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New Association Director

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…

Take the Next Leap: Applications Now Open for Association Post-Graduation Studies!

Dear Fellows, The Postgraduate Application process is now open. If you are considering studying further, please read through the details below to see if this is for you. Please find application HERE. The Closing Date is 30th June 2023. Categories We Fund Below are the two…

March Activities

Announcements Family Day and the Wellness events have been put on hold. 11 March Induction CPT 11 Fellows showed up at The Lord Charles Hotel in Cape Town to host an association session for the year experience candidate Fellows. We shared on the impact of…

Fellow Celebrations

We are delighted to about these amazing achievements: Maurice S. Madiba for recently becoming the new Head of Primary Markets at the JSE!  https://bit.ly/3SDkcHS   Keitumetse Pule’s company, Legal Standpoint has been accepted into the LAW FOR ALL LegalTech Accelerator Fund! https://bit.ly/3IGny8t   Akosua Koranteng…

Are Part-Time Entrepreneurs Job Creators?

On the 8th of March 2023, International Women’s Day, the Association of Allan Gray Fellows hosted Women’s Pitch Night, an event featuring several women who pitched their business ideas. The keynote speaker, Kirsty Everett, talked about the topic “Are Part-Time Entrepreneurs Job Creators?” During her…

Getting to Know Other Fellows

In this instalment we e-interviewed some Fellows that took various opportunities outside of South Africa. Here are some of their amazing updates: Daniel Tate Which part of the world are you in? I’m currently based in Oxford, in the United Kingdom. 2. What are you…

Information Session

On the 16th of February 2023, the Association team hosted an information session to share with the community what the programme offers and what to look out for this year! In case you missed the session, here is the link to the recording and the…

Know the Association Fellow Executives

    Jacqui-Anne Watson I’m a passionate problem solver who uses service design thinking to find solutions to complex developing world problems. My primary focus is working with governments, NGOs and social impact organisations across Africa to design and build national-scale digital health services.  …

Ventures

Applications for IVC support for 2023 are open. Please find all application details and form in the link. IVC sign-ups don’t close but are open throughout 2023. Follow this link for more information!        

Food for Thought

Food for thought: the following link may be useful to check out 😊         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m10TGie4hds&t=2s&ab_channel=IEInsights%3AKnowledge-DrivenContent            

Opportunity Roundup

Legal support for AGOF start-ups   Workshop 17 We have partnered with Workshop 17 again giving you an opportunity to get a 20% for use of their working space. To get the discount you must type AGOF2022 when checking out! This offer is available until…