Mhlongo Opens On Business With Manyisa

Brighton Mhlongo has explained how he and Oupa Manyisa came up with the idea for their My Football CV app that they introduced earlier this year.

The two former Orlando Pirates teammates launched the scouting app to help talented players gain exposure and opportunities.

Mhlongo explained this to Lethabo Kganyago in an interview in Edition 57 of the iDiski Times newspaper.

“What happened was that we had thought about it for years, but not in an App sense,” Mhlongo explained to iDiski Times.

“With Oupa his thinking was that let’s open an academy then I said to him that’s farfetched right now because we are still very much active as footballers, and an academy would need someone who would be hands-on.

“I don’t like delegating as such because when you delegate it’s like you are neglecting your duties.

“Then fast forward, we were busy watching as Oupa was at the Phillys games, we realised there is so much talent but at the same time we don’t know where it is going, we only see them during Easter tournaments when they resurface again.

“And then what happens to them? What happens to them is that you see the guys posting on Instagram or Twitter or TikTok their skills, their videos and they are only posting for Likes.

“That’s when we realised that we can come up with something different and help their careers as well if we can have an App. That’s when we thought about it, that’s when I came up with the whole concept to say let’s get an App that will be like LinkedIn because in the cooperate space you see LinkedIn has done so many wonders for other people.

“So why don’t we come up with something like that in the football space which will give people the much-needed exposure and opportunities? That’s how My Football CV came about.”

Click below to read the FREE digital version of the iDiski Times newspaper, the complete interview with Mhlongo, who also opens up on his career-threatening injury and thoughts around retirement, as well as Pule Mmodi, who talks on his Kaizer Chiefs links, Vincent Kobola on Baroka’s mistakes, plus a feature on Pitso Mosimane’s mission to improve SA football and the latest transfer rumours about Sibusiso Vilakazi, Yusuf Maart and Kwame Peprah!