Singularity University, a benefit corporation whose mission is to educate, inspire and empower leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity’s greatest challenges, has announced a new partnership with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, to launch the SingularityU South Africa Global Impact Competition (GIC). Singularity University has successfully launched GICs…
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APPLY NOW: 2nd Intake of ICats Fellowship Program 2016
LGT VP is currently welcoming applications for the 2nd intake 2016 of the ICats Fellowship Program starting mid-year. With every intake a limited number of professionals are nominated to the program. The selected candidates work with the senior management teams of LGT VP’s portfolio organizations or trusted partners, to support their ambitious expansion targets. This…
African Dialogue, 3 Feb SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP interview
Social Entrepreneurship seems to be a growing trend in the business sector. Attendees at the Pan African Social Entrepreneurship that was held at the Gordon Institute of Business science that was organised by Mail and Guardian got the opportunity to spend a day with leading thinkers in the social enterprise field. Entrepreneurs were given network…
Our Pan African Social Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 was a huge success!
VIDEO: Listen to Stephan Chambers speaking on social entrepreneurship and why people should study it here PHOTOS:
2016 SEED Awards: Call for applications NOW OPEN
Green Start-up Enterprises Can Submit Their Candidacy by 21 March 2016 Click here for brochure Start-up enterprises that solve pressing local issues by integrating social and environmental benefits into their business models can apply for the 2016 SEED Awards, which opened for nominations today. Winning enterprises will receive a tailor-made business support package. Over a…
Pan African Social Entrepreneurship Summit
Mail & Guardian presents the Pan African Social Entrepreneurship Summit In association with Gordon Institute for Business Science Center for Leadership and Dialogue About the event Join us for an exclusive series of masterclasses with Stephan Chambers, Chairman of the SKOLL Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University. Spend a day with leading thinkers in…
Imagination and risk: how social entrepreneurship can fast track socio-economic change in South Africa
My 2015 ended with me working with a group of unemployed technology graduates who First Rand and Tech Mahindra had supported to bridge the gap between study and work. The workshop was held before Nene was fired, before the Rand slipped, and when China’s growth wobbles were considered a blip. Looking back, it feels like…
The future of business will be defined by collaboration
Rapid globalization, fierce competition, social change, technological breakthroughs, scarcity of raw materials; businesses need to reinvent themselves continuously to cope with this string of challenges. Technical, commercial and financial innovations tend to be the focus of attention; innovative partnerships less so. And yet the latter are no less indispensable than the former. The future of…
Leading Change - Social Entrepreneurs 