Congratulations to all our Fellows on these massive achievements: We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our Fellows, who continue to make significant strides in their respective fields. From winning prestigious awards and scholarships to leading impactful projects and businesses, these Fellows exemplify excellence...
Responsible leadership is a broad term used to convey a number of diverse elements that determine how ‘responsible’ a leader acts and behaves when conducting their business of making decisions about people and organisational performance. Responsible leadership is a reasonably new concept; therefore there is limited literature on...
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...