Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
2019 National Jamboree
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JAMBOREE: OBSERVE - THINK - DO
On the 5th July 2019 – 7th July 2019, the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation will host over 800 South African youth at its National Jamboree which squarely focuses on unlocking the power of its programmes’ community. The objective of the event is to bring entrepreneurship into action in order to enable participants to continuously create value and effect change within their spaces. Over the course of the three days, Masterclasses will be hosted, exhibitors will educate and pitches will be conducted all in the spirit of sharing a collaborating idea’s. Further, a process of Open Space Technology is used to maximise the sharing of entrepreneurial ideas in a way that catalyses passion and promotes action. This year’s theme titled “Ideas Can Change the World,” will encourage participants to start where they are, with what they have by applying an entrepreneurial mindset. We will be unpacking how “Ideas Can Change the world – Building Economies on Innovation.”
Observe the context within which you operate, as an African Entrepreneur
Every good idea requires Thinking! Grow the knowledge that will assist you in thinking bigger about your idea
Do something today that your future self will thank you for. It doesn’t matter where you are, or what you have, but you must start. Do something today!
2019
05
JUL
ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
- 12:00 - 16:00
Venue: OR Tambo
2019
05
JUL
The Hustle Village
- 13:00 - 16:00
Venue: Walkway
- EVENT DETAILS
Programme Participants with a Hustle or side-hustle will show or sell their products, collaborate, innovate and connect with other entrepreneurially minded individuals at our National Jamboree Live Hustle Village.
2019
05
JUL
NEW FRONTIERS
- 12:00 - 16:00
Venue: Oak Chamber
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To engage on the experiences, challenges and barriers womxn have faced in entrepreneurship (and broadly) and engage in the innovative ways they have overcome their obstacles to find success and create an impact in their respective spaces.
2019
05
JUL
E2 Impact Investment Talk
- 17:00 - 17:15
Venue: OR Tambo
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Impact invvesting seeks to support organisations that will create social and enviromental benefits , in addition to generating finacial returns. Malik will provide a perspective on the Africa and South African context.
2019
05
JUL
Dialogue Session
- 17:00 - 19:00
Venue: OR Tambo
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The Dialogue Session has been designed to expose the Allan Gray Scholars, Candidate Allan Gray Fellows and Fellows to different industries while instilling an Entrepreneurial Mindset. Jamboree participants will be exposed to Entrepreneurial journey of established and successful entrepreneurs.
2019
05
JUL
Dinner & entertainment
- 19:00 - 22:00
Venue: Dinner Venue
2019
06
JUL
BREAKFAST
- 06:00 - 07:30
Venue: Clovers Green
2019
06
JUL
Registration for Day 2
- 07:15 - 08:00
Venue: OR Tambo
2019
06
JUL
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- 08:00 - 08:20
Venue: OR Tambo
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The CEO of The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation to formally open and welcome all Programme Participants and guests to Jamboree 2019.
Speaker: Yogavelli Nambiar
2019
06
JUL
Context Setting
- 08:10 - 08:50
Venue: OR Tambo
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To give background to Jamboree and provide insight into the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Entrepreneurial Pipeline.
Speaker: Zimkhitha Peter
Speaker: Caleb Dlamini
Speaker: Buhle Dhlamini
Speaker: Jalal Ghiassi-Razavi
Speaker: Sipho Pilime
2019
06
JUL
Key Note Address
- 08:50 - 10:20
Venue: OR Tambo
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Ideas Can Change the World. Isaac will share his take on the South African Entrepreneurship landscape (in relations to the country’s economic outlook and poverty) and identify some of the major opportunities for youth to become high impact entrepreneurs. He will also share his personal entrepreneurial journey and how he has managed to make incremental changes in the world.
2019
06
JUL
Tea Break
- 10:20 - 10:40
2019
06
JUL
Convene in Main Room
- 10:40 - 10:50
Venue: OR Tambo
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Preparation for Masterclass 1: Pitching Like a Pro
2019
06
JUL
MC Welcome & Admin
- 10:50 - 11:00
Venue: OR Tambo
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To introduce themselves and highlight running of the day and emergency information.
Speaker: Nkgopoleng Moloi
Speaker: Foyinsola Ongurumbi
2019
06
JUL
Pitching like a pro
- 11:00 - 11:30
Venue: OR Tambo
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To educate Programme Participants about what it takes to conduct a compelling pitch as well as to understand how pitches are evaluated and judged.
