Ethos & People

Tahir is also a co-founder and director of the medical development and management company, the Medshare Group. Other interests include Greenlite Holdings, manufacturer of green light weight building products for the construction industry and the Smart Land Group, a company focused on providing sustainable solutions for a rapidly urbanizing Africa, believing that it is Africa’s time to develop its own rich sustainable future using proven innovative techniques and skills that will ultimately improve the standard of living of all Africans.

Shadley also attained a Higher Diploma in Education (HDE) and is a qualified educator. Whilst employed at SAB, he helped adjudicate the Kick-start candidates which formed part of the SAB’s Enterprise Development Program. Shadley is currently a Management Consultant and has consulted to SAB in Africa which entailed re-engineering their processes. He also has answered his inner calling of teaching and currently volunteers as a mentor to students at TSIBA (Tertiary School in Business Administration) which is a non-profit Business school.

Michael acquired experience in Contract Law, Civil Law and in particular Commercial Law. Over the years he has engaged in the negotiating and drafting of various commercial contracts and has been instructed to litigate disputes relating to the Companies Act, liquidations, sequestrations, contractual disputes, and disputes between partners, shareholders and directors. He further represents a number of international based companies where he advises on risk and corporate governance and civil and commercial disputes and litigation.

Gita integrates the disciplines of Urban Design, Planning and Environmental Management, Architecture and Landscape Design. ARG DESIGN has been the recipient of many Architecture and Planning awards.

She has convened conversations between experts from diverse disciplines and engaged in action research and design in India, South Africa, and African countries, that have informed settlement design at many scales. This led her to co-author the 1st Edition. of “2 Billion Strong” in 2012, defining six key pillars that underpin modern African City-Design.

It serves as a cohesive collective dedicated to advancing advocacy, promoting economic diversification, and advocating for inclusion, all in alignment with the overarching goal of supporting the realization of a unified African market. This ambitious vision seeks to position Africa as the world’s largest free trade area.

Her extensive experience in Africa’s economic regions, gained through her roles within African Union organs such as NEPAD and APRM, as well as her contributions to organizations like DFID and DBSA, has ignited her profound passion for fostering economic development throughout the African continent. Her mission is to challenge the prevailing narrative that suggests Africa and Africans lack the capacity to pave their own path to prosperity.

She is actively chairing the Trade and Investment working group of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance (South Africa chapter). She is also Co-Chair of the AFRICA123 Advisory Board. Africa123 is a private initiative to develop new Regenerative SMARTER Build (RSB) cities to address the needs of a rapidly urbanizing Africa.

As part of expanding her territory, she is operating her two companies in both South Africa and the DRC – Noy Air Cargo and Quench Africa.

Fabio is an Accredited Professional with the GBCSA (across all sectors and tools), a Certified Environmental Scientist, served on the South Africa Environmental Industry Body, that being the Western Cape Committee Branch of the South African Affiliate of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIAsa), and sat on the National Executive Committee (NEC) of IAIAsa, is a founding member of the Environmental Assessment Practitioner’s Association of South Africa (EAPASA), and is a Certified Carbon Footprint Analyst and Energy Efficiency Auditor.

Fabio is also qualified and experienced as an accredited professional (AP) across all of the available certification tools offered with the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) and is a Faculty Member and Project Assessor for the GBCSA, as well as being a Certified Assessor registered as a member of the Carbon Protocol of South Africa.

He also focuses his skills and experience on making a bigger impact across Africa, helping collaborative development teams to create future-proofed human settlements and societies through integrating the UN SDG 2030 Goals and regenerative design into the programme thread.

• Certified Environmental Scientist registered with the Southern African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists (SAIEES)
• Founding Member of the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA)
• Green Star SA Accredited Professional (AP) registered with the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) – New Buildings, Existing Buildings Performance (EBP), EDGE for Residential, Sustainable Precincts and Interiors
• Editorial Advisory Panel – Earthworks Magazine
• Certified Assessor (Carbon Protocol of South Africa)
• Certified Energy Efficiency Auditor
• Member of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
• Member of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
• Training Faculty Member for the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
• Project Assessor for the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
• Member of the Carbon Protocol of South Africa (CPSA)
• Member of the Southern African Alternative Energy Association (SAAEA)
• Served as Committee Member and Chairperson Elect (2011 to 2013) for the Western Cape Affiliate of the IAIA
• Served on National Executive of the IAIA (2011 to 2013)
• Served on the Western Cape Biodiversity Implementation and Planning Forum
• Served on the Western Cape Provincial Planning and Development Forum
• Served on the Birds and Wind Energy Forum
• Served on the Working Group Committee for the Western Cape DEA&DP Sustainability Criteria Guideline

An author of several books, one of them aptly titled “Champions of Fulfilment,” Dr Don writes, “The discovery of your potential and purpose are the first step towards fulfilment,” a quote that continually inspires and motivates many to live their best lives.

A leadership advocate and convener in Africa through the arm Leadership Initiative International (LII) and GCMN International President – A coalition of Christian Leaders in Africa, Dr Don inspires leaders throughout the Continent of Africa and diaspora.

Through a weekly radio digest dubbed “Higher Heights Dimension’ in Kumasi Ghana, where he is based, lives are divinely impacted and positively transformed.

Dr Ben Christopher Don is the president and senior Minister of HHCE (Higher Heights Christian Embassy) and leads the ministry alongside his dynamically-gifted wife, Dr.Mary Christopher Don. The couple are blessed with three wonderful sons and a daughter.

Shabodien is very active in community projects and chairs a 60-year-old community newspaper for the past 25 years, was instrumental in the founding of a Heritage Society of a suburb he grew up in and still contributes to the learning and training of young people as a volunteer. He believes that Africa is on the brink of breakthrough opportunities that will contribute to a new world where regeneration and sustainable methodologies will be key drivers to address global climate change.

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