2012 Foundation Fellowship Opportunity Information
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Mission To promote prosperity through entrepreneurship in an integrated Southern Africa. Vision In the coming years, there will emerge from diverse communities, a new generation of high impact entrepreneurial leaders. Individuals of passion, integrity and innovation, who will be at the forefront of the continuing economic and social transformation of this region. These individuals will be ambassadors of the power of initiative, determination and excellence, acting as role models so that many more will follow in their pioneering footsteps. Allan Gray Orbis Foundation The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation aims to promote prosperity in an integrated Southern Africa by harnessing the transforming energy of high impact leadership and entrepreneurial orientation. Dr. Allan W.B. Gray epitomises the power of entrepreneurial leadership, which is evident in the business that he has started and grown over 30 years ago; Allan Gray Limited is today one of South Africa’s leading nancial services companies. Established in 2005, the Foundation seeks to identify, educate and equip Southern African’s who have the potential to excel and make a future impact. It is expected that up to 100 of these individuals, known as Allan Gray Fellows, will be drawn into the programme each year in a nationwide search and selection process from a pool of over 55 000 potential applicants. The Foundation seeks to nd and invest over a long term, in unique individuals who have a strong belief in their own inherent abilities and the future of Southern Africa. It is our intention and expectation that their individual vision to become change agents will make a signicant impact on the future of this region and this continent.
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Vision To promote prosperity through entrepreneurship in an integrated Southern Africa. Established in 2005, the Foundation seeks to identify, educate and equip Southern African’s who have the potential to excel and make a future impact. It is expected that up to 100 of these individuals, known as Allan Gray Fellows, will be drawn into the programme each year in a nationwide search and selection process from a pool of over 55 000 potential applicants.
Transcript of 2012 Foundation Fellowship Opportunity Information
Mission
To promote prosperity through
entrepreneurship in an
integrated Southern Africa.
Vision
In the coming years, there
will emerge from diverse
communities, a new generation
of high impact entrepreneurial
leaders. Individuals of passion,
integrity and innovation, who
will be at the forefront of the
continuing economic and social
transformation of this region.
These individuals will be
ambassadors of the power
of initiative, determination
and excellence, acting as role
models so that many more
will follow in their
pioneering footsteps.
Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation aims to promote prosperity in an integrated Southern Africa by harnessing the transforming energy of high impact leadership and entrepreneurial orientation. Dr. Allan W.B. Gray epitomises the power of entrepreneurial leadership, which is evident in the business that he has started and grown over 30 years ago; Allan Gray Limited is today one of South Africa’s leading !nancial services companies.
Established in 2005, the Foundation seeks to identify, educate and equip Southern African’s who have the potential to excel and make a future impact. It is expected that up to 100 of these individuals, known as Allan Gray Fellows, will be drawn into the programme each year in a nationwide search and selection process from a pool of over 55 000 potential applicants.
The Foundation seeks to !nd and invest over a long term, in unique individuals who have a strong belief in their own inherent abilities and the future of Southern Africa. It is our intention and expectation that their individual vision to become change agents will make a signi!cant impact on the future of this region and this continent.
The Fellowship Opportunity
Every year, the Foundation selects the best and most ambitious Grade 12 and 1st Year University students to join the Fellowship Programme and a community of vibrant Fellows. The opportunity includes comprehensive !nancial support for tertiary education alongside exposure to thought leaders, mentorship, personal and leadership development. Access to post-graduate funding is available for those who have excelled in their studies and the Fellowship Programme. Application forms are available on the Foundation’s website.
For further information please do
not hesitate to contact us.
Tel: 011 290 4940
Email:
Or download your application
form from our website:
www.allangrayorbis.org
It is the Foundation’s hope that the Allan Gray Fellows will embody the Foundation’s Five Pillars to the core of their beings. These individuals will display the following characteristics:
Intellectual Imagination:Demonstrated by an established record of intellectual achievement; an ability to see the unseen, challenge the status quo and suggest that thins could be done differently.
Personal Initiative:A person who makes things happen and celebrates the satisfaction of brining new things into being. Independent, proactive and self-starting.
Spirit of Signi!cance:A weight of personality that comes from living a life personi!ed by passion and integrity.
Courageous Commitment:The courage and dedication to continue realising that applying consistent commitment has a way of overcoming.
Achievement Excellence:The on-going pursuit of excellence with tangible and speci!c focus on setting goals. A motivation to make a difference and leave a mark.
cause an effectwww.allangrayorbis.org
Grade 12: 1 March – 31 May 2012First Year: 1 March – 31 August 2012
Do yo
u have vision?
Fellowship Opportunity
Ar
e you passionate?
How to Apply1. Complete an application form available
at www.allangrayorbis.org or SMS “Gr12/1st Year + Fax no/Postal Address” to 36777 to have an application form faxed or posted to you.
2. Submit a hard copy application form to 46 Hof Street, Oranjezicht, Cape Town, 8001 or post to Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, Freepost no: CB 11349, Kloof Street, Cape Town, 8001.
3. Write the National Benchmarking Test by 22 July 2012 (Grade 12 only). Register at www.nbt.ac.za
4. Successful applicants will be interviewed between August and October.
5. Successful interviewed candidates will attend a 3-day camp between October and November.
6. Fellows are chosen after the camp(s).
Mandatory Requirements:Grade 12
minimum B (level 6) Average for Grade 11.
Humanities (majoring in Politics, Philosophy or Economics) or Engineering degree.
NMMU, Rhodes or UP.
Application deadline 12:00, 31 May 2012.
Mandatory Requirements:1st Year University
(majoring in Politics, Philosophy or Economics) or Engineering degree.
Rhodes, UWC, Stellenbosch, TSIBA or UP.
Application deadline 12:00, 31 August 2012.
Ar
e you
determined?
Do you
connect?
Are y
ou proactive?
