How Knowledge Pele Aims To Reconstruct And Rebuild Africa Through Power And Knowledge
How Knowledge Pele Aims To Reconstruct And Rebuild Africa Through Power And Knowledge. As part of the Pele Energy Group of companies Knowledge Pele takes personal responsibility for the change the company wants to see in the world. Founded in 2009 the Pele Group holds three subsidiaries: Pele Green Energy, Pele Natural Energy, and Knowledge Pele. As a Group, the company sees itself as an impactful and relevant organisation for global development through its ability to enable structural change through businesses that generate power and knowledge.
The company believes in the force of knowledge coupled with power, which is why it approaches the future by keeping is fingers on the pulse of the latest development thinking and practices. Knowledge Pele works with its clients as partners, advising them based on research and implementing development projects based on a co-investment model. The company reveres the creative powers of the human mind. Its logo is the Bantu language symbol for the mind. It believes that the process of development must restore the epistemic confidence and agency of individuals who have been denied agency.
As the name it has chosen for itself, the word ‘pele’ holds meaning for the central value of the Group, which is leadership. The company’s founders’ shared passion to fast-forward development in Africa and the world, is matched with the belief in the importance of personal agency. The company knows that the power lies in its clients and itself, to create the best possible future. This is why its founders: Boipelo Moloabi, Thapelo Motlogeloa, Gqi Raoleka, Fumani Mthembi and Obakeng Moloabi lead by example by being full-time employees within The Group’s various subsidiaries.
Knowledge Pele believes that all human beings are entitled to experience themselves as free. Key to achieving this is the reconstruction of economic systems and the rebuilding of capabilities at the most local level. Enmeshed with this is the requirement to ensure that environmental protection is integrated into its thinking and work. The company therefore works with its clients, partners, stakeholders and communities to solve grand social challenges on the basis of deep knowledge.
