Mbuntu

ke coming home. The ‘MBUNTU’ philosophy was a word widely used in the social programming of our father’s foundation, but also in neighbouring South Africa where at the time Nelson Mandela was being released from prison near the end of the apartheid. ‘MBUNTU’ as a philosophy essentially means, “I am a product of my community”, or “I am because we are.” For many, ‘MBUNTU’ stood for ‘hope.’ For us, ‘MBUNTU’ represented the awareness that we are part of a global community— that we were all in this together. Realizing how lucky we were (and still are), it is a philosophy we have carried with us since the day we landed in Harare, Zimbabwe. It’s learning to collaborate with those half a world away. It’s going beyond one’s domestic network to collaborate, partner, invest and innovate. It is why we consider MBUNTU a lifestyle brand, because being MINDFULLY MBUNTU is a way of life.