GSEN Annual Event - Connecting Leaders - Delivering Change

The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in an increasingly unequal world

• Join leading organisations from South Africa, Africa and around the globe

• Connect and engage with experts, social entrepreneur supporters, impact investors, foundations and social entrepreneurs

• Start transformative partnerships to achieve the SDGs in Africa and beyond.

Provisional Agenda

With interactive dialogue between participants and panelists, lively debate and action-oriented sessions, the event will focus on the following key themes:

• Socio-Economic Justice - with perspectives from South Africa

• Social entrepreneurs tackling inequality

• Social impact funds - current trends and next steps

• The role of multinationals and government in social entrepreneurship

• Action-oriented sessions and

• Networking

Full Agenda TBA

Speakers will include:

• Pat Pillai, CEO, LifeCO UnLtd South Africa

• Mark Norbury, CEO, UnLtd

• Ntombi Langa-Royds, Chair, LifeCo UnLtd Trust

• Cliff Prior, CEO, Big Society Capital

• Colm McGivern, Director South Africa, The British Council

• Sello Hatang, CEO, NMF

• Limbani Phiri, Director, Ashoka Southern Africa

• Rich Benton, Trustee, GSEN & Lifeco UnLtd & West Green Charity

• Carolyne Kirabo, Investment Manager, Yunus Social Business

• Ding Li, Vice President, NPI China

• Tunji Eleso, Managing Partner, CC Hub Nigeria

• Jayshree Naidoo, Head, Standard Bank Incubator

• Kyle Newell, Ernst & Young Enterprise Growth Services

• Katrien Vandepladutse, Government of Flanders Southern Africa

• Colm McGivern, Director, South Africa at the British Council