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_ Barloworld to Host TechnoServe Leadership Seminar in South Africa

Barloworld, the international industrial brand management company based in Johannesburg, has joined forces with TechnoServe to help sponsor a four-day leadership seminar in South Africa from October 9-13. Barloworld is generously donating the use of its conference facilities near Pilgrim's Rest, in the province of Mpumalanga.

This is the latest in a series of conferences and seminars that TechnoServe is holding in collaboration with the Aspen Institute and local business leaders in Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa. The purpose of these gatherings is to encourage emerging business leaders in Africa to play a more active role in promoting equitable social and economic development in their countries. Sixteen leaders drawn from across South Africa's business, government and non-profit sectors will participate in the October event, which is patterned after the "Executive Seminar" of the Aspen Institute.

Through reading and discussing selections from the works of classic and modern writers -- including Aristotle, Rachel Carson, Lee Kwan Yew and Julius Nyerere -- it is hoped that these leaders will deepen their understanding of what constitutes "a good society" and renew their resolve to help create one in their own country. The seminar will be co-moderated by Keith Berwick -- Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program, an advanced leadership development program for high-achieving young executives and professionals -- and Peter A. Reiling, TechnoServe's President and CEO and a 1998 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. TechnoServe/Aspen's local partner in the Initiative is Isaac Shongwe, Chairman of the Letsema Foundation and a 2002 Henry Crown Fellow.

"We are supporting this initiative because we believe that fostering the right kind of leadership is a key element in the future success of South Africa," said Mark Drewell, Head of Corporate Communications at Barloworld.

This South Africa seminar will lay the foundation for the 2003 launch of TechnoServe's Africa Leadership Initiative there. Designed to develop the next generation of community-spirited leaders in Africa, the Africa Leadership Initiative is already underway in Ghana and East Africa.

Barloworld's in-kind donation is valued at nearly $30,000. Barloworld joins the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the West Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development and others in supporting the Africa Leadership Initiative.

For more information, please contact:
Mara Neville, TechnoServe's Manager of Communications, at (203) 852-7227, ext. 215 or click here.

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