AllWorld Network

AllWorld Network’s objective is to create the largest entrepreneurship and information network in the world, and to accelerate entrepreneurial potential.  We do this by developing an annual list of the fastest growing emerging companies in each region. The South Africa Fast Growth 100 (SAFG 100) list provides a window into those areas where the country is most innovative and best positioned to create jobs.  The winning companies become models of success that inspire others to follow – and benefit from media exposure, business opportunities and connections to a global network of other fast growth entrepreneurs, partners, suppliers and investors.  Finding these companies across industries and different parts of the country is a significant undertaking, and AllWorld Network relies on a network of nominating partners who have links to the entrepreneurial and business community.  These partners play a pivotal role in identifying suitable candidates for the SAFG 100, and motivating their application to the programme.  The SAFG 100 programme is partnered by Endeavor SA, the United Nations Office for Partnerships, Harvard Kennedy School and the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU).

As a nominating partner of the SAFG 100 in its inaugural year, CGF Research Institute (Pty) Ltd has helped to identify some of the country’s entrepreneurial heroes who are driving the country’s next economy.  Well-known Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter is the Chair of the AllWorld Advisory Board, which also includes George M. Gendron, founding editor-in-chief of Inc.  Magazine and founder of the Inc. 500 list.
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BarrySpitz.com

CGF Research Institute and The BarrySpitz.Com World Services has strategically aligned their informational services and products to be able to offer their respective clients the best of both worlds.  The BarrySpitz.Com World Services, FactFinder and MasterGuide, provides informational guides, checklists and tools vis-à-vis tax havens and treaties, exchange control, financial compliance, international tax planning, offshore trusts and is a perfect match for CGF’s constituents who require this type of information.  BarrySpitz.com World Services provides the right information, at the right time, right profile level and at the right place.  Clients in the financial services, retail, manufacture and mining are all typical interested parties of these services.  The information and the services applies in almost any circumstance, be these for large or small companies, local or international – the information is useful for business, as well as for personal use.
The companies are delighted with the opportunity to work more closely with each other, in order to provide much needed business information to each others clients.
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BEESA

CGF is pleased to be associated with the BEESA Group of companies, such where the benefits they provide regarding numerous BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) services will greatly serve the needs of our clients and constituents.  BEESA’s combined 30 years of transformation experience is evident in their commitment to promote economic growth within South Africa.  Their products and services are specifically designed to be sustainable, catering for all business sizes and circumstances.  BEESA have comprehensive, best practice solutions and services which cover, amongst other; BEE consulting, BEE portal information, BEE training and conferencing, BEE programme management, BEE preparation for exempt certification, specialized Enterprise Development consulting and fund management programmes, BEE certificate tools, as well as a BEE networking platform for BEE Practitioners.
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CSI Solutions

CGF is proud to be associated with CSI Solutions (Pty) Ltd, the publishers of The CSI Toolkit and specialists in Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiatives. CSI Solutions have earned a fine reputation by providing their clients creative CSI solutions by tackling development through engaging and managing stakeholder’s expectations.  CSI Solutions is a company with real passion for the development of South Africa - their CSI Toolkit is the first publication of its kind in South Africa and provides invaluable information on the CSI process, from developing a strategy to identifying, planning, managing and exiting community development projects.

The development of The CSI Toolkit involved a collaborative research process that included interviews with 100 major players in the CSI field.  Based on this, The CSI Toolkit provides information around impact, sustainability, partnerships, social facilitation, capacity building and communicating your CSI activities.  It encourages practitioners to actively engage in the process, learn from experiences and make the most informed decisions to develop sustainable projects.
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Human Capital Institute Africa

Human Capital Institute Africa is a think tank, educator and professional association dedicated to the advancement of strategic human capital and talent management practices for individuals and organizations.  Its purpose is to help companies become talented places to work for. Human Capital Institute Africa firmly believes that companies that work towards becoming talented places to work for collectively contribute to South Africa standing out from the crowd in a globally competitive business environment. Human Capital Institute Africa’s members share the conviction that talent is the only sustainable competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy, and are moving rapidly to transform their organisations in concert with new services, technology and solution providers. Since 2006, the organisation has been recognised as a consistent provider of innovative, and thought provoking summits and educational offerings in the Human Capital & Talent space.  Building on that success, Human Capital Institute Africa have embarked on an ongoing 'repurposing' exercise to distinguish itself as a company membership organisation. The organisation offers a range of products and services that empower and enable CEOs, executives, line managers and HR professionals to more easily assume their talent management roles.
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Institute for International Research (IIR)

