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For the greater good

By Thandolwethu Hlongwane on 16 Nov 2023

Reading time: 14 mins

Thandolwethu Hlongwane, the founder of payment software solutions company Lipa Payments, coding education platform Zaio and small business financing platform...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: A time for reflection

By Nontobeko Mabizela on 31 Jan 2023

Reading time: 10 mins

As we start a new year, Dr Nontobeko Mabizela, acting CEO of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, shares some highlights of the Foundation’s activities over the...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: Entrepreneurship for the common good – despite COVID-19 barriers

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 27 Jan 2022

Reading time: 10 mins

Yogavelli Nambiar, CEO of the Foundation, takes us through the highs and lows of another pandemic-affected year.

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: Focused on enduring change

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 26 Jul 2021

Reading time: 8 mins

It is heartening to note that the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is continuing to achieve its intended impact, despite the challenges faced in these pandemic...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: Fostering resilience

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 27 Jan 2021

Reading time: 9 mins

There are many things 2020 will be remembered for – most of them less than pleasant. But for Yogavelli Nambiar, from the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, the pas...

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Philanthropy response to COVID-19

By Anthony Farr on 01 Jul 2020

Reading time: 6 mins

The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in an urgent and massive need for humanitarian and economic support for communities and enterprises, and the philanthropic...

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Obituary: Saying goodbye to our founder

By Jonathan Brodie on 12 Nov 2019

Reading time: 5 mins

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of Allan William Buchanan Gray. He died of natural causes on 10 November 2019 in Bermuda, where h...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: Nurturing high-impact individuals

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 29 Jul 2019

Reading time: 11 mins

The focus of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset in South African youth. But this is not merely about producing...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: Reflection for acceleration

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 25 Jan 2019

Reading time: 12 mins

The mission of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is to cultivate the entrepreneurial potential of young South Africans, which can also lead to success in many...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation: A good story to tell

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 30 Jun 2018

Reading time: 8 mins

In April, the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation was awarded the Research Champion Award at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, held in Istanbul, for the pioneeri...

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We’re looking for Grade 12s who want to transform education

By Jeremy Gibbon on 25 May 2018

Reading time: 4 mins

Do you want to be part of the change? Create a new future? Then start in the classroom and become a teacher: Apply for the Jakes Gerwel Fellowship before 27...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Yogavelli Nambiar on 24 Jan 2018

Reading time: 8 mins

Yogavelli Nambiar, the recently appointed Chief Executive Officer at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, reviews some of the achievements of Scholars, Fellows a...

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Calling all Grade 12s who want to be part of transforming education: Apply before 31 Aug

By Jeremy Gibbon on 17 Aug 2017

Reading time: 4 mins

Do you want to play a leading role in developing our country and see the classroom as a powerful channel to do so? Do you know someone who does?

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update 2017

By Anthony Farr on 20 Jul 2017

Reading time: 11 mins

It may be useful to reflect for a moment how unlikely it is that a small island of less than three million people can so completely dominate sprinting, the...

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A call to future entrepreneurs: Apply before 12 May

By Zimkhitha Peter on 31 Mar 2017

Reading time: 2 mins

Do you go against, behind and in front of the grain? Are you the streetwise running anti-clockwise? Do you see the unseen? Do you dream the undreamed? Are yo...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update: What must rise?

By Zimkhitha Peter on 31 Dec 2016

Reading time: 6 mins

The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation's mission is to cultivate the entrepreneurial potential of young people. To do this, we try to help candidates build...

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Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update 2016

By Zimkhitha Peter on 30 Jun 2016

Reading time: 9 mins

Inspired by the Roman aqueducts of old, the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation has spent the last decade developing and fine tuning an entrepreneurial pipeline made...

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2012 Q4 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Margie Worthington-Smith on 31 Dec 2012

Reading time: 9 mins

2012 was a significant milestone in the journey of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, giving a glimpse of the end in mind. The long road towards high-impact...

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2011 Q4 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 31 Dec 2011

Reading time: 8 mins

The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation continues to work tirelessly in developing a new generation of high impact entrepreneurial leaders. Anthony Farr discusses so...

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2011 Q2 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 7 mins

Increasing evidence points to the effect that high-impact individuals can have on an economy. With its focus on growing leaders and entrepreneurs, the Allan...

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2010 Q4 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 31 Dec 2010

Reading time: 6 mins

To achieve its vision of achieving 'long-term economic and societal wealth through the Allan Gray Fellows', Allan Gray Orbis Foundation needs to encourage...

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2010 Q2 The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 30 Jun 2010

Reading time: 5 mins

The middle of 2010 marks the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation's fifth birthday. While this is a significant milestone and the Foundation is satisfied with its ear...

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2009 Q4 Allan Gray Orbis foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 31 Dec 2009

Reading time: 8 mins

At the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation we have been given a rare opportunity to focus on individuals and invest in them over the long term. This long-term strate...

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