Developing Southern Africa’s future Entrepreneurial Leaders
The Foundation offers the exceptional Allan Gray Fellowship to Southern Africa’s pioneering bright young students. This initiative aims to develop students, known as Allan Gray Candidate Fellows, into Southern Africa’s future high impact entrepreneurial leaders. Every year, the Foundation selects the best and most ambitious Grade 12 and first year university students from Southern Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland to join its vibrant community of Allan Gray Candidate Fellows.
The Fellowship includes comprehensive financial support alongside exposure to thought leaders, mentorship and entrepreneurial mindset development. Access to postgraduate funding is available to those who have excelled in their tertiary studies and the Fellows Programme
Interested candidates can apply for the Fellowship opportunity during their Grade 12 school year or during their first year of university. The Fellowship application is open to learners and students from Southern Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland. The Fellowship is the most comprehensive tertiary opportunity for talented potential high-impact individuals.
The Fellowship selection team aims to correctly select talented individuals from the Southern African region so that the Fellowship is awarded to individuals that are most able to leverage this opportunity. The Fellowship selection team specifically focuses on attracting eligible applicants using effective assessment tools and rigorous and reliable processes to make sure that eligible candidates are fairly assessed and that the correct decisions are made. Fellowship applicants need to fulfill the criteria indicated below;
Fellowship Application: Selection Criteria
Fellowship Applicants need to be able to show a track record of leadership or being entrepreneurially minded. The Foundation’s framework to measure this as follows:
- Achievement Excellence: The ongoing pursuit of excellence with tangible and specific focus on setting goals. A otivation to make a difference and leave a mark.
- Intellectual Imagination: Demonstrated by an established record of intellectual achievement; an ability to see the unseen, challenge the status quo and suggest that things could be done differently.
- Courageous Commitment: The courage and dedication to continue, realizing that applying consistent commitment has a way of overcoming.
- Spirit of Significance: A weight of personality that comes from living a life personified by passion and integrity.
- Personal Initiative: A person who makes things happen and celebrates the satisfaction of bringing new things into being. Independent, proactive and self-starting
Apart from being a leader or entrepreneurially minded, there are a couple of mandatory academic requirements that applicants need to fulfill:
Mandatory Requirements: South Africa Grade 12
- Citizenship of South Africa
- Belief in the future of your country
- An ambassador of the Foundation’s intended profile, namely demonstrating Intellectual Imagination, Personal Initiative, Spirit of Significance, Courageous Commitment and Achievement Excellence
- Intention to study for a Commerce, Science (excluding Medicine), Engineering, Law or Humanities (majoring in Politics, Philosophy, or Economics) degree at WITS, UJ, UCT, NMMU, Rhodes or UP
- Minimum C (level 5) in Pure Mathematics for Grade 11 results
- Minimum B (Level 6) average for Grade 11 results (excluding Life Orientation)
- Complete the National Benchmarking Test by 30 July 2023
- Candidates must not be older than 21 years of age in 2013
How to apply – South Africa Grade 12
Application Process
Click on the link to Download and complete an application form. You can also SMS “Gr12 and your Fax Nr. or email address” to 36777 to have an application form faxed or emailed to you
Submit a hard copy of your application form before or on the closing date to, 46 Hof Street, Oranjezicht, Cape Town or to 8th Floor, Forum Building, Maude Street, Sandton. Alternatively post it to Allan Gray Orbis Free Post License No. CB11349, Kloof Street, 8008
Application deadline for South Africa is 30 April 2023
If you are in Grade 12, write the National Benchmarking Test by 30 July 2013.
Mandatory Requirements: 1st Year University
- An indication of entrepreneurial flair and passion
- Belief in the future of your country
- An ambassador of the Foundation’s intended profile, namely demonstrating: Intellectual Imagination, Personal Initiative, Spirit of Significance, Courageous Commitment and Achievement Excellence
- Minimum of a 65% average for your mid-year exam results (June)
- Citizenship of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana or Swaziland
- Studying for a Commerce, Science (excluding Medicine), Humanities (majoring Politics, Philosophy or Economics) or Engineering degree
- Studying at the following universities WITS, UJ, UCT, NMMU, Rhodes, UWC, Stellenbosch, TSIBA or UP
- Applicant not older than 22 in 2013
How to apply– 1st Year University
Application Process
Download and complete an application form.
You can also SMS “1st Year and your Fax Nr. or email address” to 36777 to have an application form faxed or emailed to you.
Submit a hard copy of your application form before or on the closing date to, 46 Hof Street, Oranjezicht, Cape Town or to 8th Floor, Forum Building, Maude Street, Sandton. Alternatively post it to Allan Gray Orbis Free Post License No. CB11349, Kloof Street, 8008
Application deadline 31 August 2023
For more information about the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation and what they offer click here or go to www.allangrayorbis.org
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