UB Foundation Dinner Dance 2007 A Huge Success!
President Festus Mogae (right) and guest speaker Sir Samuel E. Jonah
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It was an unforgettable evening filled with celebrations, dinner and dance. The seventh annual UB Foundation Fundraising Dinner Dance took place on Friday 27 July 2007 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) in Gaborone and was an extraordinary event. The keynote address was delivered by Sir Samuel E. Jonah, the Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital and former President of AngloGold Ashanti. The theme for the event was 'Inspiring Future Generations for Excellence'. The Dinner Dance 2007 was a record year in terms of fundraising and participation. More than 600 guests attended the event among them including His Excellency the President and Chancellor of the University of Botswana, Mr Festus G. Mogae, and former president Quett Masire.
Former President Sir Ketumile Masire (left) and Minister of Health Prof. Sheila Tlou
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The event proved that raising money can be lots of fun! From the opening to the close of the event, friends of the University, business leaders, politicians, and members of the public enjoyed an evening of entertainment, fun and great speech. With a mixture incisiveness and humour, Sir Jonah awed and excited the guests. He gave an inspiring account of failures, successes, compromise, resoluteness, fear and humour. This was a speech had lessons for everyone, as described by many in the audience. We raised more money than we ever had before, about a half million Pula were raised which will be used to grow the Endowment Fund which provides annual graduate scholarships at the University of Botswana.
The Dinner Dance 2008 will be held on Friday 25 July 2008 at the GICC.
