DGMT
David, Goliath and half a gig of data
With a third of young South Africans marginalised from work, training and employment opportunities – there are over 8 million young people itching for opportunity. As Shakira Maharaj points out, young people are ready to make the most of what they get. This past weekend was a big one for South Africa – the last […]
Posted on 4 Feb 2019
What it’s really like to be at school in South Africa
As a country, we have committed to greater access to education for all children. The importance of early childhood education (the first five years of a child’s life) to improve children’s capacity to learn and thrive is now firmly on the national agenda. Even the significance of prenatal care is making inroads in our attempt […]
Posted on 26 Nov 2018
DGMT and Primedia launch a massive billboard campaign to support early childhood development
DGMT and Primedia have recently launched one of the country’s largest-ever national outdoor media campaigns, demonstrating the power of early childhood development to change the future of South Africa. The billboard campaign will showcase three large-scale initiatives to prevent nutritional stunting and promote early learning and reading –namely Grow Great, SmartStart and Nal’ibali. It comes […]
Tags: ECD, growgreat, Nal'ibali, Resourceful Young Children, Smartstart
Posted on 11 Oct 2018
Growing Greatness and curbing stunting to unleash children’s full potential
Here’s the thing about motherhood. Not only does it lead to intricate involvement in the wellbeing of your own children, but it also extends that to the children around you. This is evident in the work of Dr Kopano Matlwa Mabaso, who heads the Grow Great Campaign, which aims to bring SA closer to achieving […]
Posted on 28 Sep 2018
Why we need big business to make bold moves and get behind this simple super food
Shoprite recently won public kudos by ‘zero-rating’ Ultrex sanitary pads – essentially selling the brand at cost price. This bold move is exactly what we should expect from private companies facing up to this country’s social and economic inequalities. Although South Africans may not experience the extreme poverty of people in low-income countries, the indignity […]
Posted on 21 Sep 2018
Three key things social innovators must do to truly affect the next 25 years
In this piece, written for City Press in the build-up to the 2018 SA Innovation Summit, DGMT Deputy CEO Janet Jobson, addresses aspiring social innovators as she reflects on key aspects that we must get right to make a lasting impact. 1. Bridge the divides that define South Africa Too often social innovation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_innovation) fixates […]
Posted on 13 Sep 2018
Love, Germs and Skill: Reframing early childhood care and education
In this talk DGMT CEO, Dr David Harrison, shakes up our thinking about early childhood care and education by asking probing questions such as “what is love?” and “how can we harness the power of love to enable children to thrive?” He draws on biology, genetics, chemistry and history to bring us closer to answering […]
Posted on 6 Aug 2018
Portfolio References
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Posted on 1 Sep 2014
DGMT’s Theory of Change
How can we make a dynamic and fundamental impact on the lives of people in South Africa? As a grant-making foundation, the answer seems quite obvious: “By funding good projects”. Yet the common story of the donor world is that the initial excitement about great project proposals is often followed by disappointment as they fail […]
Posted on 1 Sep 2014
