Ivor Ichikowitz

industrialist, philanthropist, africanist and eternal optimist.

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

#Hope is not #patience. #African #youth have plenty of the first and none of the second left
Great chatting with @MxolisiMas on all things @afriyouthsurvey on @SABCNews
#AfricanYouthSurvey #AfroOptimism
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[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

#Biden got the speeches right and lost African youth. #Trump got the speeches wrong and won them. Delivery beats decency in geopolitics. Uncomfortable? Good!
Results from the new @afriyouthsurvey in my opinion piece in @spectator
https://t.co/MSDZwlskZ3

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

During the last wave of #xenophobia in South Africa, I had the chance to ask Mama Winnie what her thoughts were about it. While it was happening, while Africans were turning on one another. What she told me has stayed with me. You will hear it in her own words at the end of this.

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

I am disheartened. That pretty much sums it up.
Yes, I am a South African, but I am ultimately an African. I was there when our neighbours opened their borders to help us during the struggle against apartheid.
#WeAreBecauseTheyWere #AfricanSolidarity #Ubuntu #AfricaUnited

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

I write this as a reminder for my fellow South Africans. It is a letter from a South African to Africa. From an African to South Africa. And from an African to the world.
#WeAreBecauseTheyWere #AfricanSolidarity #Ubuntu #IAmBecauseWeAre #AfricaUnited

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[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

Today we remember one of the most remarkable days in South African history.
A day that began the end of one of the most brutal regimes the world had seen.
50 years on, we remember them. The ones who gave more than most of us will ever be asked to give.
#YouthDay

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Dancing into the weekend with VIBES! 💃🏾
#ZolaniMahola new single, #XhosaNostra, is out now. Head to the link in her bio to listen.
Proud to have Zolani's extraordinary voice featured throughout @trialsofwinnie soundtrack. Go show her some love. ❤️

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

As much as development in Africa is essential, our wildlife and wilderness areas must be maintained and protected. That is a balance we cannot afford to get wrong.

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

Today we celebrate a global icon. Sir #DavidAttenborough turns 100, and that is no mean feat.

For decades, David has brought the world an awareness of how incredibly valuable our natural world is, and how incredibly fragile it is too.

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

The Ichikowitz Family Foundation has supported conservation efforts across Africa for many years. We believe our natural resources are an asset of this continent, and they should be preserved in perpetuity.

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

Out now! #thetrialsofwinniemandela
#WinnieMandela #OralHistory

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The spirit of the struggle had a name. Today we rekindle it. Join Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's granddaughters as they go beyond the myth, the icon, the legend, to uncover the woman behind it all.
@trialsofwinnie is now streaming on @NetflixSA.

#WinnieMandela #TrialsOfWinnie

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

Tomorrow!

[The Trials of Winnie Mandela @trialsofwinnie]

While the world was focused on one story, she was carrying so much more. We’ve heard parts of her story, but never like this. Tune in on Netflix, 23 April. #TrialsOfWinnie #WinnieMandela

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NEW DOCUMENTARY

The Trials of Winnie Mandela

Audiences will hear the ‘Mother of the Nation’ in her own words as she reflects on her childhood, her activism, and her relationships as a wife, mother, and comrade.

Premiering 23 April 2026 on @NetflixSA
#TheTrialsofWinnieMandela

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Discover more here https://t.co/FJ8gVTUe6B

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

I created the African Oral History Archive many years ago to protect the voices, memories and lived truths that shaped #Africa because Africa's history deserves to be heard from the people who lived, felt it & made it #oralhistory #SouthAfrica AOHA – African Oral History Archive

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

#History isn’t just about what happened, it's about understanding what drives people, decisions & change. The patterns are always there, the lessons are always there. The question is whether we choose to learn from them...or repeat them.
#african #leadership #ivorichikowitz

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

Youth cannot be told to wait while the future is being decided without them.
Inspire them, trust them, and let them lead now.
🙌
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the @_cycofficial #Commonwealth #Youth Development Summit last week in Oxford University. #Thursday #CYDS26

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

Grateful to the #Commonwealth Youth Development Council for recognising the #Ichikowitz Family Foundation's #AfricanYouthSurvey. Pictured with Hon. Isaac Rankine Minister for Youth, Sports, Culture and Heritage. Cayman Islands #CYDS26

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Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, President of the @AfrikParliament & our founder @ivorichikowitz yesterday at the #APRMyouth Symposium. Both amplifying the voices of youth in #Africa.

[Ivor Ichikowitz @ivorichikowitz]

@jackprandelli Africa is indispensable, but indispensability without value capture is not power.