CGF has worked with the Institute for International Research (IIR) in South Africa for a few years and we are proud to be associated as strategic partners, thereby enhancing each others value chain and bringing greater value to our respective markets and its customers.  Our respective values and beginnings are similar; IIR was originally founded as a newsletter company in 1973. They quickly built on their research and thought leadership capabilities and in the process, expanded rapidly to become the world’s leading knowledge and skills transfer company.  Today, IIR has a global network of 48 companies and 113 operating units.  Each year, IIR provide over 650,000 business executives with knowledge and skills through training, conferences, seminars, e-Learning, blended solutions, publications, exhibitions, consulting and mentoring.  Both CGF and IIR understand the fact that in a modern day, technologically complex world, the business boundaries are rapidly decreasing.  Accordingly, it is clear that the only sustainable form of competitive advantage is intellectual capital. CGF and IIR share a passionate belief in the power of effective knowledge and skills transfer to optimise an organisation's intellectual capital. To this end and in support of IIR’s successes, they have consistently delivered the right solutions at the right time to their clients for almost three decades.
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International Federation of Business and Professional Women - South Africa (BPW)

The International Federation of Business and Professional Women - South Africa (BPW) is a branch of The International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW) which was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 26, 1930, on the initiative of Dr Lena Madesin Phillips.  As President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of the United States of America, she organised several "Goodwill Tours" to Europe in 1928 and 1929.  Hundreds of American women participated in these tours with the purpose of meeting business and professional women in Europe and promoting affiliation with them.  The founding member countries of the international federation were Austria, Canada, France, Great Britain, Italy and the United States of America.

The International Federation of Business and Professional Women is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has had Consultative Status with the United Nations through the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 1947.  At present there are a total of twenty-one members serving as representatives of IFBPW at the United Nations and its subsidiary organs, specialized agencies and related organizations.  Today the International Federation of Business and Professional Women is also called BPW International, and a branch has now been established in South Africa.  BPW affiliates contribute to society by enabling women to sustain themselves economically. In addition, BPW offers personal development programs for members such as mentoring, leadership training and e-Business training.  Since 1996, BPW affiliates worldwide have helped over 45,000 women to become economically empowered.
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Palladium Strategy Consultants

CGF Research Institute is pleased to be associated with Palladium -- a new generation Black Economic Empowered strategic consulting firm -- who partner blue-chip clients in the insurance, manufacturing, mining, banking, agricultural, utilities and telecommunications sectors.  Through the years, Palladium has established firm credentials, assisting their clients to formulate and implement critical decisions on strategy, operations, technology and organisational design and structure.

Their independence and autonomy has allowed them furthermore to provide critical, yet pragmatic solutions for sound governance structures, whilst also assisting in board and executive management consulting and assessments. Moreover, as a tier one consulting firm, Palladium has a focus on strategic ICT and specifically the leveraging of IT to meet business needs.
Palladium has earned its high reputation through its thought leadership and service of the highest standard, incorporating an uncompromising set of values. 
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Proudly South African (PSA)

As a South African company, CGF is proud to be a strategic partner with the Proudly South African campaign, supported by over 1,800 members. The campaign is aimed at promoting South African companies, quality products and services, which are helping create jobs and economic growth in our country. Proudly South African campaign is an initiative of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) and is supported by organised business, organised labour, government and the community.
Accordingly, CGF undertakes to provide its users the highest quality of products and services which meet the stringent criteria set by the Proudly South Africa campaign.
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Sabinet Online

CGF Research Institute is pleased to be associated with Sabinet Online Ltd, a company with a sound track record of 25 years, and who have pioneered and become an established leader in the facilitation of high-level access to trusted electronic information. Sabinet’s clients include public and private organisations, as well as academic institutions in South Africa, the USA and the rest of Africa. Their services are characterised by global partnerships and information best practices that straddle the physical and electronic worlds.  CGF is most excited with this association in that our constituents will be able to leverage the skills of Sabinet’s expertise vis-à-vis their ability to provide quick access to the rapidly changing legislation in South Africa, providing a full spectrum of legal information - from Bill tracking to gazettes and South African statutes.
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Terrapinn

