Association
Our programme
Allan Gray Association Programme
A community of Fellowship Alumni join the Association as Allan Gray Fellows. Their lifelong entrepreneurial journey is supported by their membership to a community of supportive peers, while the Allan Gray Association also creates opportunities for development and equips Allan Gray Fellows to start, build and succeed in business ventures.
Our offer to you
The Aim of Our Allan Gray Association Programme
- Graduating into the Allan Gray Association Programme
Our Allan Gray Association, the Alumni Network of graduates, is made up of Candidate Allan Gray Fellows who have successfully completed their degree as well as met the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation programme requirements, and are now known as Allan Gray Fellows.
- Cultivating Responsible Entrepreneurship
The Allan Gray Fellow are encouraged and nurtured so that they can gain deliberate industry experience, find an entrepreneurial flair within their context, engage in entrepreneurial action and create socio-economic value through responsible entrepreneurship.
- Developing Valuable Relationships
Our Allan Gray Association is more than a supportive framework, it serves as a sounding board for Allan Gray Fellows to test their entrepreneurial ideas, glean feedback, hone skills and develop mutually beneficial relationships with each other and partners of the Foundation.
What the Allan Gray Association Covers
Entrance
- Graduated Candidate Allan Gray Fellows become members of the Allan Gray Association
Aim
- To provide support for each Allan Gray Fellows lifelong entrepreneurial journey
Entrepreneurial Mindset Development
- Workshops
- Speakers and seminars
- Entrepreneurial induction
- Three-month business accelerator
- Access to business funding
- Ethical business practices
Personal development
- Forums
- Networking and social events
- Like-minded communities
- Potential for focused experiential national and international trips
Outcomes
- Start your own business
- Job creation
- Lifelong membership
- Access to postgraduate funding
Fellow Businesses
“The world needs 
entrepreneurs. It needs 
people who take a wild idea, turn it into strategy and grow it into a game 
changer.”
entrepreneurs. It needs people who take a wild idea, turn it into strategy and grow it into a game changer.”