Welcome to the Ubuntu Mission

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    Hear our voices

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    On Location

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    The challenges we help overcome

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  • What is Ubuntu

    Nelson Mandela explains ubuntu (ooh-boon-too)

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  • Inside an Ubuntu Mission program

    Songs of the ubuntu mission

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    What we do and how we do it

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  • Be the change you want to see in the world

    Driving change - one person at a time

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  • Get in Touch

    Since 2002 we have taken a continuous improvement approach to helping individuals from emerging communities get on the path to business success. We're especially proud of our integrative approach, so we're always looking for ideas, collaborative people, spiritual directors, business leaders and coaches.

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  • Our Results

    Since our initial meeting between two business men, we have reached 1,000 people, seen 200 graduates through our program, and we have helped create more than 15 sustained businesses. That's above and beyond the hundreds of people we have helped advance their professional standing or gain professional employment.

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  • Your Support Matters!

    Our strength and effectiveness come directly from people like you. The financial support we receive -- whether contributed by phone, online, or by mail -- accelerates our impact. We are building a self-sustaining approach as well as looking for gifts from individuals and corporates and where appropriate, government entities.

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Building a bridge from poverty to prosperity with business skills and leadership coaching

Recent Posts

  • Hey, Guess What? It’s About Jobs!


    An often-overlooked solution While the Ubuntu Mission has dedicated 10+ years to helping people down the path to business success in South Africa, it still amazes us that many of today’s international relief efforts are focused solely on meeting basic needs. While food, water, and shelter are required for survival, they aren’t the only building [...]

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  • South Africa’s Zuma Says Upgrades Will Add Jobs


    Wall Street Journal Africa Africa News Published February 9, 2012 The African National Congress (ANC) is in a pickle,” said Peter Attard Montalto, an emerging-markets economist at Nomura International. “They’ve committed themselves to a broader jobs mandate, so they have to be throwing money at the situation.” Federal, state and local governments are creating jobs much [...]

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  • A Brief History of South Africa


    A New York Times History of South Africa From the New York Times In the 16 years since the end of apartheid, South Africa has followed the prescriptions of the West, opening its market-based economy to trade, while keeping inflation and public debt in check. But for more than a decade, the jobless rate has been among the [...]

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Media Updates

  • Ubuntu Mission Radio Interview

    Hear an on-air interview with Greg Zurnamer, a Johannesburg business man who first heard of the Ubuntu Mission in 2003.  In this  interview with Lead SA, Greg shares a brief 4 minute introduction to the Ubuntu Mission, leading the host to share his excitement over our solutions-oriented approach to the South African unemployment challenge.  When [...]

  • What we do and how we do it

    This video was shot on location in Wattville, South Africa just south of Johannesburg.  In this video, you’ll hear from several of the Ubuntu Mission founders like Dr. Brian Lambert and Tony Cross.  You will also hear from Mr. Abie Nylanga a local business leader who brought the Ubuntu Mission program and team into his [...]

  • Children of the ubuntu mission

    In this video, you will see the children of the Ubuntu Mission, many of whom had parents or loved ones attending the Ubuntu Mission program. These children come from a local township near Johannesburg South Africa and represent the future business leaders of South Africa. The music is by Afrotenor , a group of South [...]

  • Songs of ubuntu mission

    The picture you see here is of several Ubuntu Mission delegates who decided to break out in song during one of their presentation to the group during one of our learning modules on business skills.   The ladies decided to sing it because they were so happy being with the group and they wanted to give [...]

Building a better future for South Africa

Help us deliver effective business and leadership through teaching, coaching and mentoring business leaders in emerging communities to achieve their definition of success

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