Programme
The Promise of Leadership will run for three days from March 19 to March 21, 2009. Sessions on March 19 will be open to African Leadership Initiative (ALI) members only. The venue for the dialogue is the Helderfontein Estate in Johannesburg.
The Promise of Leadership Programme Manager is Mothomang Diaho and the lead facilitator is Pat Pillai.
The programme we have put together will allow participants an opportunity to engage one another on topics such as social entrepreneurship, leadership rising from the ashes, human rights in Africa, the changing political landscape of South Africa and the rest of the continent, and our vision looking forward to Africa 2050.
Panellists will be asked to share their thoughts and experiences, and pose difficult questions for the participants to deliberate. Interactive dialogues will then take place at the tables, each hosted by a prominent leader. Participants will then be able to present their answers and suggested plans.
Each session will be moderated and recorded to capture the essence of the dialogue, with the aim of disseminating it for further promotion of leadership across the continent.
The programme also allows a space for networking, author signings and enjoying exhibitions of work by social entrepreneurs.
19 March 2009
10:00 - 11:00 – Registration for ALI sessions
Registration for the ALI Sessions
11:00 – 12:45 – ALI session 1
African Leadership Initiative (ALI) members will attend closed plenary sessions in the Terrace Room at Helderfontein Estate.
This session will consist of a moderated discussion of two poems. These are available to download in PDF format: A Zen parable, The summer day.
Moderator: Bruce Robertson
12:45 - 14:00 – Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 – ALI session 2: Where to for ALI?
This session will take the form of an in-depth discussion about structure, function and financing of ALI going forward.
Moderator: Ralph Freese
20 March 2009
07:00 – 08:00 – Breakfast at hotel
Venue: Recommended hotels
Participants have time to enjoy breakfast at their hotel before leaving for the dialogue venue.
08:00 – Bus departs
Venue: Recommended hotels
Buses will take participants from their hotels to the dialogue venue.
09:00 – 10:00 – Opening and welcome
Nelson Mandela Foundation CEO Achmat Dangor will open the dialogue. Tokyo Sexwale (a trustee of the Nelson Mandela Foundation) will welcome the delegates.
Download a PDF version of Tokyo Sexwale’s welcoming speech.
Panellists and moderator profiles: Tokyo Sexwale, Achmat Dangor09:15 - 10:00 – Opening session: From conflict to reconstruction and development: Rwanda’s story
His Excellency President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will give the opening address entitled “From conflict to reconstruction and development: Rwanda’s story”.
Download a PDF copy of President Kagame’s keynote address.
Read an account of the session.
Panellists and moderator profiles: Paul Kagame10:00 – Tea break
10:30 – 12:15 – Session 1: Renaissance: “We are the ones we have been waiting for”
Panellists: Ronnie Ntuli, Fred Swaniker (ALI Fellow), Aicha Bah Diallo, Dumisani Nyoni, Patrick Kabuya
Moderator: Lerato Mbele
Download a PDF document of the themes that emerged from this session’s table-based discussions.
Read an account of the session.
Watch a streaming video of this session.
12:15 – Lunch
13:00 – 15:00 – Plenary Session 2: Social Entrepreneurship
Panellists will start the discussion on the topic, followed by an interactive, moderated, café-styled dialogue on social entrepreneurship.
Panellists: Iqbal Surve, Colin Coleman, Brett Smith, Peggy Dulany, Kovin Naidoo
Moderator: Kojo Parris
Download the Social Entrepreneurship recommended reading (PDF).
Read an account of the session.
Watch a streaming video of this session.
15:00 – Tea break
15:30 – 17:00 – Plenary Session 3: Social Entrepreneurship continues
The session on social entrepreneurship continues.
Panellists: John Hope Bryant, Vic van Vuuren
Moderator: Kojo Parris
Download the Social Entrepreneurship recommended reading (PDF).
Read an account of the session.
Watch a streaming video of this session.
17:30 – South African Social Entrepreneurship Awards and cocktail function
The SASE awards will take place on 20 March 2009 at the Helderfontein Estate in conjunction with the Promise of Leadership dialogue. To read more about this event, visit the SASE awards page.
21 March 2009
07:00 – 08:00 – Breakfast at hotel
Venue: Recommended hotels
Participants have time to enjoy breakfast at their hotel before leaving for the dialogue venue.
08:00 – Bus departs
Venue: Recommended hotels
Buses will take participants from their hotels to the dialogue venue.
09:00 – 11:00 – Session 4: Leaving a legacy: Is it about leadership?
Panellists: President Joachim Chissano, Ali Mufuruki (ALI Fellow), Reuel Khoza, Salim Ahmed Salim (tbc), Futhi Mtoba
Moderator: Dele Olojede (ALI Fellow)
Download the Leaving a legacy briefing document (PDF format).
Download a PDF document of the themes that emerged from this session’s table-based discussions.
Read an account of the session.
11:00 – Tea break
11:30 – 13:00 – Session 5: Dealing with the past: Making Peace
Panellists: Yasmin Sooka, Yemi Osibajo (ALI Fellow), Arthur Mutambara (ALI Fellow), Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (tbc), Leon Wessels
Moderator: Raenette Taljaard (ALI Fellow)
Download the Dealing with the past briefing document (PDF format).
Download a PDF document of the themes that emerged from this session’s table-based discussions.
Read an account of the session.
13:00 - 13:45 – Lunch
Venue: Helderfontein Estate
13:45 – 15:30 – Session 6: Media and society
Panellists: Tim du Plessis, Trevor Ncube, Frene Ginwala, Erik Charas
Moderator: Funmi Iyanda
Download the Media and society briefing document (PDF format).
Download a PDF document of the themes that emerged from this session’s table-based discussions.
Read an account of the session.
Watch a streaming video of this session.
Panellists and moderator profiles: Erik Charas, Tim du Plessis, Frene Ginwala15:30 - 16:00 – Tea break
16:00 – 17:30 – Session 7: Africa 2050 vision: opportunities to Africa’s development
Panellists: Cheick Modibo Diarra, Graça Machel, Bobby Godsell, Nkosana Moyo, Adebayo Adedeji (tbc), Danny Jordaan (tbc), Leslie Maasdorp (ALI Fellow)
Moderator: Achmat Dangor
Download the 2050 session briefing document (PDF format).
Read an account of the session.
Panellists and moderator profiles: Cheick Diarra, Graça Machel, Bobby Godsell, Leslie Maasdorp, Nkosana Moyo, Achmat Dangor, Danny Jordaan
