CEO Weekends:Mxit Confirms Francois Swart As CEO

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francoisSouth Africa’s mobile social network, Mxit, has today appointed its acting CEO Francois Swart as CEO, full capacity.

Swart was appointed acting CEO October last year after Alan Knott-Craig Jnr fell out with shareholders and stepped down.

Formerly Mxit’s chief financial officer Francois has earned the trust and respect that Knott-Craig Jnr faield to. He is in right standing with the management team, staff and the shareholders.

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Paul Harris, a shareholder said Swart has come out as proactive ad has been at the forefront of transforming the firm.

With over 7.4 million users according to World Wide Worx and Fuseware, Mxit is a major social network in Africa and Swart is sure he will drive it to greater heights. He cites that with the introduction of smartphones, the mobile landscape is so dynamic and competitive but the firm will still forge ahead.

Do you think Swart will drive the firm to greater heights as he promises or he will be blocked by shareholders like his predecessor?

 

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Sam Wakoba
Sam Wakoba
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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba
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