Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership

Prof. Kurt April (Allan Gray Centre) briefly met this morning with Emeritus Associate Professor Chris Breene at UCT's Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Camaren Peter (Associate Professor in the Allan Gray Centre) has had his latest op-ed published: "Europe recalculates as US nostagia leaves transatlantic guarantees in doubt". You can read the entire article at: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-03-03-europe-recalculates-as-us-nostalgia-leaves-transatlantic-guarantees-in-doubt/

Prof. Kurt April (Allan Gray Chair) spent 5hrs today with the Executive MBA delegates (in hybrid mode) at UCT’s Graduate School of Business, running sessions on: “Leading Inclusively in Tumultuous Times”.

Prof. Kurt April (Allan Gray Centre) enjoyed a breakfast meeting with Russell Coleman (Seasoned HR Executive & Board Member, previously HR Director of the Volkswagen Group Africa).

Dr. Babar Dharani (Allan Gray Centre) with the Modular MBA class of 2026-7 on their last in-person day for the Leadership core course, when groups presented on different facets of leadership.

Prof. Kurt April (Allan Gray Centre) spent all day on Friday, 13th February 2026, engaging the new cohort of post-experience students, in "Transformational Leadership", on the Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Practice (PGDip) at UCT's Graduate School of Business. Nkulu Madonko (Director of Quintus Wealth and Coaching) facilitated part of the day, as he covered "Post-Traumatic Growth: Transforming Adversity into Leadership Strength".

Assoc. Prof. Camaren Peter (Allan Gray Centre) spent all of Thursday, 12th February 2026, lecturing the post-experience students in "Organisational and Social Values", on the Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Practice (PGDip) at UCT's Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Babar Dharani (Senior Lecturer in the Alan Gray Centre) encouraged the Modular MBA Class of 2026-7 to experience the different leader archetypes, in a playful session.

Assoc. Prof. Camaren Peter (Allan Gray Centre) hosted Sam Williams to screen his documentary "Lobito Bound" - about the Lobito Corridor and the US-China 'scramble for Africa'. Morea Josias (GSB Head of Alumni Relations and Client Services) organised the event.

Sam Williams is Group Communications Director for Africell, a mobile network operator serving almost 20 million customers in Angola, DRC and other African countries. He is also Executive Producer of Lobito Bound, a feature film commissioned by Africell which explores African mining, railways and geopolitics and which was released on Apple TV and Prime Video in December 2025. Sam has written for newspapers including the Financial Times, The Spectator, The Economist and The Scotsman, and he is the author of ‘The Freedom Railway’ – the story of Tanzania and Zambia’s iconic TAZARA Railway – published by Duckworth Books in September 2025. Before Africell, Sam worked for Brunswick Group in London and Abu Dhabi.

Prof. Kurt April (Allan Gray Chair) and Prof. Mustafa Özbilgin (Brunel University, UK & AGC Associate) have just had their latest book chapter published and released: "Decolonizing spiritual inclusion: A four-lever DEI framework for Global South workplaces", in the edited book by Joan Marques: "Encyclopedia of diversity, equity, inclusion and spirituality" - and which can be sourced through the attached QR code.

Prof. Kurt April convened two full-days of workshops with senior leaders of the Western Cape taxi associations, as part of the GSB Minibus Taxi Senior Leadership Development Programme - and hosted Diane Nxumalo-Köhler (Systems Thinking Techniques) and Dr. Rashid Toefy (Decision-Making Under Crises Conditions) as facilitators on the programme.