South African Acceleration Summit Update

By Dieudonne Allo, Goldin Global Fellow, South Africa Dear All, Our Acceleration Summit was a remarkable success. I am writing to share a few highlights and pictures of the event. The head of CSI of IDC (our current donor) IDC’s portfolio manager, IDC’s Mthatha-based staff, representatives of the local municipality, Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda),… Continue reading South African Acceleration Summit Update

Leading Lights Shine in South Africa

Dear All, It has been a while since I provided updates about my grassroots project as a GATHER Fellow and I thought with so much happening at the Global Leading Light Initiative (GLLI), it would be nice to share some of the news. I must warn you that this will be an unusually long missive… Continue reading Leading Lights Shine in South Africa

Going Big in South Africa

What a year! What a week! Two years ago, I set out on a crazy journey of helping African youths discover their light – their creative talents – and supporting them to shine this light by transforming their creative talents into solutions to critical challenges facing their communities. I founded an organization called Global Leading… Continue reading Going Big in South Africa