ASHRAF GARDA
Ashraf Garda is an accomplished and engaged Programme Director and MC and is also highly-skilled as a conference facilitator or moderator .the chief driver of Champion South Africa, a nation building movement with the vision to move South Africa from a mid-table nation to a champion nation. #ChampionSouthAfrica identifies and amplifies champions and makes connections to build more champions. It is a movement that embraces the champion mindset as the first significant step to a winning person and a winning country.
His vision to turn South Africa into a champion nation influences his public speaking style and makes him an ideal host for high-profile business leadership events .
Ashraf Garda inspires excellence with his keynote talk titled “Champion People Build Champion Nations ” – this is ideal for teambuilding events, year-end or kickstart events and for companies and organisations that need to be re-directed into a champion mindset .
He has hosted a number of high profile events including:
Programme Director at the BRICS Summit Business Forum attended by the Presidents of both South Africa and China
Programme Director at the 2019 Productivity SA Awards
MC at Premier David Makhura’s Gauteng mid term review
MC at the Proudly South African ‘Buy Local’ Summit at which the then Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was the keynote speaker
Facilitator at the launch of Professot Thuli Madonsela’s Social Justice Project
MC at the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences Awards
MC at the Hack Jozi awards – on behalf of Wits University and the City of Joburg
MC at the Ubuntu Awards at which the keynote address was delivered by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
MC at the International Public Relations (IPRA) Golden World Awards
MC at the PR Industry’s ‘Oscars’ – The Prism Awards and
MC at the Johannesburg Property Company Outdoor Business Marketing conference
Ashraf Garda recently ended his long stint as a talk show host on SAfm Radio
He also presented ‘Special Assignment’, the investigative journalism show on SABC 3 and has featured as an analyst on various global platforms like CNN , Al Jazeera , RT (from Russia) and CBC Canada .