On September
5 the current CEO of Helios Towers Tanzania , launched his Pan African
leadership at the Hyatt Hotel in the presence of more than 300 top CEOs and
senior members of government and representatives from the diplomatic community.
The book was officially unveiled by the Minister of Communications , Science
and Telecommunications, Prof Makame Mbarawa .
Among the guest speakers at the
event was also the former Tanzanian Ambassador to United States of America ,
Ambassador Mwanaidi Maarjar .
The book
titled Rumble in the Jungle – Leadership from an African perspectives has
received an unprecedented reviewing from business executives and national
leaders as a masterpiece on Leadership at both a corporate and national level .
In his
opening remarks Professor Mbarawa thanked Mr Moyo for being a bold and
exemplary business leader who has taken this unchanted route of sharing his Pan
African experience with other leaders .
He further highlighted commented that
“the challenges of leadership in corporate , social and public institutions
across the continent is a subject of great debate at many different forums
regionally and globally . The call for good leadership is a call which has been
getting louder and louder by the day here in Tanzania and across the continent
.
I am very encouraged to see a new crop of Pan African business leaders
beginning to engage in being part of their destiny”
.
The minister
went on to read a quote from His Excellency former President Benjamin Mkapa , who
sent a congratulatory letter to Mr Moyo after reading his leadership book .
Mr
Mkapa wrote “There is a lot of talk at
African Leaders meetings and academic forums about the Africa we want in the
next fifty years. Little is however described, let alone published, about HOW
we are to get there. Indeed there is little exposition about the obstacles on
the way forward. Your book strives to fill this important gap.”
“I have
appreciated it in particular because it has identified the one factor holding
back African development and transformation, namely LEADERSHIP. There is a
crying need on all African development fronts for a transformative Leadership –
leadership with Conviction ,Vision, Mission and Driving Capacity.”
Speaking
also at the book launch at Hyatt , Former Tanzanian Ambassador to the United
States , Ambassador Mwanaidi Maarjar, congratulated Mr Moyo and highlighted
that
“This event
for me marks the birth of a new idea, a renaissance, a new chapter in the Pan
African agenda.
Your corporate journey across all the 4 corners of the
continent, starting in Southern, West, Central, North and East Africa has
exposed you to a very unique view of the continent very few of us has seen. But
most importantly it seems to have been a great source of inspiration for you
particularly the untapped potential the continent possess.
I can not over agree
with you that the number one biggest economic driver for this continent is not
its oil, gas, gold, diamonds but LEADERSHIP.
This is not a new idea to any of
us here but you have simply taken the conversation out of the intellectual
realm of debates , and endless 50 year programs with realist and proven
execution strategy.”
The book is
targeted to be marketed across the whole continent and reputed to create a new
set of conversations in the continent. It is primarily targeting middle to senior
managers in corporates and also senior civil servants , ministers and presidents
across the continent.
The launch was followed by an unprecedented purchase of
the books including personalized
autographs by the author . A number of CEOs purchased books for their
organisations after a moving speech from the author himself.
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