Future of Africa Plenary Keynote: Professor Bonang Mohale
One of South Africa' most respects academics and business leaders, Professor Bonang Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, Professor of Practice at the Johannesburg Business School (JBS), Chairman of both The Bidvest Group Limited and SBV Services, and is a member of the Community of Chairmen in the World Economic Forum.
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Professor Bonang MohaleChancellor, University of the Free State, and Former President, Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), and Professor of Practice, Johannesburg Business SchoolProfessor Bonang Mohale
Chancellor, University of the Free State, and Former President, Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), and Professor of Practice, Johannesburg Business School
Professor Bonang Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, Former President of Business Unity South Africa, Professor of Practice in the Johannesburg Business School in the Faculty of Business and Economics. His post-graduate business education includes, Executive Programme at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA; ITO University in Madrid, Spain; the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland; Carl Duisberg Gesellenschaft on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is Chairman of four companies, The Bidvest Group Limited, ArcelorMittal, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Africa and SBV Services.
He has been appointed the Sherpa of the Values 20 (V20), a global community of values-driven experts and practitioners dedicated to engaging meaningfully with the G20 - launched in 2020 during Saudi Arabia's presidency, V20 is an informal engagement group that develops value-based, human-centred policy proposals for the G20. The community’s vision is to deepen the integration of values into public policy, aiming to provide evidence-based, people-centred solutions to global challenges.
In 2022 was asked to convene, moderate and chair the Eskom Electricity Crisis Roundtables - Partnering to Address the Generation Capacity Shortfall with the aim to identify levers to immediately close the generation capacity gap and address structural constraints to a sustainable future of the electricity sector. He has been conferred for 9 years with an Honorary Professorship in Marketing Management by the University of Pretoria, where he serves on their Advisory Council. He is a member of the Community of Chairpersons of the World Economic Forum and the best selling author of the three books, “Lift As You Rise“, “Behold The Turtle” and “Coming In From The Cold” - autobiography.