Community Engagements
Features
Select features are below, followed by a full list of seminars, conferences, forums, academic citizenship, media interviews, and speaking engagements.
Understanding African Philanthropy
Carleton University MPNL & WITS University CAPSI Intensify their Partnership.
From Our Lecturer
Inspirational Talks
SAYoF 5th SADC Youth Forum, 2023:
Accelerating regional integration and youth participation in AfCFTA.
Africa Day Commemoration, 2023:
Accelerating AfCFTA – Voices of youth, social enterprises, and businesses
UNESCO SAYoF Regional Youth Roundtable, 2021:
The role of youth in protecting and promoting Africa world heritage.
ISTR Webinar October 2023 on “Getting work done.”
The purpose of the webinar was to encourage and assist PhD students from various parts of the world to be effective with the PhD research projects
Media and Interviews
The Giving Black Podcast, 2023:
Understanding African Philanthropy
Rainbow FM Podcast, 2022:
Resilience and women empowerment
Power FM Podcast, 2022:
Understanding African Philanthropy
Bosch Alumni Network 2023:
Transforming Society through African Philanthropy
Academic Citizenship
2023 and current
- Appointed to serve as the lead academic for MBA International Tours – Mauritius. March 2023.
- ISTR 2023-2024 Academic Committee
- Academic lead – Social Action Project for the Pennsylvania NEW Leadership — Pennsylvania Centre for Women & Politics (chatham.edu)
- Committee member IRB (Institutional Review Board) Ethics Committee
2022
- Wits Business School strategy planning and implementation through stakeholder engagement and hosting kaizen continuous improvement workshops 2022.
- Academic conference planning and presentations at the 1st academic conference for the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment. 2022.
- Member of WBS Selection Committee for PMO Project coordinator position. 2022.
- Business development and proposal writing for AROCSA and GIZ contracts which were awarded in 2022 – R1.7million was raised for the school through GIZ and another R1 million through AROCSA. 2021 – 2022.
- Appointed to serve as the lead academic for MBA International Tours – Mauritius. November 2022.
- Postgraduate diploma and masters in African philanthropy selection committee for applications to be admitted into the programme. 2022 – current.
2021
- MMR, MBA, and PhD proposal panel reviews for Wits Business School. Over 20 panels. 2021 – 2022.
- Project Management and Administration of the 3 Certificate Programmes and 7 masterclasses in Philanthropy at the Executive Education unit, Wits Business School. 2021 – current.
- Peer reviewer for the International Review of Philanthropy and Social Investment Journal. 2021 – current.
- Graduate Diversity Scholar for the association for nonprofit research and voluntary Action (ARNOVA).2021 – 2022.
- Peer reviewer for the Nonprofit leadership journal. 2021 – current.
2020 and prior
- Member of WBS Selection Committee for CAPSI Project Administrator position. 2019.
- Peer reviewer for papers submitted for the association for research on civil society in Africa (AROCSA) conferences. 2019 – current.
Seminars, Conferences, Forums
- Moderated a session on non-profit and government collaborations at the 2023 ARNOVA conference, Orlando FL USA, Nov 2023
Moderation the session on non-profits and governments collaboration, Association on Research and Non-Profits and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) 2023, Orlando, Florida. Oct 2023 - Guest speaker “Getting work done”, International Society for Third Sector Research Public webinar. Oct 2023.
- Social Impact and Sustainability track panelist, North American Case Research Association (NACRA) 2023 conference, San Antonio, Texas. Oct 2023
- Panelist Trends in Philanthropy June 2023, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada
- Moderated SADC Youth Parliament Patron announcement June 2023
- Hosted Africa Day Commemoration May 2023
- Fundraising planning and facilitation for Sci-BONO NGO South Africa, March 2023
- Strategy development facilitator for the Alliance for Rural Democracy South Africa, Jan 2023
- Moderated a session on climate change and philanthropy at the association for research on civil society organizations (AROCSA) in Africa conference, Dakar, Senegal, Sept 2022.
- Moderated and provided mentorship to PhD students from various universities at the Wits Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment, Wits Rural Facility, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Sept 2022
- Moderated 3rd African Philanthropy Conference session on youth and giving in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 2022.
- Presented a paper on the impact of COVID19 in philanthropy and resilience of communities during the ISTR Conference in Montreal, Canada, July 2022.
- Presented a session on youth and Pan Africanism during the 4th Southern African youth summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 2022.
- Presented a poster and session at the association for research on nonprofit organizations and voluntary action (ARNOVA) conference in San Diego, California USA, Nov 2019.
- PhD workshop and paper presentations at the association for research on civil society in Africa conference (AROCSA), Nairobi, Strathmore University, Kenya.
- Participated in round table discussions and planning for community philanthropy in Africa workshop, St Andrews, Scotland.