Africa’s choice: Sink or reach the high ground

The founders of AfricaPositive believe that, for moral and survival reasons, Africa faces two mutually exclusive scenarios: According to Ted Sceales, the low ground scenario is leading the Continent down a steep, slippery cause-effect spiral. The High Ground option is driven by innovative non-partisan African leaders, who span four generations and many professions.

Surviving the Sixth Extinction

Does being ‘AfricaPositive’ mean wearing rose-tinted glasses? Quite the reverse: It means facing up to reality and believing we can turn problems into opportunities – even if they are gigantic! That is why world leaders as dynamic and diverse as Nelson Mandela, Kofi Anan, Sir David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, Richard Leakey and the Dalai Lama support the Gondwana Alive Society.

The AfricaPositive project

In the 1970s, some of the Founders of the Africa Positive project exhorted South Africans of all races to unite and make a real difference together. A headline in the country's leading morning newspaper described part of philosophy and their non partisan attitude colorfully and bluntly: To hell with politics, let's get on with the job ahead.

Creating tomorrow’s business legends

Legends is an award-winning enterprise development programme with a special focus on Black-owned, women-led, rural and community-based businesses. The overall vision of the programme is to permanently change lives for the better.