B Corp: “Best For The World” LifeCo UnLtd South Africa, a Certified B Corporation, has been named a Best For The World honoree in recognition of their company’s exemplary positive impact on the environment, their workforce, their local communities, their suppliers, their customers, and their corporate governance.
In 2008 Pat DS Pillai became an Ashoka
Fellow for the work of LifeCo. Ashoka Fellows are the world’s leading social
entrepreneurs. They champion innovative new ideas that transform society’s systems,
providing benefits for everyone and improving the lives of millions of people.
Boogertman + Partners are proud to have been chosen as the Firm of the Year – Architecture 2018/2019 in the recent South African Professional Services Awards (SAPSA) 2019 Awards.
LifeCo UnLtd invested in Boogertman + Partners in 2011.
Creating Opportunity for South Africa’s Youth (COSY) aims to enable young people, particularly young women, in rural and semi-rural areas to be more active agents in achieving sustainable growth in South Africa by building their capacity to become entrepreneurs and by increasing their employability.
The Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (GESS) is a seven-day programme of the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie organized in cooperation with six leading university-based entrepreneurship centers in Munich, Shanghai, Mexico City and Cape Town. GESS works on the UN Sustainable Development Goals aiming to empower students to become young responsible leaders who create positive change in our society.
In partnership with Ashoka Africa, LifeCo UnLtd worked with 4 schools in KwaZulu Natal, offering the schools strategic engagement opportunities to amplify their learners’ and teachers changemaking skills.