{"id":5511,"date":"2024-03-20T18:15:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=5511"},"modified":"2024-03-26T16:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:57:58","slug":"leading-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/5511","title":{"rendered":"Leading into the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5511\" class=\"elementor elementor-5511\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25a67366 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"25a67366\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c7f597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c7f597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The AfroCentric Leadership Conference 2024, took place on the 21<sup>st<\/sup> and 22<sup>nd<\/sup> of February, bringing together the Group\u2019s leaders to chart a course for the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98f3785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98f3785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aptly themed \u201cOwning our Future\u201d, the Leadership Conference comprehensively addressed four key areas, being:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sanlam integration<\/li>\n<li>Stakeholder relationships<\/li>\n<li>Client service excellence<\/li>\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers included AfroCentric CEO Gerald van Wyk; Sanlam Corporate CEO Kanyisa Mkhize, who addressed the delegates via video; Sanlam economist Arthur Kamp; and Sanlam Fintech&#8217;s\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">Johan Moolman, CEO at Sanlam Group Rewards. Transformation and innovation expert and author Mushambi Mutuma was the keynote speaker. Prof Nick Binedell, the founding dean of the Gordon Institute of Business Science, spoke on Leadership and Culture, and the founder of Abundance@Work, Dr Roze Phillips, wrapped up the day. The mammoth task of driving and MC-ing the two-day session was led by Dr Ayanda Mbuli, General Manager for GEMS Fund Management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>High-level topics encompassed a range of pertinent themes including macro-material market drivers; the cultivation and advancement of the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs and businesses as well as investments in the Fintech space that will be of benefit to the AfroCentric ecosystem, as well as a motivational address on unleashing Africa\u2019s abundance in shaping the future of the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Strategic areas deliberated upon by the delegates anchored around initial objectives outlined by Gerald for the business, emphasising the pursuit of client service excellence by inspiring and motivating our people, as well as innovation and improving stakeholder relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost importantly, we also unpacked how to integrate and leverage the opportunities presented by the scale of being part of Sanlam as we are now a majority-owned subsidiary of the Sanlam Group,\u201d Gerald said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the people, we have the businesses, and we have the leaders to boldly transform our business and own our future, where the AfroCentric Group becomes the healthcare centre of expertise for the largest non-banking financial services group in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3d601d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d3d601d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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data-id=\"cf31b0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AfroCentric leaders were invited to be part of the Sanlam Corporate Leadership Roadshow 2024, themed<strong> The Year of the Client, <\/strong>on 12 March. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92cfe5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92cfe5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Sanlam Corporate Leadership Roadshow<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c46a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66c46a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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