Second is Nothing (Inscribed) | Eunice Afonso

Subtitle: Creating a Multi-Billion Rand Cellular Industry
Author: Eunice Afonso
With Author's Inscription
Publisher: Picador Africa (2009)
ISBN-10: 1770101640
ISBN-13: 9781770101647
Condition: Very Good. 
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 206
Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
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by Eunice Afonso (With Author's Inscription)
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Bold and courageous, sometimes outrageous - Alan's visionary leadership, foresight and persistence put Vodacom and South Africa on the map of world firsts. In a spontaneous tribute, the entire audience listening to Vodacom's annual financial results in 2008 rose to its feet to acknowledge the man regarded as the father of a cellular in Africa and the architect of a multi-billion rand industry - a standing ovation that left retiring CEO of Vodacom, Alan Knott-Craig, momentarily speechless.

A maverick civil servant from the government telephone operator, Telkom, Alan masterfully steered a fledgling cellular company to unparalleled financial success, shaping a revolutionary concept into one of the most powerful brands in Southern Africa -- Vodacom.

On Alan's retirement in 2008, Vodacom valued at R 150 billion, had realized fourteen consecutive years of double digit growth, an operating profit for that year of R 12.5 billion, an income of R 48 billion and 33 million customers in five African countries. It was an exceptional achievement for a man whose priority was not to build a financial empire but to empower people through communication.