Building Resilience Through Innovation: GrowZA’s Social Entrepreneurship Masterclass with King’s College London

We’re happy to announce that King’s College London has invited Craig Kensley, Executive Director of GrowZA, to host a Social Entrepreneurship Masterclass in January 2025 for a select group of 20 MBA students visiting South Africa. This invitation represents a powerful meeting point between two institutions committed to fostering leadership, innovation, and social impact.

A Shared Language of Global Impact

King’s College London is renowned for its global reach and commitment to nurturing leaders who drive positive change. Voted as one of the world’s most globally connected universities, its MBA students bring with them a unique blend of academic excellence, diverse perspectives, and a passion for solving real-world challenges.

In Craig Kensley, they’ll meet a development thinker whose approach to social entrepreneurship blends systems thinking, community engagement, and adaptive capacity—anchored in tangible successes across water stewardship, renewable energy, and education. The masterclass promises to be a dynamic exchange of ideas, showcasing GrowZA’s ability to translate complex challenges into innovative, scalable solutions.

Masterclass Highlights: Turning Purpose into Practice

Craig’s session will be an interactive exploration of what it means to lead in a world shaped by uncertainty, urgency, and opportunity.

Key elements include:

Just Transition: A deep dive into GrowZA’s role in renewable energy projects, exploring how adaptive leadership enables communities to benefit from the just energy transition.

Adaptive Capacity: Practical frameworks for creating sustainable enterprises that thrive in complex and shifting environments.

Real-World Impact Sprints: An opportunity for participants to test their problem-solving skills by addressing local challenges using ESG-aligned principles.

This masterclass is a space where future global leaders can build a shared language of impact— one that connects environmental, social, and governance goals to real social innovation.

At GrowZA, we believe that fostering partnerships between academic institutions, businesses, and community organizations is essential to driving systemic change. If your team or institution is looking for fresh insights, innovative strategies, and talks that connect leadership with sustainable impact, we’d love to collaborate.

Together, we can grow adaptive capacity, elevate ESG thinking, and design for a future where community agency is the catalyst for lasting change.

This is how we #GrowZA