Bongani Luvalo

Philanthropist, Youth Activist and Development Practitioner

Meet Bongani Luvalo

Sir Bongani Luvalo is a philanthropist, youth activist and development practitioner. He is currently serving as the General Secretary of the South African Youth Council; the Youth Council is an umbrella body of youth organizations in the country. Their membership covers political, religious, business, students and issue based organisaitons. He is also a founder of the Cool Dads Foundation. The foundation focuses on mobilizing and concientising young fathers to be active, available emotionally and physically in the lives of their children. They are advancing the development of young fathers to ensure that they positively respond to their responsibility of being fathers.

Sir Luvalo is also an entrepreneur, owning companies that focus on Property Development, Project Management Consultancy and Transportation. His interest in human relations and behavior has set a path for him to be a Facilitator/moderator for seminars and workshops, Speaker and Social Commentator on Khaya fm, SA fm and Power fm and other media platforms. He has also presented papers on different platform including the World Council of Churches Peace conference in Kingston, Jamaica 2010. Conference of Parties (COP17), Durban 2011.

Bongani holds a B-Tech Degree in Theology with the University of South African, Marketing N6 Certificate at Springs College, Advanced Senior Certificate in Project Management and a Certificate in Cooperate Communication at University of Witwatersrand. He is currently studying Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management at the Regenesys Business School.

Bongani is a father to a beautiful daugter, he is pragmatic and believes that “Tommorow will be Better than Yesterday”.

‘The gospel of positive fatherhood’: Bongani Luvalo and the Cool Dads Foundation inspire change