the University of South Africa (Unisa) and an MBA from Southern Queensland University in Australia.
Joosub started out at Vodacom as an accountant, but soon he started looking for increased responsibilities and demanding a level of work that would provide a challenge and match his capabilities.
Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe
Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe is a shareholder and CEO of Kutana Group, a black women-owned and led Pan African
BEE Investment Group in South Africa and the rest of Africa. Mokgosi-Mwantembe graduated from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom with a BSc and MSc, as well as completing business courses through Harvard and IMD while in Switzerland.
How many black CEOs are there in South Africa?
JSE-listed CEO demographics of South Africa:
White: 78% Black South African: 14% Indian/Asian South African: 7%
Who is the black female CEO of South Africa?
Naspers, the most valuable company in Africa, has appointed a new chief executive for its South African unit and made history in the process.
Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa, 48, takes on the role and becomes the company’s first female and first black chief executive.