The Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched a book about the Promise of Leadership Dialogue
July 27, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has launched a coffee-table book detailing the events that occurred at the first Promise of Leadership Dialogue, held in March this year. The dialogue took place at Helderfontein Estate, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, on March 20-21.
The aim of the dialogue was to bring together existing and emerging leaders in Africa to brainstorm ways in which they could address the challenges facing the continent.
Produced by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and published by South Africa: The Good News, the Promise of Leadership Book is a seven-chapter work which looks at Africa’s recent successes, while highlighting the challenges that continue to face Africa and the potential ramifications if leadership fails to deliver.
The book contains more than 20 contributions from respected thought leaders around the world, dealing with topics such as social entrepreneurship, gender issues, youth leadership, peace and reconciliation, environmental challenges, and the role of media and society in addressing the challenges the continent faces.
The keynote speaker at the dialogue, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, is one of the notable contributors to the book, as are: Graça Machel, the president of Mozambique’s Foundation for Community Development; Nelson Mandela Foundation trustee Tokyo Sexwale; Microsoft Africa head Dr Cheick Modibo Diarra; and the chairperson of South Africa’s National Empowerment Fund, Ronnie Ntuli. The book also contains case studies ranging from reconciliation programmes in Sierra Leone to new media innovations in Kenya.
Mothomang Diaho, Head of the Foundation’s Dialogue Programme, commented that this book is not only timely for the African leadership potential it highlights and the promise of leadership it inspires, but is also being launched as the world commits to a movement inspired by the leadership of Mr Mandela – Mandela Day.
The book can be ordered online at on the dot. For further information contact the Foundation on +27 11 728 1000.