The appointment of Brazilian Fabricio Bloisi as CEO of South Africa’s biggest company by market cap raises questions about whether South Africa has the talent pool to fill such a role.

On one level Bloisi can be seen as a younger version of group chair Koos Bekker, who is seen by many as the architect of the internet-focused giants that Naspers and Prosus are today...

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