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About USEpitome of Black Excellence (EBE), formerly known as Friends of Joy, is a non-profit organisation in South Africa serving as an incubation house, a platform where Followers are transformed into Leaders and Leaders into agents of Change.
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Together, let’s change the world.
This reconfigured non-profit organisation was established in 1999 by predominantly former WITS University and Rand Afrikaans Universiteit (RAU) Alumni with the sole aim of bridging the digital divide between classroom theory and the real labour world.
The former students felt strongly a need to align themselves with appropriate organizations in the labour market both in the private and government sector to enable the transition of their skills and competence very well be integrated into the broader economy to play a meaningful and significant role with their various talents and gifts.
They certainly recognized the overwhelming gap between graduation and the real world as an obstacle of many graduates entering various filed of working environments.
The students took this great and noble initiative to government officials, head of Chap 9 institutions, CEO’s of state-owned enterprises, Cabinet Ministers and deputies, CEO’s of top both to 100 listed and non-listed companies together with private enterprises, Reserve Bank Governor, Minister of Finance during their tenure at the institution of their Al mater to address them with intention of finding possible and lasting solutions.
They were all invited to address seminars, conferences which were all organized by students to share insight and understanding about their current roles, success, failures and positioning in advancing South Africa economy and inculcating the culture of patriotism to build a strong resourced based South Africa.
The topics varied from a wide range of corporate governance, business administrations, politics, labour, International and National Trade and many more relevant topics aligned with their studies
After two decades of pursuing this great purpose, reconfigured Epitome of Black Excellence (EBE) was born to be the ‘incubation house of greatness to all people’.
Its sole intended purpose was to encourage people to discover their seed of greatness and live the life of purpose, the life in which the creator intended for them.
Human beings are the epicenter of God’s creativity on earth therefore discovering the purpose of life remain the greatest discovery ever in the human race.
LEADERSHIP
Our content includes inspiring stories of individuals making a difference
COMMUNITY
EBE is a beacon of hope and empowerment
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
We focus on nurturing talent, fostering leadership, and creating a supportive environment where individuals can thrive.
CONFERRENCES
Stay updated by regularly checking the calendar on our Mission page
NGO
We appreciate your support and invite you to explore our about page
BLACK EXCELLENCE
Join us in our journey to create a legacy of excellence and transformation.
Joel Sekoala
The Founder and President of the Epitome Of Black Excellence
epitome of black excellence
is a non-profit organization
if you would like to donate to EBE, kindly use the below banking details:
Account holder: EPITOME OF BLACK EXCELLENCE
ID/Reg Number: 2021/648291/08
Account type: CURRENT
Account number: 10 16 807 805 6
Branch: MENLYN PARK
Branch code: 2345
the team behind
Epitome of Black Excellence
Nonhlanhla Pholo
Multilingual Leadership Coach and entrepreneur
Joel Sekoala
Founder & president
Matshepo Sekoala
executive director
Laurinda Mabuna
program & communication manager
Jo ann Savari
Financial Executive
Cliff Mmako
Head of Designs & Production
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