2019
06
JUL
Open Space Round 1
- 11:30 - 12:30
Venue: OR Tambo
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Top 30 Candidate to Pitch their ideas – 1 Minute per pitch
2019
06
JUL
Lunch
- 12:30 - 14:00
Venue: Clovers Green
2019
06
JUL
Exhibition
- 13:30 - 17:00
Venue: Exhibition Center
- EVENT DETAILS
The Exhibition space is a space where institutions, entrepreneurs, corporates and startups all come together to exhibit the work that they are doing to change the world. Praogramme participants will be able to interact and collaborate with the exhibitors and understand their offering in a deeper manner.
Speaker: Exhibitors
2019
06
JUL
Open Space Conversations
- 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: OR Tambo
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Top 30 to host conversations to expand on their idea and get feedback from the community.
2019
06
JUL
Pitching & Incubation Sessions
- 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: Domestic: Cape Town
- EVENT DETAILS
Please note that all this sessions are for all individuals that have pitched on the Online Pitching Platform. Your allocated session would have been communicated with you prior to the event.
Masterclass Session 1
2019
06
JUL
The Future of Work
- 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: Domestic: King Shaka
- EVENT DETAILS
To introduce ideas around the 4IR and provoke critical thinking about the changes expected with regards to trends in science, technology and HR.
2019
06
JUL
Raising Capital in South Africa
- 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: International: Marco Polo
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To discuss capital raising in South Africa, specifically for Entrepreneurs with ideas or startups. Particularly, what the different mechanisms for fundraising are across various stages of businesses, what different types of investors are looking for and lastly what the opportunity set and landscape look like in South Africa.
2019
06
JUL
Anzisha Prize
- 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: International: Heathrow
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he Anzisha Prize was established in 2011 to celebrate young African entrepreneurs and has evolved into the Anzisha Program with goals of accelerating the youth entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa.
Speaker: Melissa Mbazo
Speaker: Didi Onwu
2019
06
JUL
Tea Break
- 15:00 - 15:30
Masterclass Session 2
2019
06
JUL
Navigating Career Progression
- 15:30 - 16:15
Venue: Domestic: King Shaka
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To understand the entrepreneurial journey from a context closest to home, from the perspectives of Scholars, Candidate Fellows and Fellows who are currently on the journey.
Speaker: Mtha Nazo
2019
06
JUL
Design Thinking
- 15:30 - 17:00
Venue: International: Marco Polo
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To understand the design thinking proccess and how the methodology can be applied in real life instances.
2019
06
JUL
Value Based Leadership
- 15:30 - 16:15
Venue: International: Heathrow
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To discuss ethics and values-based leadership, and how these principles playout and can be effectively applied in an entrepreneurial environment and within the wider ecosystem.
Masterclass Session 3
2019
06
JUL
Unexpected Turn of Events
- 15:30 - 16:15
Venue: Domestic: King Shaka
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This session is an opportunity to change the narrative around failure, by sharing failure stories. This is an attempt to begin to remove the fear and stigma around failure and communicate that failure is a necessary step to success in entrepreneurship. We would like to create a culture of celebrating failures as it means the person was brave enough to take the risk in perusing the idea.
2019
06
JUL
Design Thinking
- 15:30 - 17:00
Venue: International: Marco Polo
- EVENT DETAILS
To understand the design thinking proccess and how the methodology can be applied in real life instances.
2019
06
JUL
Value Based Leadership
- 16:15 - 17:00
Venue: International: Heathrow
- EVENT DETAILS
To discuss ethics and values-based leadership, and how these principles playout and can be effectively applied in an entrepreneurial environment and within the wider ecosystem.
2019
06
JUL
Convene in Main Room
- 17:00 - 17:15
Venue: OR Tambo
2019
06
JUL
Investment Session
- 17:15 - 18:30
Venue: OR Tambo
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To introduce investment education for all the participants. An introduction to the Investment Challenge.
2019
06
JUL
Investment Challenge & Voting
- 18:30 - 19:15
Venue: OR Tambo
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A overview of the voting system proccess. Rules, regulations and the prizes up for grabs.
Speaker: Kyle Dodds
2019
06
JUL
Live Performance
- 19:15 - 19:30
Venue: OR Tambo
2019
06
JUL
Final 15 Announced
- 19:30 - 19:40
Venue: OR Tambo
2019
06
JUL
Dinner
- 19:40 - 22:00
Venue: Dinner Venue
2019
06
JUL
Open Mic
- 20:30 - 21:30
Venue: Dinner Venue
2019
07
JUL
Breakfast and Administration
- 06:00 - 07:30
Venue: Clovers Green
2019
07
JUL
Exhibition Open
- 08:00 - 10:30
Venue: Exhibition Center
- EVENT DETAILS
The Exhibition space is a space where institutions, entrepreneurs, corporates and startups all come together to exhibit the work that they are doing to change the world. Programme participants will be able to interact and collaborate with the exhibitors and understand their offering in a deeper manner.
