Association
Our programme
Association Programme
A community of Fellowship Alumni join the Association as Fellows. Their lifelong entrepreneurial journey is supported by their membership to a community of supportive peers, while the Association also creates opportunities for development and equips Fellows to start, build and succeed in business ventures.
Our offer to you
The Aim of Our Association Programme
- Graduating into the Association
Our Association, the Alumni Network of graduates, is made up of Candidate 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 Fellows 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 Association is more than a supportive framework, it serves as a sounding board for 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 Association Covers
Entrance
- Graduated Candidate Fellows become members of the Association
Aim
- To provide support for each Fellow’s 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