For 25 years, Africa's most critical leadership decisions have been made in a black box. Now, that box is opening.
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"A single leader can change a company, but only a community can change a continent."
The Sovereign Candidate is the first in a two-part series. While this book focuses on the individual (The Sovereign), the upcoming sequel, The Sovereign Community, will unveil the infrastructure (hlomo).
How to identify, attract, and retain Africa's transformational leaders.
The platform infrastructure that turns individual talent into collective transformation.
Why this matters: Reading about Sovereign leadership is the beginning, not the end. The real work happens in community—where leaders find their peers, test their strategies, and build the infrastructure for transformation. hlomo.com is where the book becomes practice. Where individual insight becomes collective power. Where Africa's next generation of Sovereign leaders are finding each other right now.
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Author & Founder, hlomo
"For over 25 years, Tracy Montague-Fryer has been the 'Black Box' for Africa's most critical leadership decisions."
When a multinational needs a CEO for Lagos. When a PE firm needs a CFO for Nairobi. When a family office needs a COO for Cape Town. The call goes to Tracy.
But the Black Box model doesn't scale. It relies on one person's network, one person's intuition, one person's time. Africa's leadership gap is too large for any single headhunter to fill.
Through this book and the hlomo platform, she is opening that box for the next generation of Sovereign leaders.
The Sovereign Candidate isn't just a book about hiring. It's a field guide for navigating the unmapped territory of executive talent in Africa—where the best leaders aren't on LinkedIn, the best opportunities aren't advertised, and the best decisions are made inside communities, not databases.
The Sovereign Candidate is more than a book—it's a revolution in executive search. Discover the field guide that's changing how Africa's leaders are found, hired, and retained.
"...mind blowing, captivating and definitely this is a book that will revolutionise the headhunting space. The poignant advice to the executives and salient warning to the recruiters against complacency is so on point. Reminds me of Jack Welch's autobiographies Straight from the Gut and Winning."📖 Pre-Order on Amazon
— Peter Kadzutu, Headhunter extraordinaire
"The map is not the territory. And in Africa, there is no map."
— Tracy Montague-Fryer, The Sovereign Candidate
Get exclusive access to the Sovereign Lesson webinar series and early beta access to the hlomo platform—where Africa's executive communities are being built right now.
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