MEET Dr. Allegro Dinkwanyane
Dr. Allegro Dinkwanyane is a South African born entrepreneur, media personality and philanthropist. She is the Founder and CEO of Orgella Group which currently houses nine entities including Orgella Communications, Orgella Events and women empowerment platform Boss Chiq SA. Allegro launched the first entity of her group company, entertainment blog Orgella Entertainment in October 2011 at the age of 21, followed by PR & Marketing Agency Orgella Communications. To date, she is hailed as one of the youngest and successful owners of a 100% black female-owned company in South Africa.
Orgella Group has also launched and invested in non-media businesses namely Orgella Properties and Orgella Foods. In 2017, aged 27 Allegro was listed on the prestigious Forbes Africa “30 Under 30”, cementing her as a young force to be reckoned in the business world.
Aside from her impressive entrepreneurship journey, Allegro is quite the academic achiever too and shows no signs of slowing down. In 2009 she enrolled with the University of Johannesburg through which she obtained a BA Journalism Degree (majoring in Communications & Philosophy). She went on to further her studies at the University of Cape Town studying Social Media & Digital Marketing. In June 2023, Allegro was conferred with an Honourary ‘Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration’ Doctorate Degree from Prowess University, Delaware, USA.
Dr. Allegro Dinkwanyane
Founder and Group CEO of Orgella
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Milestones & Achievements
In recognition of Allegro’s achievements:
2013
Africa Social Media Awards finalist
2015
Forbes Woman Africa recognised Allegro as one of Africa’s youngest female media business owners on the rise
2017
Business Women’s Association of South Africa Regional Business Achiever Awards finalist
2017
Listed as on of the 100 Most Influential Young South Africans by Avance Media
2017
Allegro was appointed as the NDP (National Development Plan) 2030 Ambassador by the South African Department of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation
2017
“40 African’s under 40 making it in Africa” list by iAfrica
2018
Graced the cover of the Alumni Impumelelo magazine, recognized as one of the universities notable alumni
2018
Recipient of the Femina Super Woman Achiever Award presented to her at the World Women’s Leadership Congress & Awards in Mumbai, India
2018
Listed as one of the Top 200 “Change Makers” in Business by Tropics Magazine
2018
Munghana Lonene “Footprints of Africa” recognition award for making her mark in Africa and creating jobs for the youth
2019
Recipient of the “Exceptional Women of Excellence” award from the Women Economic Forum in New Delhi, India
2019
Black Women in Business Award finalist
2019
Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business & Government finalist
2019
Officially on-boarded as a “Play Your Part” ambassador by Brand South Africa
2019
Woman of Wonder award recipient
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