2019
07
JUL
Association Breakfast
- 08:00 - 10:30
Venue: Oak Chamber
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Please note that this is an event for graduated Fellows exclusively. The event will focus on community building and collaboration within The Association.
Speaker: John Sanei
2019
07
JUL
Entrepreneurship Intervarsity Gauteng Regionals brought to you by DHET, USAF, EDHE, TIA, AGOF, SABf & SEDA
- 08:00am-11:45
Venue: OR Tambo
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This is an initiative of Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) in partnership with the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and the SAB Foundation, with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship development in higher education.
2019
07
JUL
Lion's Den
- 08:00 - 10:30
Venue: Domestic: King Shaka
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To celebrate beneficiaries who have built and sustained start up businesses. They will get an opportunity to have their business model’s thoroughly critiqued by industry experts and investors. The investors can invest their time and mentorship to start-up businesses that appeal to them.
2019
07
JUL
External Evaluation focus groups
- 08:00 - 10:30
Venue: International: Heathrow
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This is for a select sample group of Scholars, the Scholarship Director will communicate the names at the event.
2019
07
JUL
Social Impact Masterclass
- 10:30-12:00
Venue: International: Marco Polo
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Letsema Group will aim to provide insight around the role that businesses can play in changing the world
Speaker: Tafadzwa Mudyiwa.
2019
07
JUL
PINC ROOM
- 08:00 - 10:30
Venue: Domestic: Cape Town
2019
07
JUL
Association & Scholarship Meet up
- 10:30-11:20
Venue: Oak Chamber
- EVENT DETAILS
Scholars are to be matched with Association memebers to have a check in and coaching session about their future plans to change the world.
2019
07
JUL
Tea & reconvene in Main plenary (DJ set)
- 10:30 - 11:30
Venue: Main plenary
2019
07
JUL
Road Less Travelled
- 11:30 - 12:30
Venue: King Shaka
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To celebrate Fellows who have taken the “road less travelled” and gain insight into the reality of entrepreneurship
Speaker: Esethu Cenga
Speaker: Dineo Lioma
2019
07
JUL
Final 15 Pitches
- 12:30 - 13:50
Venue: OR Tambo
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3 minutes per Pitch with 2 minutes of questions – walking time included
Speaker: Nirojan Poovendran
2019
07
JUL
Lunch
- 13:50 - 14:40
Venue: Clovers Green
2019
07
JUL
Prize Giving & Final Announcements
- 14:40 - 15:00
Venue: OR Tambo
2019
07
JUL
Departure
- 15:00
SPEAKERS
2019 speaker profiles
Suzie Nkambule was born in a small township in Matsulu, Mpumalanga – and started her journey as a Candidate Fellow in 2005. She graduated from the University of Wits Waters rand as a Civil Engineer in 2009 and was formally inducted as a Fellow. Today Suzie is the CEO Aveng Water, Infinity Partners Investments, and is renowned as an inspiring and passionate motivational speaker at events all over South Africa.
Suzie Nkambule
Malik Fal is the founder of Filao Capital Partners, and Managing Director of Filao Capital Partners Johannesburg. He has also served in various Pan African roles at Microsoft (Head of Africa Operations), and Endeavor (Managing Director; South Africa). Malik was educated in Europe and the United States, and has a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Malik Fal
A certified coach, speaker, and facilitator, Obenewa Amponsah is dedicated to supporting individuals and teams as they build the lives, organizations, and communities of their dreams. Whether it's inspiring your constituents with one of her speeches, one on one coaching, or group facilitation, Obenewa will journey with you as you discover your purpose and define your goals, helping you create a strategy to make your aspirations reality.
Obenewa Amponsah
Yannick Nzonde is the Founder and CEO of Mulundu Investments and Holdings (MIH), a leading business consulting firm, with an annual multimillions dollar turnover and which specialises in agriculture, energy, telecommunications and mining. He holds a degree in accounting and a PGDip from the UCT Graduate School of Business.
He has founded two other companies named Chi Groupe and Fleurette Consulting Group which fall under MIH. An astute consultant and forward thinker, he is passionate about Africa’s development and solving company challenges. He believes that innovation is the key to an evolving economy and focuses on young executive empowerment through the supply of knowledge, mentorship and providing a practical guide to overcoming business hurdles.
Yannick Nzonde
18-year-old youth activist, social entrepreneur, public speaker and 2019’s Global Teen Leader, Amonge Sinxoto, is an authentically African creative with a burning desire to represent what she feels it means to be an African youth in the 21st century. As the co-founder of Blackboard Africa, a youth Non-Profit Company, Amonge is at the forefront of driving the narrative of the continent into a new direction. As a leader and young ambassador of national reformation, Amonge has been invited by global platforms such as TEDx, Google and Facebook amongst others, to lend her voice to key discussions around youth and she has already fulfilled speaking engagements on three continents.
