THE ART OF STORYTELLING AND WHY IT MATTERS Have you ever been around people who has the ability to capture the attention of everyone around them? They speak and everyone listens, laughs, asks for more. It’s enviable. Luckily, it’s also a teachable skill. As far back as...
Dear Programme Participant, The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is sad to inform you of the passing of our Founder and Patron, Dr. Allan Gray, this morning. He was a visionary, successful businessman, leader and philanthropist and these characteristics informed much of his work in securing a...
Fellow Onkgopotse Khumalo co-founded The Pocket Couch: “affordable therapy, at your convenience.” They are bringing you an accessible way to find, connect with and consult with your therapist without having to leave the comfort of your home, office or wherever is convenient for you. They...
Karidas Tshinsholo and Matthew Piper are co-founders of Khula, an app connecting small scale farmers with consumers, disrupting the supply chain with the aim of alleviating unemployment and poverty. They have made it to the final round of the Chivas Global Venture competition....
With most organisations there comes a time where one has to reassess past progress in order to determine the journey ahead. The Allan Gray Association of Fellows is no different and found itself in this exact position a few months ago whilst pondering on a...
Part of the new Associations strategy outlined in our Spotlight On of this month’s newsletter is the desire to increase engagement in the Fellow community. Often, community engagement efforts are restricted and accessible to South African Fellows and not include the Fellow community abroad. As...
Dear Fellows, I've received a very warm welcome to the foundation and have had the pleasure of meeting up with a few you over the past weeks. It's a privilege to be working with the foundation and to be part of a community of current and...
Loretta is originally born from eMalahleni in Mpumalanga and raised in Swaziland where she grew up and later moved to Johannesburg to start her university studies. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in BSc specialising in biochemistry, physiology and cellular...
The inaugural 16-week Validation Program has come to an end. It was a gruelling program but ultimately rewarding, with the graduates doing big things! Two Candidate fellow businesses, ISPANI and NISA got selected for the Alpha Code Accelerator and received R2,000,000 in grant funding and...
All around the country – once a month – different groups of Fellows meet over good food and drink to unravel life’s mysteries in ways only a fellow can. These informal meetings aren’t magical occurrences nor are they just a gathering to catch up but...
Rama Raphalalani is currently studying his Economics Honours degree at the University of Cape Town. He is on the dual-track program of the AGOF, working his way into the Association. The name of the business Rama entered into IVC is Free Minds Consulting. The business is...
The success of the Association lies in how it advances community This week we encounter a Vintage Fellow who studied a Bachelor of Accounting at Rhodes and eight years later completed her Masters in Publishing Studies at Wits. She spends most of her time studying astrology...