Brightest Young Minds

Brightest Young Minds (BYM) was a South African based not-for-profit organisation that was operational from 2000-2024. It's founding mission was to create a platform that showcases the potential and fast tracks the development of the country's Brightest Young Minds for the benefit of South Africa. It evolved to an organisation that connected young leaders and facilitated the development of skills and design of solutions that created sustainable impact across Africa. Over nearly a quarter of a century, BYM empowered nearly 2000 of the brightest young minds across Africa. BYMs went on to start, found, teach, disrupt, invent, innovate, initiate and much, much more. They made their careers within all manner of businesses and organisations across the continent. Their work, impact and contribution, as well as the community created by BYM will forever be its legacy. In 2024, BYM passed the baton to the next generation of youth serving organisations in Africa, endlessly proud of its network and legacy which will live on.