ReImagine SA- a Public Benefit Organisation - believes doing what you can, where you are, with what you have, to create a sustainable impact, is what is going to take the country to new highs. We spoke to ReImagine SA's Luvuyo Madasa. Courtesy #DStv403

Nelson Mandela's address from the Opening Ceremony of the 5th IUCN World Parks Congress 2003

Join the Ase Research Film Project, a group of four African-American, millennial scholar activists, on their journey to understanding inequality, race relations and progress 25 years since the end of Apartheid in South Africa. Donate to help this full film be created this at AseResearchFilm.org!

EcoCiv gathered leaders and experts from around the world for a virtual panel on how COVID-19 could be a catalyst for global systems change. This event was co-sponsored by EcoCiv and the International Council on Environmental Economics and Development. Panelists: Elliott Harris: Chief Economist of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Vandana Shiva: Environmental Activist, Anti-Globalization Expert, Eco-Feminist Mamphela Ramphele: Co-President of Club of Rome, Former Managing Director at the World Bank, Anti-Apartheid Activist Jeremy Lent: Author, Integrator, Founder of Liology Institute Gunna Jung: Economics Professor and Special Advisor to the Mayor of Seoul Moderator: Wm. Andrew Schwartz, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, EcoCiv

Bringing together intergenerational perspectives, ReimagineSA Executive Director Luvuyo Madasa facilitates the discussion alongside Dr Mamphela Ramphele and two extraordinary young voices, whose daily work continues to move the needle towards transforming our economic system. Shakes Motsilili is an actuary and co-founder of Alumni Energy Investments. He advocates for removing red tape around angel investing in South Africa with a focus on encouraging small to medium sized business development. Ottilia Maunganidze, head of special projects at the Institute for Security Studies offers a policy perspective from which to navigate opportunities for inclusive livelihoods creation. Together, they bring focus to ways to unlocking potential and keeping resources circulating in townships economies.

Africa has the fastest-growing youth population globally, with 70% under 30. The significance of this generation is compounded by the daunting aspects of the present and future: climate change and its impacts, political and societal volatility, and increasing economic insecurity. In this context, what will happen in Africa will largely influence what happens with humankind in the next century. There is a significant opportunity to catalyse a global transformation from this context. African youth are reclaiming their role on the global stage! The Ubuntu Learning Circle will co-host this workshop with a cross-generational array of African changemakers, looking into how to reinvent our individual and collective futures – enveloped in the ethos of Ubuntu.

The Afrik-Akili Declaration is a contribution of an African sense (Swahili: akili), of the African continent, its people, its ecological richness, and its place in the world. It is a pronouncement of a shared understanding of African-ness for the people of Africa and the world. For more information on Afrik-Akili https://www.afrik-akili.org