CGF is pleased to be strategically associated with Terrapinn South Africa.  Terrapinn is an international business media company. Their products include, inter alia; trade exhibitions, conferences, training solutions and electronic and print publications. Terrapinn owns a portfolio of business-to-business brands. The company was established in Sydney, Australia in 1987 and now operates throughout the world from a network of offices in Sydney, Singapore, Johannesburg, New York, London and Dubai.  Terrapinn SA hosts strategic events in the major sectors; energy and resources, transport, telecoms and finance. In order to encourage business and trade in Africa, Terrapinn strives to engage partners locally and internationally.
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The People Business Group (TPBG)

CGF has a strategic partnership with TPBG. TPBG is a professional Broad Based Black Economic Empowered company specialising in the development and advancement of people in business and have been in operation since 1988. Focusing solely on the niche market of enabling and developing people, TPBG has consistently maintained standards of excellence and professionalism, in each of their complementary lines of work. TPBG has developed a selection of programmes designed to build up professional and practical skills within the South African business arena. Their approach is exact, believing that effective people management and leadership are highly sought after professional skills and it is in the interest of all participants to have facts, theory, practical methodologies and professional support in the implementation of these disciplines within the organisation.
TPBG were awarded the CSA/ITA Service Quality Award, including the Impumelelo Top 300 Empowerment Companies Certificate in 2001, 2003/2004 and 2005/2006 and again for 2007/2008. The company is a proud member of the Proudly South African campaign, as well as being Services SETA accredited.
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The Training Room Online

The Training Room Online and CGF Research Institute have created a strategic alliance based on the delivery of quality online corporate governance media and information. The Training Room Online offers clients a blend of leading edge learning management technology and best of breed media content to deliver clear and concise training objectives.  Whether the messages are short videos or an entire course with assessments and reporting functionality, The Training Room Online will design that content and assist you to develop the best way to deliver that content to learners, clients and staff.

Research carried out at Stanford University in the United States has shown that the success rate of learners in an online environment is at least 25% higher than learners in a classroom environment only. The Training Room Online has found that e-learning is a powerful and easy to use method for assisting people to develop their skills and knowledge. The Training Room Online is proud to be working with CGF to deliver overviews of corporate governance reports in video format.
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Transcend

CGF has had a long standing business relationship with the directors of Transcend Corporate Advisors; an advisory firm who offer social responsibility, transformation and economic development solutions to corporate clients, both at a national and international levels.  Their specialist consultants focus on aiding clients to develop and communicate a strategic, value-based view of social responsibility and socio-economic empowerment. Whilst their services were historically only focused around Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) in South Africa, since 2008 Transcend’s services now also includes solutions to address the challenges of carrying out successful and value-adding corporate empowerment, transformation and  sustainability programmes.  These business solutions extend to specialist training (public and in-house), monitoring and evaluation tools (off-the-shelf and customised), implementation support, scenario planning and context briefings and strategy development.
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Woodburn Mann (Pty) Limited

Woodburn Mann (Pty) Limited is a leading Executive Talent Management Consultancy in Southern Africa and has been in operation since 1982.  Through an alliance with Korn/Ferry International, Woodburn Mann is able to extend its activities and to provide a broader service to multinational clients on a global basis.  Korn/Ferry International is the world’s premier provider of executive talent management solutions and is in its 41st year of operation with offices in 80 centres and 40 countries, employing over 2 200 staff, conducting more than 13 000 senior level searches worldwide each year for client companies.  Korn/Ferry International has developed the industry's most extensive executive database which is in excess of 5 million candidates and is a proprietary tool that evaluates and validates candidates' fit with client organisations.

Woodburn Mann has direct access, through an alliance with Korn/Ferry International, to their worldwide offices should a client require a search to be undertaken internationally to find the best person available for their needs. Woodburn Mann has built up a reputation for quality and service excellence by assisting companies to put in place exceptional individuals and systems, to ensure their companies’ success. The client base consists of astute decision-makers in many of the world’s top ranked companies. In Southern Africa, Woodburn Mann offers consulting services that address the key talent management needs of major organisations; the appointment, evaluation and development of world class, globally competitive executive talent. A hallmark of Woodburn Mann is that it is able to view an organisation from a holistic point of view, using a well-qualified multi-disciplinary team approach. Strategic alliances with organisations that provide specialist synergistic services, augment those provided from Woodburn Mann’s internal resources.
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