Mxit’s CEO quest: our picks for the top job

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It’s been about nine months since Mxit’s board of directors (aka the people with the money) and Alan Knott-Craig Jnr had a showdown that resulted in his stepping down as CEO. Nine months on and the company is still under acting CEO Francois Swart. The Vatican found a new leader in less time. So we thought we would help Mxit along with some candidates to consider.

There have been some major shake ups since Knott-Craig’s departure: retrenchments, products announcements and reshuffles. The way we see it, Mxit needs something new and different, it needs a non-Mxit person who can see through the politics and has a history of success so that their self-worth is not dictated by Mxit’s success. Mxit needs someone with balls, the brains and the charisma to pull off a revolution.

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