Amonge Sinxoto
Manqoba is a passionate, adventurous, self-driven and resourceful individual. He is always keen for a challenge and always looking for ways to increase his skill set and broaden his knowledge base. It was Neale Donald Walsch who said, “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”. Those are the words that Manqoba truly lives by as he view's life as a journey towards ones purpose and the fulfilment of our true potential.
Manqoba Zungu
Isaac Shongwe is the founder and Chairman of Letsema. Isaac completed his university education at Wesleyan University in the United States. Isaac became the second black South African to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1989, having worked at Barlorand in 1988. Isaac joined Monitor Consulting in 1993 and founded Letsema in 1996. An exceptional communicator, manager and business professional, Isaac is passionate about business being a catalyst for social change. Isaac is Deputy Chairperson of the Wits University Council.
Isaac Shongwe
AS a 12-year-old boy, Yanesh Naidoo sold eggs and curry leaves to earn pocket money. Later, he moonlighted as a DJ to finance his B.Sc. Engineering studies in Mechatronics at the University of Cape Town. Today, as Jendamark’s director of sales and design, he has a much more interesting product to offer – the ever-evolving technology landscape of Industry 4.0. Today, he continues to identify opportunities for accelerated growth and aims to stay ahead of industry requirements by developing software solutions and using technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality to create industry-leading assembly facilities.
Yanesh Naidoo
We humans work hard, we study hard. We strive to make a difference. We are focused on delivery excellence & success. We have the same agenda, finding the job that makes us happy, the career that makes us proud. I'm not promising to find you a job, nor to making your dreams a reality, in the career you've always prayed for. But I commit to playing a part.
Tracey Ashington
A software engineer, Muhammad Simjee abandoned a safe career with global management consultants, McKinsey & Co, to found A2D24. His dream? To find pragmatic, affordable technology solutions to the world’s most pressing social and economic challenges. Today, Simjee leads a team that produces ground-breaking innovations that save lives and disrupt markets. An A2D24 innovation currently helps millions of patients receive their medication on time.
Muhammad Simjee
Annu is an Electronics and Communication engineer and a certified Pragmatic Marketing (PMC) professional. Annu has 20 years experience in the technology sector; she started her career as a software developer. She later transitioned to technology product management and worked for a number of companies ranging from innovative startups to established corporates. In 2018, she was elected as one of the fifty most inspiring South African women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Annu Augustine
The Founder and CEO of Agile Ventures Holdings which is an Angel Investment and Venture Capital company investing in Disruptive Technology ventures including FinTech, Analytics, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain initiatives throughout the world. He is involved in several ventures including LaybyCafe (FinTech), SecureLend (blockchain), REM Enterprises (telco services), Verestent (logistics), MP Analytics (data analytics), Omnipresent Global (drone tech/IOT), NoaVR (AR/VR) and has angel investments in a variety of other disruptive and FinTech applications.
Raj Wanniappa
Strategist, an innovator and Visionary Leader. Tabassum Qadir is the CEO of Uprise.Africa (First Equity Crowdfunding Platform of Africa ) & The former chair of Skywise Airline that she co-founded as a 100% female owned low-cost airline 2014.
Tabassum Qadir
An early stage/angel investor, providing both financial and advisory capital. He headed up Africa's leading youth insight and activation agency, HDI Youth Marketeers, for eight years. Before that he had started ELEVATION (in 2006), which did then, and is again now, doing exciting things in the start-up space. V2.0 of Elevation kicked off with a research report launched in 2017 on how the SA start-up ecosystem could leapfrog. He has over 15 years’ experience in entrepreneurship & management, and 20 years in marketing.
Jason Levin
A South African national with over twelve years of professional experience and an MBA from Europe’s top business school (FT Rankings). Following nine years in asset management, Abu has gone on to start three businesses. He also chairs his family’s investment board.Abu has lived in South Africa, the UAE and Spain. His mindset has been shaped by diverse experiences and he would like to see the South African entrepreneurship ecosystem prosper.Having grown up in a family business, entrepreneurship is in his blood. He founded Ground Flr, an online platform that sources capital from developed markets and places it with emerging market startups.
Abu Cassim
Vuyisa Qabaka is a Partner at Pan African innovation firm, HYBR Group and co-founder at equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa. Has spent the past 8 years building venture, building ecosystem, in media as television host and business columnist. He Has travelled globally on investment roadshows with various African startups including economic study tours top innovation ecosystems like Nigeria, Kenya, Malaysia and Israel. A qualified lean start-up trainer, start-up and small business advisor, investor and capital fundraiser. Has previously worked on setting up creative business strategies and innovation hubs, consults at executive committee level, with a focus on offbeat social initiatives, ecosystem development, and bringing disruptive market positioning.
