{"id":265251,"date":"2025-11-11T09:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T10:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/?p=265251"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:02:48","slug":"renowned-economist-prof-jeffrey-sachs-headlines-unisas-founders-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/builder\/renowned-economist-prof-jeffrey-sachs-headlines-unisas-founders-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned economist Prof Jeffrey Sachs headlines Unisa\u2019s Founders Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Invitation-Renowned Economist Prof Jeffrey Sachs headlines Unisa\u2019s Founders Lecture<\/b><\/p>\n

The University of South Africa (Unisa) will hold the 2025 Founders\u2019 Lecture and Gala Dinner at its main campus in Pretoria on Thursday, 20 November 2025, hosted by the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, <\/span>Professor Puleng LenkaBula<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since its inception in 2004, the Founders\u2019 Lecture has grown to become one of Unisa\u2019s premier intellectual events. Over the years, eminent scholars and leaders from across the continent and the world have graced this platform, firmly establishing it as a flagship event for intellectual and scientific engagement in Africa and beyond. <\/span><\/p>\n

Renowned Economist and Public Policy Analyst, <\/span>Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs<\/b>, will deliver this year\u2019s Founders\u2019 Lecture under the theme <\/span>\u201cSolidarity, Social Justice and Reclaiming Futures: The Roles of Universities in Contested Geopolitics.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economist and global leader in sustainable development. He serves as the President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). He has been a Special Advisor to successive United Nations Secretaries-General on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is also a long-standing member of the World Economic Forum\u2019s network of global experts. He is widely recognised for his work on poverty alleviation, climate change, and international economic cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The details of the event are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Date:<\/b> Thursday, 20 November 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Time: <\/b>18:00 for 18:30<\/span><\/p>\n

Dress Code: <\/b>Business Formal  <\/span><\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> ZK Matthews Great Hall, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Building, Unisa   <\/span><\/p>\n

                Muckleneuk Campus, City of Tshwane<\/span><\/p>\n

Parties from the business, finance and economic sectors interested in attending the lecture may contact Ms Nolwazi Mwabi on <\/span>mwabin@unisa.ac.za<\/span>.<\/span><\/a> <\/a> <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Invitation-Renowned Economist Prof Jeffrey Sachs headlines Unisa\u2019s Founders LectureThe University of South Africa (Unisa) will hold the 2025 Founders\u2019 Lecture and Gala Dinner at its main campus in Pretoria on Thursday, 20 November 2025, hosted by the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Puleng LenkaBula.Since its inception in 2004, the Founders\u2019 Lecture has grown to become one of Unisa\u2019s premier intellectual events. Over the years, eminent scholars and leaders from across the continent and the world have graced this platform, firmly establishing it as a flagship event for intellectual and scientific engagement in Africa and beyond.\u00a0Renowned Economist and Public Policy Analyst, Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, will deliver this year\u2019s Founders\u2019 Lecture under the theme \u201cSolidarity, Social Justice and Reclaiming Futures: The Roles of Universities in Contested Geopolitics.\u201dProfessor Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economist and global leader in sustainable development. He serves as the President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). He has been a Special Advisor to successive United Nations Secretaries-General on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is also a long-standing member of the World Economic Forum\u2019s network of global experts. He is widely recognised for his work on poverty alleviation, climate change, and international economic cooperation.The details of the event are as follows:Date: Thursday, 20 November 2025Time: 18:00 for 18:30Dress Code: Business Formal\u00a0\u00a0Venue: ZK Matthews Great Hall, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Building, Unisa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Muckleneuk Campus, City of TshwaneParties from the business, finance and economic sectors interested in attending the lecture may contact Ms Nolwazi Mwabi on mwabin@unisa.ac.za.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-builder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265252,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265251\/revisions\/265252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}