Meet Phuti Mahanyele CEO Naspers Limited South Africa
Naspers, Africa’s largest public company thanks to its investment in China’s Tencent, has appointed Phuti Mahanyele-Dabengwa as CEO of its SA business ahead of an offshore listing of its valuable international assets.
Mahanyele-Dabengwa was previously executive chair at Sigma Capital, a privately-held majority-black owned investment group.
She will report directly to Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk, and will oversee the group’s main operations in SA alongside its new start-up fund in the country, the group said.
Naspers’s existing operations in SA include Takealot, Superbalist, Mr D Food, OLX, Autotrader SA, Property24, and Media24.