Vuyisa Qabaka
An independent legal consultant focussing on innovation, intellectual property, technology, and privacy law. Growing frustrated by living her life one billable hour to the next, Sinal left her job as a Senior Associate at one of the world's largest law firms to start her own consultancy, Khanyetsa, in November 2017 and joined the team at d8amatiks in June 2018.
Sinal Govender
Portfolio/Investment Manager who has built from scratch three separate asset management businesses. He has experience in identifying investment opportunities in listed and venture capital spheres. He has also build a industry first venture capital platform that helps match high net worth investors and family office clients with suitable venture capital investment opportunities.
James Twidale
Robyn began her career in the Health and Fitness industry having started her own business which was later sold to the Virgin Group. After spending 4 years within the corporate industry - Robyn initiated a pivot within her career to pursue a more transformative role, not just within people's lives, but within corporate business. Robyn went on to win the G20 Global Business Challenge to solve World Hunger by 2030 setting out new strategies for Protein production in Africa. Solving important problems with people at the centre of resolution, Robyn pursued a Masters at ESADE Business School in Barcelona to specialise in Design Thinking and Strategic Business Transformation.
Robyn Moore
Partner Market Executive for China and responsible for value-add and management of Discovery's 25% investment in Ping An Health, the largest comprehensive health insurer in China. He initially joined Discovery as the Chief of Staff to Barry Swartzberg, the Co-Founder of Discovery and CEO of Vitality Group, the international division of Discovery covering 17 markets outside South Africa and the UK. In this role, he provided strategic guidance to the Vitality Group ExCo and led multiple strategic projects across the business including the development of Vitality Group's strategies for the US and China. Prior to joining Vitality Group, he worked for McKinsey & Company advising companies within the banking, telecoms, consumer packaged goods and mining industries.
Sizwe Thandukwazi Nxumalo
Student entrepreneur creating a vital resource for young people that are trying to make a better life in Africa. The problem she's trying to solve? Safety. Xabiso relates how she came from a dusty town in the Eastern Cape to creating a tech company that will enable young folks in South Africa to carry on with their lives without the pervasive feeling of helplessness in the face of crime while studying. A Tech entrepreneur with a passion of inspiring a girl child to go for their dreams.
Xabiso Lombo
Themba is a Founder and Executive Director of Discovery Insure Ltd, a Short-term Insurance Company launched in 2011. He joined Discovery in 2001 working on numerous initiatives where his role ultimately led to his 10-year vision launch of Discovery Insure. Themba is a Member of the Board of Directors in the following organisations:- Institute of Insurance of South Africa (IISA); Henley Business School Academic Board; South African Insurance Association (SAIA); Deputy Chair of South African Insurance Crime Bureau (SAICB). In 2003 he co-founded Black Insurance Professionals of Southern Africa (BIPSA). He was awarded the Green Number in 2012 (for obtaining Ten Comrades Marathon-89.9kms Medals).
Themba Baloyi
Professor and founding director of the Allan Gray Centre for Leadership Ethics. Prof Tabensky develops and run an ethics course, named IiNtetho zoBomi (conversations about life in isiXhosa, the language of Mandela), targeted primarily at university students from all disciplines and high school students. This is by no means a standard ethics course and it has taken five years to develop into what it is today
Prof. Pedro Tabensky
A business and life strategist. He is the director for Startup Grind South Africa and the CEO and founder of Africa Trust Academy, a coaching and consulting company. Sandras has worked with over 25 organisations and has lectured at over 15 universities including University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University and Oxford. His work has taken him to 21 countries including Silicon Valley USA, Hong Kong, India, Mexico and France. Some of the organisations served include Sanlam, General Electric, Big Brother Africa, McKinsey & Co, The Foschini Group and the African Union. Sandras has a degree in Computer Science and an MBA from UCT.
Sandras Phiri
Co-founder and executive director of Gradesmatch. Gradesmatch is an educational technology platform that uses advanced analytics to assists high school learners with career planning in preparing them for the future. His educational background is in finance and engineering where he specialized in machine learning applications in real world scenarios. He is passionate about the development of young people and seeing them achieve their potential.
Lebo Diale
Learning and Development Specialist. She has a particular interest in in creating epistemologies for African entrepreneurial and leadership development. In 2016, Nizenande was published as a featured author alongside former Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, in a book titled: "Inspired: Remarkable South Africans Share their Stories." In 2017 Nizenande was appointed as a Member of the Eminent Persons’ Group (EPG) for Transformation in Sport by the Minister of Sport. She was recently elected as a fellow on the Zanele Mbeki Fellowship; a feminist leadership programme for leading African women.
