Brightest Young Minds

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

We are grateful to all of our delegates and speakers that attended our 2022 Feed the Future Summit! The energy and collaboration have left us inspired.

Please stay connected and watch this space!

We did it Joe 🥹

BYM Feed the Future delegates

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Our wonderful delegates!

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Some of the BYM team for todays event

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Ms Diana Gamba from Standard Bank informing everyone of One Farm Share - Farm to Fork

The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Mokete Moetela ()

More information on the summit will be popping up throughout the next few weeks.

The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Zenzo Chakara ()

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The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Kathleen Huang ()

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The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Magon Mouton ()

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The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Maricia Smith ()

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The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Anthea Lott ()

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The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Ayanda Mvandaba ()

More information on the summit will be popping up throughout the next few weeks.

The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Siphathisiwe Sibanda or Phathi ()

More information on the summit will be popping up throughout the next few weeks.

The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Bubu Buna (CEO and Co-Founder of )

More information on the summit will be popping up throughout the next few weeks.

The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Courtney Gehle ()

More information on the summit will be popping up throughout the next few weeks.

The team behind the BYM Summit 2022:
Elisabeth Makumbi ()

More information on the summit will be popping up throughout the next few weeks.

Watch this space for the speaker announcements next week!

Depending on your time zone you have a few more hours left to apply before we close the application portal!

Thank you immensely to everyone who has applied to date.

ONLY TWO DAYS TO GO!

We have received a wave of applications- is yours included?

Have you applied yet?

Closing date is Friday, 4 November 2022.

Link to application is here: https://www.bym.co.za

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Hear from one of our past BYMers on how the event shaped their future prospects and perspectives:

The BYM was not just a summit. The whole process reaffirmed a sense of self-worth that was awakening in me. From reading the posters, to the interview, the selection letter, and finally the actual summit, the full journey was memorable.

As a refugee, the BYM not only opened my eyes to the big wide world while I still believed it was for others and I was an outsider, it also offered me a deep sense of connection to South Africa, and the reality that it is a solid spring board for me to become all I wanted to become in the world. I could dare believe.

And at the BYM Summit, I wasn't just observing. I was one with all. At the same dinner table as the actual leaders of South Africa in various sectors. And there, crucially, the nucleus of what became my massive social capital was formed. Until now, almost 17 years later, I can still feel the irreversible impact of the BYM Summit on my evolution. ()

Have you applied yet? Are you:

1. Between the ages of 18-35?
2. Creating a social impact that is generating tangible change in your community
3. Interested or working in sustainable development particularly between the nexus of food, waste and energy?

If so, we cannot wait to host you with the UN World Food Program at our annual BYM event scheduled for 2 December 2022 in JHB.

Apply today.

Have you started your application for the 2022 BYM Feed the Future event scheduled for 2 December 2022 in JHB (not funded)?

Happy heritage day South Africa!

Send us a DM or drop a name below if you are astute in fundraising and can provide invaluable tips to our BYM 2022 cohort

We want you to speak at our next summit! Send us a DM!

Let’s remember to honor the role the youth played in the fight for freedom in South Africa and commemorate their lives and mourn those that were lost.