Vote for Best Innovation Award

Christine 04/08/2021

Campaign name	Short description of campaign	PDF presentation	Additional links	Vote
Best Innovation Award	We are thrilled to submit Bain & Company’s 2023 entry for SAGEA’s Best Innovation award as an active employer of South African graduates. We recognize that our greatest asset is our people, our graduates. Our innovative approach to graduate talent development has not only reshaped our organization but has also set new standards of excellence for attracting, nurturing, and retaining top local talent. Bain’s groundbreaking innovation – upon which this submission is based – is a holistic approach to our South African graduate talent development. We call it the “New SA Graduate Support EcoSystem”. This EcoSystem redefines the traditional employer-graduate relationship by fostering a dynamic, inclusive, and growth-oriented environment that benefits both our organization and the South African graduates we welcome into our firm. We are immensely proud of this recently refreshed EcoSystem tailored specifically for the South African graduate market, and believe it addresses a host of needs that young graduates demand to thrive in their early careers. The EcoSystem has already delivered exciting results, moving Bain & Company closer towards our ambitious goal of being the first choice for top consulting talent in Africa. We hope that SAGEA will review this submission favorably and are optimistic that Bain & Company’s innovative and responsive approach to local graduates will be celebrated, as it was in 2021 when we were honoured to win this award for our market-defining Women Accelerate Programme.	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
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NextGen Young Women’s Competition: Strategy & Transactions	The NGW Competition had the dual focus of increasing our brand awareness with female students and building a pipeline of exceptional future female talent for the Strategy and Transactions business. We promoted the exceptional EY experience for our candidates, from candidate engagement through the competition stage. We value introversion as much as extroversion, collaboration and inclusive leadership as much as a directive style. We looked for quality and demonstrated outputs of connection to community and building a better working world. The candidate criteria is for female South African Citizens in their third year of study to postgraduate level, studying strategy and transaction related courses/ qualifications was well as other EY graduate programmes. The agenda for the event ran over two days and included: Strategy and Transactions overview, skills building session, presentations to the judging panel and a networking session. The SA winner won a cash voucher, a certificate, trophy and a trip to London to compete for the global title and is now a graduate at EY under the Assurance Delivery Network programme. For more information and to watch the South Africa initiative’s wrap-up video visit:	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
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Best Innovation Award	The Santam Graduate Programme: This is a strategic initiative designed and implemented for a leadership pipeline in critical & future fit capabilities, in strategic roles across the Santam Group – its UMAs & Subsidiaries. Its mandate is to identify, source and invest in bright, young and talented men and women. Unemployed individuals that have started with self-development, aiming to be active economic contributors and key players in the South African societal challenges and opportunities. In its construction this Programme is innovative	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
NAV-igate your future	NAV-igate Your Future embodies innovation and personalisation, aligning with the transformation of banking. It positions FNB as a launchpad for graduates, where mentorship, exposure, and real-world challenges help them grow. By showcasing opportunities across AI, robotics, gamification, and data-driven platforms, the campaign reflects how FNB equips graduates to navigate their careers while contributing to innovation that drives both the bank and society forward	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
Tech-Enabled Bursary Admin & Student Success Support Excellence	Excel@Uni is an end-to-end bursary administrator that offers robust wrap-around support for student success. Excel@Uni provides a turnkey solution that entails all elements of the bursary ecosystem. Namely: recruitment, selection, monitoring, documentation, and support for all bursars. We have spent the past 10 years proving bursary admin support for the following types of bursaries: Staff/Employees, HR Talent, CSI, Community-impact (IPPs), and Employee-dependents. We’ve passed all audits for over 30 clients for the above, with a recommendation rating of over 80% by both clients and over 1200+ bursars. We put technology and customer engagement at the centre of our services. We therefore compete effectively against incumbents with 20-40 years industry experience, because they have struggled to innovate and improve their information systems at a similar pace to the one we introduced into the market in 2015. Our efficacy is improved by the fact that we are the only black-youth founded, owned, and managed significant competitor in the sector, with a young team that is best-equipped to understand and engage bursary students more effectively than our competitors. The annual improvements we make to our 3 student management systems were recognised by Google’s Global Founder’s Fund when it recognized us as one of the top 1% black-owned startups in the world (top 40 in Africa). Mila- Weekly student academic & engagement monitoring (for early flagging of risks)- Aura AMs- Application Management system that provides customised application forms and enables the recruitment process from application to automated contracting. SimplyTutors- has evolved into a platform that allows students to book 1-on-1, group & workshop tutoring services. Helping students earn an income; while also allowing funders to easily manage the tutoring budget they make available to students in a very individualised way. Our innovations continue to evolve annually in order to achieve the kind of scale needed to enable a funder as large as NSFAS, while saving smaller bursaries from investing millions in trying to develop non-scalable solutions to the challenges of scholarship management. Our annual system & service innovations have allowed our client to increase the volume of bursars they sponsor by about 5% each year, rather than cutting budgets.	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