Nizenande Machi
Experienced Founding Editor with a demonstrated history of working in innovation consulting, media production, and technology startup industries. Skilled in Critical Thinking, Public Speaking, Creative Problem Solving, Storytelling, and International Relations. Strong media and communication professional with a BBus Sci (Hons) focused in Finance and Financial Management Services from University of Cape Town.
Dinika Govender
Youth Stream Lead at YES and works directly with the CEO Dr Tashmia Ismail-Saville to oversee that the youth that are placed in the YES Programme have a quality work experience. Prior to joining YES, Bongiwe was the General Manager at Silulo Ulutho Technologies (Silulo), a fast growing technology and education social enterprise which has significant impact in the emerging, township and rural communities across South Africa. Bongiwe has worked in the Investment Management industry for the majority of her career and was a specialist in the Business Development and Client Relations of institutional clients. She holds an MCom Development Finance degree (cum laude) with a focus on Sustainable Responsible Investment from the UCT Graduate School of Business.
Bongiwe Andisiwe Beja
Palesa is passionate about personal development and contribution to the betterment of society. She enjoys outdoor activities, travelling the world and loves nature. She has dedicated her life to the development of entrepreneurs both academically and through supporting developing enterprises. He desire is to see people reaching for their dreams and building assets of value that contributes positively to society.
Palesa Agnes Ramashala
Harvard Business School Executive Education (SEPA). Master of Management in Innovation Studies, University of Witwatersrand. Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Leadership & Photojournalism; notable alumnus, University of Florida. McNair Scholar. Former Curator, Global Shapers Accra Hub, World Economic Forum. Featured as a "Success Story Powered by the Web (Education)" Google Africa Connected. Best Male Blogger of the Year, Blogging & Social Media Awards. Former Faculty, Entrepreneurial Leadership, African Leadership University (Mauritius campus); former Director for Digital and Design Innovation at the Impact Hub Accra/Broadcasting Board of Governors Innovation Lab in Accra.
Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
A dynamic, multi-talented individual and seasoned strategist with a passion for delivering sustainable impact and change. She has held several economics, consulting and strategic positions during her corporate years. In addition to her technical and leadership skills, she bring entrepreneurship experience, creativity, objectivity, compassion and vibrant energy to any environment and interaction.
Nokwanda Mathenjwa
Owner and managing director of protean business solutions. Through her expertise in strategic planning, business continuity management (bcm) and enterprise risk management (erm), she has been a catalyst for change in organisations globally and across multiple sectors and industries. Junita is passionate about empowering individuals and organisations to think differently about the way they do business, manage risk and how they respond to their changing environment. Over the past 10 years, Junita has empowered boards, executives and employees at varying levels, to manage risk and build organisational resilience, through the successful implementation of effective and innovative enterprise risk management and business continuity management programmes
Junita van der Colff
A PhD in Business Process Optimization candidate at the University of Johannesburg's School of Engineering Management. He started Tailor Cleanik in 2014 (a chemical technology small business that develops specialized detergents and offer deep cleaning services) and Ink Matter in 2015 (a publishing company that publishes youth-empowerment books written by emerging authors. A total of 16 titles have been published to date including A National Best Seller 'Before Varsity' book that Muimeleli Authored).
Muimeleli Mutangwa
An entrepreneur with a background in finance and over 12 years of experience in the events industry. She holds a Degree in Project Management and is currently the Director of Shai Boi Project Management, an events and project management agency she founded in 2002 as a CC, which later become a PTY In 2017. In 2018, Mabusang got nominated as one of the Top 40 Women in MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Events) and her business was selected as one of the Top 60 Businesses by the SAB Foundation Tholoane Programme.
Mabusang Malotane
A qualified professional with over 20 years of experience. He has completed a MSc degree as well as an Executive development program at London business school. He is currently undertaking a PhD focusing on the Circular Economy. His experience spans the mining, envionmental, consulting and technical advisory areas. He has developed his skills and experience over the years from various projects both locally and internationally. He has delivered many tecnical papers and Thought Leadership presentations globally. He is an avid interest in buisness leadership and innovation where change in how we find solutions to problems are concerned.
Neeraj (Nick) Mannie
Founder of Akili Labs, Trade Africa Healthcare, NOOTRO Pharma and other medical/biotechnology companies where he focuses on using innovative solutions to solve real world problems by using his background in Biotechnology and Computer Science to rapidly prototype and implement agile solutions. Charles studied Software development at Nelson Mandela University after which he studied Biotechnology at Rhodes University where he started working on solutions such as Field Lab to improve medical diagnostics in rural areas.
