Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Local Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Politics & Law, Adult, Bestsellers, New Releases
ISBN: 9781776392766
Published: January 2026
Imprint: Penguin Books (South Africa)
Page Extent: 294
Format: Trade Paperback
RRP 360.00

Invisible People

Phuthuma Nhleko

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In the next twenty-five years, Africa’s population is predicted to double in size to 2.5 billion, so that by 2050 one in four people on earth will be African. How can Africa accommodate and benefit from this huge demographic shift?

In The Invisible People, former MTN CEO Phuthuma Nhleko calls for a new African renaissance based on three pillars. The first involves building a confident common identity, rooted in Africa’s long and rich history, and celebrating its fundamental contributions to modern civilisation, religion and culture.

The second is unleashing the kind of economic development that has so far eluded Africa, by leveraging its significant assets and resources, abandoning outdated and inadequate economic models, and carving a new...

About the Author

Phuthuma Nhleko

Phuthuma Nhleko

Phuthuma Nhleko is a celebrated business leader and former CEO and chairman of mobile network operator MTN. He is currently the chairman and co-founder of Phembani Group, a South African-domiciled resource and energy-focused investment holding company. He is also a director of IHS Towers and Engen Petroleum (Pty) Ltd, and chairman of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund (PRIF), which invests in infrastructure projects on the African continent. Nhleko's previous directorships include BP plc, Anglo American plc, the Nedbank Group, Old Mutual SA, Johnnic Holdings, the Bidvest Group and Alexander Forbes. He was voted Sunday Times Business Leader of the Year in 2009. He holds a BSc in civil engineering from Ohio State University and an MBA from Atlanta University (renamed Clark Atlanta University), and is Transformational Leadership Fellow of the Blavatnik School of Government and Public Policy at Oxford University.

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