EGoli, ithimba labacabangisisayo elaziwa ngokuthi iBrenthurst Foundation liyagqama, elasungulwa ngo-2004 umndeni onamandla wakwa-Oppenheimer. Ukudalwa kwayo kwaphawula ukuqala komzamo ohlangene woku ikheli Isimo somnotho wase-Afrika, sakhela phezu kwesisekelo esabekwa yi-Brenthurst Initiative eyethulwa ngo-2003. Lesi sinyathelo sasusa izingxoxo eNingizimu Afrika yonkana mayelana namasu enqubomgomo akwazi ukuqhubekisela izwe emazingeni aphezulu okukhula komnotho.

Umgomo kanye Nomphumela

Emgogodleni wayo, i-Brenthurst Foundation ifuna ukwandisa amandla ayo kulo lonke izwekazi lase-Afrika, ihlose ukuheha ukutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile ekuvuselelweni nasekuchumeni kwezwekazi. Imisebenzi yenhlangano ihlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo eziningi, kusukela ekumiseni izinhlaka zenqubomgomo ezikhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa komnotho ukuya ekubambeni izingxoxo ezisezingeni eliphezulu nezikhulu zikahulumeni. Iyaziwa ngokuzibophezela kwayo ekuguquleni umlando wezomnotho wase-Afrika, ukubeka izwekazi njengebamba elibalulekile esiteji somhlaba ngezeluleko ezisebenzayo zenqubomgomo kanye nocwaningo lwamasu ezindabeni ezicindezelayo zezomnotho nezepolitiki.

Isisekelo senze uphawu lwaso emazweni ahlukahlukene ase-Afrika, okuhlanganisa kodwa kungagcini nje ngeGhana, Zambia, Kenya, kanye neRwanda, ezibamba iqhaza ezindimeni ezehlukene ezeseka uhambo oluyingqayizivele lwezwe ngalinye olubheke ekuthuthukisweni komnotho.

Ukuhlanganisa Ulwazi Ngohambo Lokufunda

Isici esiphawulekayo somsebenzi we-Brenthurst Foundation inhlangano yokuvakasha kocwaningo lwenqubomgomo. Lolu hambo luhlose ukucwilisa abenzi benqubomgomo nabagqugquzeli base-Afrika ezindaweni ezibonisa 'imikhuba emihle' yentuthuko. Izikhulu ezisezikhundleni eziphezulu, kwesinye isikhathi ngisho nondunankulu, ziye zabamba iqhaza kulolu hambo, oseludlulele emazwenikazi, zivakashela amazwe anenqubomgomo eyisibonelo yokubusa nezomnotho njengeVietnam, Singapore, kanye neMorocco.

“I-Foundation ishicilela izindatshana ze-op-ed namaphepha ezingxoxo ezindabeni eziphathelene nokukhula nokuphepha futhi isingatha imisebenzi yokuqapha ukhetho e-Afrika. Iphinde yenza izinhlolovo zemibono ezindabeni ezibalulekile zenqubomgomo kanye nesimo sengqondo sokhetho.”

I-Advisory Powerhouse

Ibhodi Lokweluleka I-Brenthurst Foundation Advisory Board iqukethe inani lezikhulu zikahulumeni eziqavile neziphawulekayo, izifundiswa, nabaholi bamabhizinisi. Iholwa ngu-Olusegun Obasanjo, owayenguMongameli waseNigeria.

Amanye amalungu eBhodi afaka:

• Jonathan Oppenheimer, uMqondisi weSisekelo
• UDkt Greg Mills, iPhini likaSihlalo weKhomishini kuNhlangano Yamazwe ase-Afrika
• U-Erastus Mwencha, owayenguNdunankulu wase-Ethiopia u-Hailemariam Desalegn
• Owake waba nguMongameli waseLiberia kanye noMhlomuli kaNobel u-Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
• USolwazi INCAE Alberto Trejos
• OwayenguNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho e-Argentina u-Alfonso de Prat Gay
• Umeluleki ka-HM King Mohammed VI e-Morocco u-André Azoulay
• Usopolitiki wamaGreki kanye Nomfanekiso Womphakathi u-Anna Diamantopoulou
• Ilungu LoMkhandlu Kamongameli Wamalungelo Amancane eSingapore uBarry Desker
• Owayengumongameli waseSierra Leone u-Ernest Bai Koroma
• OwayeyiNxusa laseColombia e-United States uJuan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
• Uzakwethu Ophethe we-Africa Legal Network u-Karim Anjarwalla
• OwayenguMongameli waseNingizimu Afrika Kgalema Motlanthe
• OwayeyiPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezezimali eNingizimu Afrika Mcebisi Jonas
• OwayeyiNhloko Yezokuvikela e-United Kingdom u-Nick Carter
• Owake waba nguSihlalo we-United States of Joint Chiefs of Staff uRichard Myers
• OwayenguNobhala Wombuso Wezokuthuthukiswa Kwamazwe Ngamazwe wase-United Kingdom u-Rory Stewart
• Inxusa Lombuso waseDenmark eNingizimu Afrika uTorben Brylle.

Ifa Lezincwadi Ezihlakaniphile

Kusukela yasungulwa, isisekelo sikhiqize ingcebo yezincwadi ezidingida izindaba ezibalulekile zomhlaba wonke nezwekazi:

• Egameni Labantu: I-Populism Iwuhlanganisa Kanjani Umhlaba (Okthoba 2022)
• Izinketho ezingcono: Ukuqinisekisa Ikusasa LaseNingizimu Afrika (Septhemba 2022)
• I-Ledger: Ukubalwa Kwezimali Ngokuhluleka e-Afghanistan (Disemba 2021)
• Ubumpofu Obubizayo: Kungani Usizo Luhluleka nokuthi Lungasebenza Kanjani (Okthoba 2021)
• I-Asian Aspiration: Kungani Futhi I-Afrika Kufanele Ilingise I-Asia (March 2020)
• Izimpawu Ezibalulekile: Ukuphepha Kwezempilo eNingizimu Afrika (Januwari 2020)
• Intando Yeningi Iyasebenza: Ukuhlanganisa Kabusha Ipolitiki Enzuzweni Ye-Afrika (Januwari 2019)
• Ukwenza I-Afrika Isebenze: Incwadi Yempumelelo Yezomnotho (May 2017)
• Mhlawumbe Okukhulu? I-Colombia: Izingxabano nokuhlangana (Novemba 2015)
• Indlela INingizimu Afrika Esebenza Ngayo - Futhi Kufanele Yenze Kangcono (March 2015)
• Kungani Amazwe Alulama: Ukuguqula Imiphakathi Ehambayo Ibe Izizwe Eziphumelelayo, isuka e-Afghanistan iye eZimbabwe (Okthoba 2014)
• I-Somalia – Ilungisa Isifunda Esehluleke Kakhulu e-Afrika (March 2013)
• Inkululeko Yesithathu Yase-Afrika (Novemba 2012)
• Emgqeni Wephutha: Ukulawula Ukungezwani Nokwehlukana Phakathi Kwemiphakathi (March 2012)
• Kungani i-Afrika Impofu: Futhi Yini ama-Afrika Angayenza Ngayo (Januwari 2012)
• Ukunqoba Phakathi Kwabantu: Izifundo Ezivela Ekulwisaneni Nokuvukela kanye Nokuzinzisa Izifunda Ezintekenteke (February 2011)
• Ukusuka e-Afrika kuya e-Afghanistan: NoRichards kanye ne-NATO ukuya eKabul (August 2007)
• Amazwe Amakhulu ase-Afrika: Angola, DRC, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan (November 2006)

Ngokushicilelwa kwayo okunomthelela, izingxoxo ezisezingeni eliphezulu, kanye nocwaningo lwangempela, i-Brenthurst Foundation iyaqhubeka nokuba yisibani solwazi kanye noshintsho ekusebenzeni komnotho wase-Afrika. Ayimi nje njengethangi lokucabanga kodwa njengamandla okuvuselelwa kabusha kwezwekazi, icindezela imingcele yalokho okungenzeka ekuchumeni kwe-Afrika kanye nabantu bayo.