Charles Frederick James Faul
An award-winning businessman who has passion entrepreneurship, transformation, growing and financing of SME’s. A brand influencer, green entrepreneur, property investor, consultant, brand builder and SME Growth Champion. Mr Mafodi runs a conglomerate company called TM Group with interest Consulting, Infrastructure development, property development, Enterprise Development and Television Production. Teboho has built a strong brand on turning around companies, of which that has enabled him to be resident business expert for Y-FM, Business Day TV and He is also well respected media executive in the country hosting 3 Entrepreneurial TV shows airing weekly and a business radio show with CliffCentral every Wed at 1pm.
Teboho Mafodi
Khanyisile Madonko is a multi-entrepreneur whose core focus is enabling entities and people develop in their fields of operation, thereby strategically positioning them for personal development and career development. He has worked as a teacher, an Elections and Referendum Officer, an Assistant PR Officer, a Life Coach and through the insights he gained in these ¬fields, develops solutions better suited for individuals and entities to better position themselves in the economy. He understands business in-depth and has gained the foresight to help other entities organically grow.
Khanyisile Madonko-Nderezina
The Managing Director of Kya Enterprise Pty Ltd. He established Kya Enterprise in 2015, which specializes in the supply of specialty gases to the scientific market. His responsibility is to lead and build the scientific gas market. He is a specialist in gas chemistry and obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from IMM Graduate School of Marketing. His experience, includes a wide range of skillset within the broad gas engineering business.
Frans Mahlaola
Nathier Kasu served fast-paced tech and e-commerce businesses for the past 22 years. He has worked with many businesses to build and launch profitable products that customers love. His passion is moving tech startups from an idea to meaningful customer impact and revenues.
Nathier Kasu
Her career started as a nurse 25 years ago, and 15 years later she moved into the entrepreneurial space with an interest in Occupational Health. Her business has grown to be a group of companies that specialises in Consulting, Engineering, Innovation and Technology, and Shared services ( Finance and Legal).
Godiragetse Prescilla Sithole
COO of 10xe, an accelerator for ScaleUp businesses in Africa. She leads the operational architecture for scaling the business as it grows across Africa. She manages our sponsor relationships, SME account management and the development and management of our internal processes and systems. S’onqoba has a wealth of experience spanning Financial Services, Education, Private Sector and high growth Startups, having work for the FirstRand Group, First National Bank, the Sifiso Learning Group / Future Nation Schools and being an entrepreneur herself.
S’onqoba Nonkululeko Vuba
Andrew is currently the MD of Umuzi, a social entrepreneurship organisation that supports talented unemployed young people to access high value digital jobs. Andrew Started his career in corporate with Investec Private Bank after which he organised a leadership network for African leaders known as the African Leadership Network, and helped open a business lounge for British Airways called SLOW. Along the way he has been seen and heard across the country presenting sports for 702 Talk Radio as well as being an anchor on etv’s breakfast show “Sunrise”. Andrew graduated from the University of Cape Town with a bachelors degree in commerce, majoring in economics, politics, and philosophy and has done a certificate in Leadership and organization from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Andrew Levy
Born in South Africa Grew up in a town south of Johannesburg called Lenasia, Growing up was fun, we enjoyed the simple things in life and I'm fortunate to have been a part of the last generation that "played in the street", drove in cars without airbags, fell , got up, bought braaied Millie's from the gogo selling on the corner. A hustlerpreneur by heart! Experience is priceless!
Taahir Abdool
CEO of the root’s health centre, that focuses on health and wellbeing. She has been running her business for the past 17 years and she recently won the Shoprite Checkers business woman of the year. She further has pop up stores in Welkom Qwaqwa, Bloemfontein, Mafikeng, Vryburg and Rustenburg.
Thabang Molefi
A leadership development facilitator, coach and trainer with over 7 years of experience in student leadership development, corporate education, and leadership coaching and training. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organisational Psychology and Human Resource Management from the University of the Witwatersrand and is working towards being a world leader in the nurturing and development of human capital.
Mohlodi Katleho Mohono
Muhammed has over 5 years of experience in the financial services sector across Africa, having worked as a strategy consultant specialising in transaction advisory services for venture capital and private equity funds. He also spent two years working in the Investment Banking and Capital Markets industry with one of the largest Investment Banking Groups in South Africa. Muhammed obtained his MCom (Economic Science) from the University of the Witwatersrand and also holds a BEconSci Hons (Economics) and a BSc (Mathematics and Economics) from the same institution.
