The Foundation is pleased to announce that Wande Madikane has been appointed as the Programme Director for the Association programme. Wande joined the Foundation in April 2012 as a Programme Officer in the Scholarship Programme and then as a Programme Officer in the Fellowship Programme before progressing to the Association as...
By Simphiwe Mntambo Welcome to 2023! We hope everyone is coming back from the holiday rested and energized for 2023! We know it’s been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we’ve been busy behind the scenes working on some exciting initiatives that will assist us to...
By Simphiwe Mntambo Cultivating a winning mindset through our programmes A platform to help you get to the next level of your entrepreneurial journey The importance of encouraging entrepreneurial development in South Africa cannot be overstated. As it is, our country faces a record-high unemployment rate and has...
By Simphiwe Mntambo Prioritising your Mental Health and Wellbeing With just over two months left of the year, it is a crucial time to push forward and take stock of where you have been, where you currently are and where you’d like to go. As you work...
Acting Director’s Foreword By Simphiwe Mntambo FELLOWS LEADING FROM THE FRONT “Great things in business are never done by one person. They are done by a team of people.” Steve Jobs. The power in networks lies in the value that individual members bring for the benefit of the whole,...
Acting Director’s Foreword By Simphiwe Mntambo CELEBRATING WOMEN AND BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY August presents an opportunity to celebrate women as we commemorate Women’s Month, a key period in the national calendar. At the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation (AGOF), more than 56% of our Fellows are women....
Acting Director’s Foreword By Simphiwe Mntambo Reflecting on the first half of this year, the dominant theme on all fronts seems to have been resilience and recovery. We have continued to collectively push through challenges that have impacted the business landscape, both domestically and globally, while also...
Acting Director’s Foreword By Simphiwe Mntambo The seemingly insurmountable challenges that we face in the world, have the potential to become an inspiration for conceptualising and implementing world-changing ideas. The question is how might we, collectively, identify the main obstacles that stand in the way of accelerating...