About the AEF – African Excellence Forum

The African Excellence Forum has its roots in the unique value proposition of the Ubuntu Excellence Model (UEF). It was founded in 2018 from a synergy between its two founders, Matome Edmund Modipa and Ed Van Dev Heever. Both have strong track records in performance excellence, but the consolidation of their respective methodologies produced a global-first in culturally-integrated excellence. Wielding the inherent power of humanity in the Ubuntu Excellence Framework attracted the attention of Leon Toissant, the former CEO of EFQM who is considered a founding father of the AEF. Doctors Lucas Moloi and Simeon Materechera joined thereafter, and we encourage you to be next in the continuation of our history.

The AEF is a registered non-profit organization.

Aligned to

UNITED NATIONS
SDG

Accredited by

GLOBAL
EXCELLENCE
COUNCIL

SupportING

AGENDA 2063:
AFRICA
UNION

"Excellence is the result of a sincere effort by those who are motivated."

STRATEGY

Our role in Africa is the facilitation of excellence.

Vision

We see Africa playing a major role in the global economics of the future, so our vision is to facilitate trade or other relations between Africa and the world through independent standards of quality and excellence that embrace humanitarian principles.

Mission

Standardize the measures of quality and performance excellence in an accurate and unbiased way for organizations and human potential across Africa.

Management

EXECUTIVE

Ed Van Den Heever CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Ed's mastery of quality management goes as far back as 1995, when he joined Groman Consulting Group as a director and consulted on TQM (Total Quality Management) at the CSIR, South Africa's national council for scientific research. He founded the South African Excellence Foundation (SAEF) 4 years later and has since been innovating assessment services that blend science, creativity and performance.

Matome E. Modipa CHAIRMAN

Matome holds a master's degree in business and is currently finalizing a doctorate on corporate governance based on Ubuntu. He chairs the finance committee of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) when he's not leading the Sebata Group, which delivers engineering services for capital projects. His experience in performance excellence began with his tenures at Unilever and Eskom, since 1997.

NON-EXECUTIVE

Leon Toissant

Former CEO of EFQM and a founding father of the AEF.

Dr. Christian Forstner

Founder of CFYourAdvantage (Germany).

Dr. Lucas Moloi

President of the Southern African Innovation and Quality Institute (SAIQI).

Dr Simeon Materechera

Professor at University of the North West, South Africa.

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Samuel Bashey

CEO Creative Technology. Cairo, Egypt.

NVNT Consulting

Johannesburg

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We work with consultancies to improve the standards of quality and performance at organizations of any type. As an affiliate of the AEF, you’ll be leveraging our global credibility while being empowered with a unique toolset to start making an impact.