By working with and assisting governments across the continent, [the Brenthurst Foundation] has found the real means to put actions to their goal of strengthening Africa's economic performance.

Mr JG Zuma
President of the Republic of South Africa

The Foundation has made a positive and dramatic impact about the way the international community thinks about Africa and African development

Erastus Mwencha
Deputy Chairperson
African Union Commission

The Foundation is able to access remarkable international talents in providing the means to transform our economies.

His Majesty King Letsie III
of the Kingdom of Lesotho

[The Foundation's] international standing is considerable and continues to grow; it is patently good for Africa but its helpful influence already extends well beyond the African continent.

General Sir David Richards
Chief of the Defence Staff
UK Armed Forces

Bringing together some of the top business minds in the world in its annual meeting, and with the Brenthurst Foundation as its secretarial and analytical heart, the PIAB [Presidential International Advisory Board] has contributed invaluably to expanding our development options by offering fresh policy initiatives.

Armando Emilio Guebuza
President of the Republic of Mozambique

The Foundation shows what is possible, how challenges can be met if we work together.

Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President of the Republic of Liberia
Nobel Peace Prize 2011

The Chinese Academy for Social Sciences and the Brenthurst Foundation have enjoyed a most fruitful cooperation, especially around setting up the path-breaking Africa-China-US Trilateral Dialogue. [It] illustrated how, with a mindset of collaboration rather than competition, we can work together on developmental issues to mutual advantage.

Yang Guang
Professor and Director-General, Institute of West-Asian and African Studies
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The Foundation's methodology - its identification and application of global best practices and expertise - is both pragmatic and useful.

His Excellency Paul Kagame
President of the Republic of Rwanda

The Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung has been actively involved with the Foundation since its inception. [It] not only plays a role as a generator of novel ideas, but is focused on finding the means to make a practical difference to the lives of its African constituents.

Dr Gerhard Wahlers
Deputy Secretary General
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

The goals of the Brenthurst Foundation are vital to the development of Africa. The active involvement of Latin American scholars and policy-makers in Brenthurst's work, and its affiliation with INCAE, our region's leading business school and think-tank, is a welcome bridge between our continents, which face similar challenges but rarely share knowledge and experience.

Oscar Arias Sanchez
President of Costa Rica
Nobel Peace Prize 1987

Brenthurst brings together thinkers and practitioners, governments and private sectors, Africans and non-Africans to dissect the big issues facing Africa today and to understand better Africa's global connectedness.

Ambassador William M Bellamy (retd)
Director, Africa Centre for Strategic Studies
Washington DC, USA

The Foundation has conveyed itself across Africa… leveraging its international resources, to assist all in our shared goal of ensuring a better life for our people.

Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
Prime Minister, Republic of Zimbabwe