Brenthurst Foundation
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The Brenthurst Foundation is a Johannesburg
-based think-tank established by the Oppenheimer
family in 2005 to support the Brenthurst Initiative
in seeking ways to fund Africa
n development, and to organize conferences on African competitiveness. Its director is Greg Mills
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and other prominent Africans proposed a set of development goals for competitiveness to make African countries become better for business. These were among other business principles presented to a conference in Washington on China and the United States in Africa. The conference was held by the Brenthurst Foundation. In mid-2005, the foundation sent a letter to Liu Guijin (China’s ambassador to South Africa at the time), inviting him and his nation to participate in a process that would include experts from Africa and the United States. The conference was held by the Brenthurst Foundation, the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, and the Council on Foreign Relations. The conference is called the Tswalu Dialogue which has experts from across the world discuss what is best for Africa. One of the conferences was held in Africa, another was held in China, and another was held in the United States. The Tswalu Dialogue is focused on how Africa could gain from the attention of both China and the United States. Consensus at one of the conferences is that strong and visionary leadership plays a part in violence among social groups.
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
-based think-tank established by the Oppenheimer
Nicky Oppenheimer
Nicholas "Nicky" F. Oppenheimer is a South African businessman, the chairman of the De Beers diamond mining company and its subsidiary, the Diamond Trading Company. He also has a large financial interest in the diversified mining company Anglo American. In November 2011 the Oppenheimer family sold...
family in 2005 to support the Brenthurst Initiative
Brenthurst Initiative
The Brenthurst Initiative was a 2003 policy paper on Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa by Jonathan and Nicky Oppenheimer that called for tax incentives to encourage economic growth and black wealth creation.-The proposal:...
in seeking ways to fund Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n development, and to organize conferences on African competitiveness. Its director is Greg Mills
Greg Mills
Gregory John Barrington "Greg" Mills heads the Brenthurst Foundation, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Foundation was established in 2005 by the Oppenheimer family to strengthen African economic performance....
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The foundation was created to build on the Oppenheimers' Brenthurst initiative. Greg Mills started the foundation with a generous budget that he used to get opinions from local and international sources. The foundation has a wider African focus and aims to find ways to draw the investment needed for "continental regeneration and prosperity". The organization is intended to make a worthwhile contribution to economic growth in Africa. Greg Mills said that through the foundation, they want to create an environment conducive to positive economic change to strengthen the economic importance of Africa. The foundation is interested in setting up government policy platforms for economic development The organization has been described as a frontier of knowledge for strengthening Africa’s economic performance. The foundation sent a number of its staff abroad to help solve the problem of there not being enough lecturers at the National University of RwandaNational University of Rwanda
The National University of Rwanda is the largest university in Rwanda. It is located at in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Province of Quebec.When it was established, the NUR had three divisions The...
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Conferences
Sydney MufamadiSydney Mufamadi
Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi is a South African politician. He was Minister of Safety and Security from 1994 to 1999 and Minister of Provincial and Local Government from 1999 to 2008.-Early life:...
and other prominent Africans proposed a set of development goals for competitiveness to make African countries become better for business. These were among other business principles presented to a conference in Washington on China and the United States in Africa. The conference was held by the Brenthurst Foundation. In mid-2005, the foundation sent a letter to Liu Guijin (China’s ambassador to South Africa at the time), inviting him and his nation to participate in a process that would include experts from Africa and the United States. The conference was held by the Brenthurst Foundation, the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, and the Council on Foreign Relations. The conference is called the Tswalu Dialogue which has experts from across the world discuss what is best for Africa. One of the conferences was held in Africa, another was held in China, and another was held in the United States. The Tswalu Dialogue is focused on how Africa could gain from the attention of both China and the United States. Consensus at one of the conferences is that strong and visionary leadership plays a part in violence among social groups.