Betting on a Darkie
Subtitle: lifting the corporate game
By: Mteto Nyati
Publisher: Kwela Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780795709296; 9780795709302; 9780795709319
Subjects: Businessmen; Biography; Entrepreneurship; Information technology; Altron (Firm)
Description: Mteto Nyati knew years ago as a schoolboy in Mthatha, working behind the counter at his mother's trading store, that he wanted to fix and build things. After completing his studies in Mechanical Engineering at Natal University, he headed for Johannesburg to take up a position at Afrox. He was the only black engineer and the sole advice he received from his superiors was 'don't mess up'. He didn't. Today Nyati is one of South Africa's top CEOs, having steered Microsoft South Africa and MTN South Africa out of troubled times. He is currently guiding the transition of Altron from a family business, started at the height of apartheid, into a high-performing international IT company with a social sonscience.