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About
Founded in Cape Town South Africa, the Institute for Black Progressive Commerce (IBPC) is a Black womxn-led think & do tank. IBPC works with unheralded communities, businesses, organisations, and individuals to achieve and aspire their self-determination through forging communities of practice, strengthening intersectional evaluation methods, creating equity through entrepreneurship, and encouraging economic equity from within. IBPC co-designs wealth and power building efforts that directly invest in our workforce, support meaningful data collection informed by intersectional research approaches, and helps build thoughtful community-led projects that enforce values that put people at the centre.
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Mission
To fortify organisations through developing sustainable commerce, dynamic inclusivity and representation, equitable job creation and accessibility globally.
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Vision
Democratising the global economy with equitable and harmonious systems that centre the health of society and the planet.
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Values
Autonomy
Equal Equity
Self Determination
ABOUT
Founded in Cape Town South Africa, as the Institute for Black Progressive Commerce (IBPC) in 2018, has since evolved into The Afro Renaissance Consortium (Afro RC) is a Black womxn-led think & do tank. Afro RC works with unheralded communities, businesses, organisations, and individuals to achieve and aspire their self-determination through forging communities of practice, strengthening intersectional evaluation methods, creating equity through entrepreneurship, and encouraging economic equity from within. Afro RC co-designs wealth and power building efforts that directly invest in our workforce, support meaningful data collection informed by intersectional research approaches, and helps build thoughtful community-led projects that enforce values that put people at the centre.
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Mission
To fortify organisations through developing sustainable commerce, dynamic inclusivity and representation, equitable job creation and accessibility globally.
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Vision
Democratising the global economy with equitable and harmonious systems that centre the health of society and the planet.
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Values
Autonomy
Equal Equity
Self Determination
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Honesty
ButtonThe Network and its governance will promote facts with transparency and quantifiable truth with the goal of serving the well-being of all humans.
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Representation
ButtonAmplifying voices and holding space to learn about one another, understand difference, and grow to recognise our humanity through all of our differences and that there is room for everyone to belong.
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Sustainability
ButtonWe will reduce resource consumption and consider the primary and secondary impacts of our actions.
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Humility
ButtonWe are aware that we don’t know everything, govern and run in humility and service to others without shame while recognising that not everyone starts in the same place, but our liberation is dependant on one another. No one is free until we are all free.
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Civic Responsibility
ButtonThe Network exists because we all participate in its development and success. We are responsible for The Network, our community and the wider ecosphere.
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Adaptability
ButtonThe Network shall be governed in an adaptive and flexible way that is in harmony with all the aforementioned principles.
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Accountability
ButtonWe recognise that with Self-determination and autonomy comes accountability--we own up to our actions with responsibility and accountability.
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Excellence
ButtonWe do our best and when we know better, we do better.
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Honesty
ButtonThe Network and its governance will promote facts with transparency and quantifiable truth with the goal of serving the well-being of all humans.
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Representation
ButtonAmplifying voices and holding space to learn about one another, understand difference, and grow to recognise our humanity through all of our differences and that there is room for everyone to belong.
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Sustainability
ButtonWe will reduce resource consumption and consider the primary and secondary impacts of our actions.
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Humility
ButtonWe are aware that we don’t know everything, govern and run in humility and service to others without shame while recognising that not everyone starts in the same place, but our liberation is dependant on one another. No one is free until we are all free.
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Civic Responsibility
ButtonThe Network exists because we all participate in its development and success. We are responsible for The Network, our community and the wider ecosphere.
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Adaptability
ButtonThe Network shall be governed in an adaptive and flexible way that is in harmony with all the aforementioned principles.
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Accountability
ButtonWe recognise that with Self-determination and autonomy comes accountability--we own up to our actions with responsibility and accountability.
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Excellence
ButtonWe do our best and when we know better, we do better.
The Afro Renaissance Consortium (Afro RC) is the first Black global accelerator to launch in South Africa, Afro RC is a social impact-driven program helping startups from around the world cross borders - from the world into Black South Africa and from Black South Africa into the world. Founded, driven, and lead in equity by Black womxn.
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