Fellowship Newsletter Updates September 2021
Leadership development is critical in transformation of the environmental sector. The GreenMatter Fellowship aims to develop leaders and nurture talent of young innovative minds that will enhance sustainability in the sector. This is achieved through supporting fellows’ academia through financial assistance as well as developing the fellows’ personal and professional skills. A leadership training was conducted for the 10 Fellows who are sponsored by our generous funders namely, Mapula Trust, Water Research Commission and Harry Crossley. Furthermore, the fellows had a chance to engage in an entrepreneurial mindset session. The purpose of the session was to encourage the fellows to find beauty in negative spaces. An Entrepreneurial Leadership session will be held for these 10 fellows soon.
Harry-Crossley Foundation Beneficiaries (Joshua Weeber, Ancois de Villiers, Daniel Okeyo and Mosihla Mokumo)
An internship programme was established. Six (6) fellows were awarded internships and were placed at different companies namely Digby Wells, EnviroPro, Agribusiness Development Agency (ADA), Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Agreenco Environmental and South African National Institute (SANBI). We are grateful to have partnered up with great companies within the environmental sector who shares the same vision. The internship is a steppingstone for the fellows out of academia into the working world. Prior to the internship, the fellows went through personal and professional development to equip them with skills that would enable them to be effective and great employees in the workplace.
The Water Research Commission Beneficiaries (Don Jambo, Banele Masango, Lindokuhle Buthelezi and Sylvester Malekeng)
The GreenMatter Fellowship has been conducting public relations exercise for the GreenMatter Fellowship. Kindly click the links below to see some of the articles that were published at various media sources.
Fellowships Key to closing gap on South Africa Skills shortages
Building a green economy starts with nurturing the right talent:
-IOL (Business Report): https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/building-a-green-economy-starts-with-nurturing-the-right-talent-fd49c470-bb28-43cf-a9c4-47a038a27b19
-The World News: https://theworldnews.net/za-news/building-a-green-economy-starts-with-nurturing-the-right-talent
Fellowships Key to closing gap on South Africa Skills shortages
- Daily Maverick: Interview happened 19th July – coverage to be shared once published
- Green Times South Africa: http://thegreentimes.co.za/fellowships-key-to-closing-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages/
- The Green Times: http://thegreentimes.co.za/fellowships-key-to-closing-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fellowships-key-to-closing-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages
- Green Economy.Media: https://greeneconomy.media/fellowships-are-key-to-closing-the-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages/
- My Press Release: https://mypr.co.za/fellowships-are-key-to-closing-the-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages/
- Buy PE.co.za: https://buype.co.za/fellowships-are-key-to-closing-the-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages-press-release/
- GO! & Express: http://print.marketiq.co.za/assets/pdf/MARKETIQ_GO__Express_2021-07-15_NTQyOTc4NDUa_1260AVIK.pdf
- NGOPulse.org: http://www.ngopulse.org/article/2021/07/14/fellowships-are-key-closing-gap-sa-skills-shortages
- Energize.co.za: https://www.energize.co.za/article/fellowships-are-key-closing-gap-sa-skills-shortages
- StartupAfrica.co.za: https://startupafrica.co.za/the-key-to-closing-the-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-key-to-closing-the-gap-on-sa-skills-shortages
Building a green economy starts with nurturing the right talent:
-IOL (Business Report): https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/building-a-green-economy-starts-with-nurturing-the-right-talent-fd49c470-bb28-43cf-a9c4-47a038a27b19
-The World News: https://theworldnews.net/za-news/building-a-green-economy-starts-with-nurturing-the-right-talent
Mapula Trust Beneficiaries (Ntabiseng Mampa and Siboniso Thela)