CA of the Future Innovation Award	The Deloitte CA of the Future Project is an innovative, skills-enhanced initiative designed in collaboration with South African universities to prepare Chartered Accountants for a rapidly evolving profession. Rooted in the SAICA CA 2025 framework, the program equips students with critical thinking, digital acumen, ethical leadership and integrated thinking skills. Now in its third year, the project has expanded into a national intervarsity competition where top-performing teams compete at Deloitte’s headquarters. Through mentorship, workshops, and real-world business cases, students gain exposure to AI, automation and digital transformation tools while developing teamwork, presentation, and networking skill. The initiative creates shared value for students, universities and Deloitte – enriching curricula, developing future-ready leaders and strengthening the graduate talent pipeline. It is truly innovative and disruptive approach to bridging academia and industry, position Deloitte as a pioneer in shaping the CA of the Future.	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
Deloitte \| CA of the Future Innovation Award	The Deloitte CA of the Future Project is an innovative, skills-enhanced initiative designed in collaboration with South African universities to prepare Chartered Accountants for a rapidly evolving profession. Rooted in the SAICA CA 2025 framework, the program equips students with critical thinking, digital acumen, ethical leadership and integrated thinking skills. Now in its third year, the project has expanded into a national intervarsity competition where top-performing teams compete at Deloitte’s headquarters. Through mentorship, workshops, and real-world business cases, students gain exposure to AI, automation and digital transformation tools while developing teamwork, presentation, and networking skill. The initiative creates shared value for students, universities and Deloitte – enriching curricula, developing future-ready leaders and strengthening the graduate talent pipeline. It is truly innovative and disruptive approach to bridging academia and industry, position Deloitte as a pioneer in shaping the CA of the Future.	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
Tech-Enabled Bursary Admin & Student Success Support Excellence	Excel@Uni is an end-to-end bursary administrator that offers robust wrap-around support for student success. Excel@Uni provides a turnkey solution that entails all elements of the bursary ecosystem. Namely: recruitment, selection, monitoring, documentation, and support for all bursars. We have spent the past 10 years proving bursary admin support for the following types of bursaries: Staff/Employees, HR Talent, CSI, Community-impact (IPPs), and Employee-dependents. We’ve passed all audits for over 30 clients for the above, with a recommendation rating of over 80% by both clients and over 1200+ bursars. We put technology and customer engagement at the centre of our services. We therefore compete effectively against incumbents with 20-40 years industry experience, because they have struggled to innovate and improve their information systems at a similar pace to the one we introduced into the market in 2015. Our efficacy is improved by the fact that we are the only black-youth founded, owned, and managed significant competitor in the sector, with a young team that is best-equipped to understand and engage bursary students more effectively than our competitors. The annual improvements we make to our 3 student management systems were recognised by Google’s Global Founder’s Fund when it recognized us as one of the top 1% black-owned startups in the world (top 40 in Africa). Mila- Weekly student academic & engagement monitoring (for early flagging of risks)- Aura AMs- Application Management system that provides customised application forms and enables the recruitment process from application to automated contracting. SimplyTutors- has evolved into a platform that allows students to book 1-on-1, group & workshop tutoring services. Helping students earn an income; while also allowing funders to easily manage the tutoring budget they make available to students in a very individualised way. Our innovations continue to evolve annually in order to achieve the kind of scale needed to enable a funder as large as NSFAS, while saving smaller bursaries from investing millions in trying to develop non-scalable solutions to the challenges of scholarship management. Our annual system & service innovations have allowed our client to increase the volume of bursars they sponsor by about 5% each year, rather than cutting budgets.	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.
Best Innovation Award	The Santam Graduate Programme: This is a strategic initiative designed and implemented for a leadership pipeline in critical & future fit capabilities, in strategic roles across the Santam Group – its UMAs & Subsidiaries. Its mandate is to identify, source and invest in bright, young and talented men and women. Unemployed individuals that have started with self-development, aiming to be active economic contributors and key players in the South African societal challenges and opportunities. In its construction this Programme is innovative.	View presentation	[60 show=43]	Vote for Best Innovation Award Dynamic If you are human, leave this field blank.