RC 261023SAfmJon Gericke
Friday, 23 October 2026
A SAfm book conversation with Mabunda on his CEO Nights, dominated by CEO stress and job insecurity, with AI sovereignty and Gen Z leadership also featuring.
- 18:41
Mabunda cited a survey of about 2,000 CEOs in which 77% admitted living under severe stress, and said many leaders are not robots but are masking the pressure they carry.
- 18:42
Job insecurity for CEOs has never been higher, Mabunda said, with 26% more CEOs fired in the last year as boards grow impatient for results.
- 18:29
On AI, Mabunda said about 85% of the roughly $385 billion invested in AI comes from the US, raising sovereignty concerns about where African information and influence will sit.
- 18:54
Mabunda urged leaders to listen to Gen Z, saying the workforce will be 30% Gen Z by 2030 and that the generation will lead most organisations by 2050.