Muhammed Hajat
Jeremy is the Franschhoek Hospitality Academy and Learning Centre's Head and Training Manager. He holds a PHD in the Dramatic Arts from Stellenbosch University with the main focus in Theatre for Development. He is highly involve in Transformational Leadership in the Franschhoek Valley. He is a founder member of the Franschhoek Youth Forum, a Youth Leadership Hub where Youth Leaders of NGO’s, Clubs, Committee’s, Political Parties and Church Youth Groups in the greater Stellenbosch region meets once a month to share advice and recourses. He serves on the board of the Legacy Foundation, a Committee that are tasked to drive transformation in Bridgehouse College, a local school in Franschhoek. Jeremy is also a YALI fellow, Nomvula class
Jeremy Davids
Imogen is co-founder and CTO of Hyrax Biosciences, a tech startup that aims to bring affordable, accurate genetic testing to low-resource settings. She holds a masters in theoretical physics and a PhD in computational biology, and was runner-up for the Innovation Prize for Africa for her company's work on HIV drug resistance."
Imogen Wright
Tafadzwa Mudyiwa is a Senior Manager at Letsema Consulting & Advisory. He has a proven track record in strategy, operations and execution across different platforms, industries and geographies. Tafadzwa is skilled is strategy, operating models, economic development, supply chain and SME support. He is passionate about building globally competitive businesses to catalyse socio-economic impact in Africa.
During his management consulting career, he has worked extensively in strategy and economic development. He has developed and facilitated more than fifty strategies for private, government and civil society organisations.
Tafadzwa Mudyiwa
GASA started off her career as an architectural designer for practices in KwaZulu Natal and Port Elizabeth respectively. She was then recruited by the National Department of Public Works where she was responsible for the provision of accommodation solutions for state departments and effecting infrastructure development, maintenance and upgrading of built facilities. Bridgette was then seconded to the private sector to work with Fluor Daniel Engineers as a Cost Engineer on the US$1 billion Secunda Natural Gas project on behalf of Sasol. Her most phenomenal contributions have been with the Construction Industry Development Board and the Coega Development Corporation.
Dr. Bridgette Gasa
Nirojan Poovendran, also known as “Nitro” is a Partner at Letsema Consulting & Advisory, a Sub-Saharan Management Consultancy providing business turnaround and advisory solutions primarily in the transport, energy, mining and government sectors. Nirojan is the youngest member of the leadership team in the Firm, responsible for the Strategy, Economic Development and Digital Practices. He previously worked for BMW Group South Africa in Strategy and Planning, prior to which his early career training came from a Global Management Consulting firm. Nirojan is entrepreneurial in nature with his first years after graduating as a Computer Engineer, spent in a start-up firm called Robonica, which coined the term ‘robotic gaming’. The Firm innovated and manufactured Robotic products for the entertainment and toy industry.
Nirojan Poovendran
Llewellyn Fredericks serves as Investment Officer. He is responsible for new investments as well as portfolio management. Llewellyn is a qualified chartered accountant. He completed articles at Ernst & Young in Cape Town after obtaining a B.BusSci and PGDA at the University of Cape Town. He also holds a MComm in Financial Management from the University of Cape Town.
Llewellyn Fredericks
Sipho is a business mentor, coach and banker with more than 17 years of banking experience, having assisted both small and large businesses across a range of industries, in realizing their growth and development aspirations. He has worked in financial and advisory capacities with the Standard Bank Group, Metropolitan Bank (Zimbabwe) and Nedbank Limited. He has spent the past 6 years in the design and management of entrepreneur development and accelerator programmes for SAICA ED.
Sipho Plime
Zahn started her entrepreneurial journey in February 2018. Her dedication and diligence coupled with her extensive understanding of the transformational policy framework has enabled her to achieve great success for her clients and team in Business Development, Strategic Management and Human Resource Management. Zahn’s passion lies in assisting companies to ensure they meet their transformation requirements whilst improving the bottom-line. She aim to continue to assist clients with their B-BBEE requirements to the high standard as she have always done in the past. She has also added Business Coaching and Development to her repertoire in order to develop Entrepreneurs.
Zahn-Michelle Abreu
RESOURCES
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One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?
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We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2019 World Changing Ideas awards. World Changing Ideas, now in its third year, celebrates businesses, policies, and nonprofits that are poised help shift society to a more sustainable and more equitable future.
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World Changing Ideas 2019: 17 winning solutions that could save the planetRead Article
From whirlpool turbines to edible cutlery, water blobs, and package-free shampoo and toothpaste. We've compiled a list of 22 inventions that could help us cut back on plastic, reduce garbage in the sea, and make the Earth a better place.
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For the first time in its 18-year history, MIT Tech Review’s 2019 breakthrough list has been picked by a contributing editor, Microsoft founder, and former CEO Bill Gates.
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Bill Gates Reveals The 10 Breakthrough Technologies That Will Change The World in 2019Read Article
Accenture TechVision 2019 Exec Summary
Blockchain, quantum computing, augmented analytics and artificial intelligence will drive disruption and new business models.
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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends For 2019Read Article
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