03 / Events in Kimberley

The opportunity
to be seen.

Real people. Real rooms. Real opportunities.
01 Featured event / Kimberley

The
Opportunity
Summit

Theme: Creating Possibilities Together

Date
26 Sept
Venue
Northern Cape Theatre
Host
Our Voice

The Opportunity Summit was a gathering hosted by Our Voice that brought entrepreneurs, creatives, promoters and community members into the same room at the Northern Cape Theatre in Kimberley, with one idea at its centre: creating possibilities together.

It was built to be practical as well as inspiring. Guests learned in masterclasses, joined the conversation in a panel discussion, met people who can open doors, and saw local businesses and artists up close through the exhibition and live performances.

The Opportunity Summit poster with all speakers
A speaker on stage at the Northern Cape Theatre, Kimberley
On stage
“Creating possibilities together.”The theme of The Opportunity Summit
Guests, speakers and the Our Voice team at The Opportunity Summit
Speakers and guests at the Our Voice media wall
At the media wall
The speakers
  • Tshepo GaerupeAuthor and founder of Our Voice
  • Lesedi MahuseMiss Heritage South Africa 2026
  • Tiro MatheDigital marketing & multimedia specialist
  • Charol MabotsaEntrepreneur and community activist
  • Masego PikoEntrepreneur & salon business owner
  • Itumeleng ChakaneSerial entrepreneur and business consultant
  • Kgomotso BessieSocial worker in private practice, entrepreneur & founder of Entrepreneur Wellness Sessions
The programme
  1. Masterclasses
  2. Panel discussion
  3. Networking
  4. Business exhibition
  5. Performances
  6. Information desk
Oratilwe Cocoa Fantisi, master of ceremonies
Master of ceremoniesOratilwe “Cocoa” Fantisi
Danny Got SA, artist
ArtistDanny Got SA
Kgomotso Bessie, speaker
SpeakerKgomotso Bessie
↳ On the day / Northern Cape Theatre
Two guests at the Our Voice media wall
The Our Voice team and speakers together
A guest at the Our Voice and film screening banners
A speaker with a microphone at the Northern Cape Theatre, Kimberley
Four guests at the Our Voice media wall
02 Community film screenings

Film
Screenings

Stories on the big screen, where people already are.

Our Voice film screenings take stories to where people already are, in communities and schools. A banner, a projector and a wall are often all it takes to turn an open space or a classroom into a cinema.

Each screening is about more than the film. It starts a conversation, in communities at dusk and with learners at school, about the issues that matter locally, and it gives people a platform to be seen and heard.

Open-air Our Voice film screening at dusk in a Northern Cape community
Learners at an Our Voice film screening in a classroom
School screening
Panel conversation with local speakers at an Our Voice event
“Telling your stories, unfolding your power.”On the Our Voice film screening banner
03 Writing & workshops
Our Voice Writers' Workshop poster: 26 November 2022, 10:00 AM, Mayibuye Multipurpose Centre, free entry
Our Voice Writing Competition poster: theme social cohesion and nation building
Writing competition

Our Voice
Writers’
Workshop

Using our pen for social cohesion and nation building

Date
26 Nov 2022
Venue
Mayibuye Multipurpose Centre
Entry
Free

Our Voice has also put writing at the centre of its events. The Writers’ Workshop was a free morning session on personal branding, publishing in indigenous languages, and creative writing and performance.

It sat alongside the Our Voice Writing Competition, which invited poems, videos and essays on social cohesion and nation building, in English and Setswana, with no age restriction.

Thank you

Thank you for
joining us.

Thank you to the speakers, performers, exhibitors and everyone who came through. Follow Our Voice to hear about what comes next.

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