Our Team
The People Building Indaba.
Indaba brings together educators, designers, technologists and builders, held together by one purpose and a shared code. Roles are listed as currently described; biographies are added as they are approved.
01Leadership
Leadership.
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Founder and Chairman, Indaba Foundation and Indaba Institute
André Shearer
Grounded in the lived development of the Indaba educational vision, school excellence and the long arc of capability-building in early childhood.
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Strategy and product
Greg Flipo
Brings strategy, product architecture and storytelling, and the ambition to translate Indaba into products and systems that can grow.
Background. Previously built Sikana, large-scale educational media (as reported by Sikana; prior track record).
02Partners and contributors
Partners and Contributors.
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Technology partner
Rob Loubser
Leads the systems thinking behind Indaba’s digital infrastructure, which is being designed to turn content into experiences, tools and data flows that serve practice.
Works with Indaba as a partner, not as an employee.
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Indaba Institute staff
Pedagogy and content
Keeps our products useful and true to sound pedagogy, drawing on the Indaba Institute’s Montessori-trained educators and field facilitators. They are introduced, with their own biographies, on the Institute’s site.
03Our culture
The Indaba Code.
Every decision must improve the lived experience of children, respect practitioners and strengthen lasting local capability.
Ten principles guide how we design, decide and work together.
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Begin with the child
Judge decisions by the child’s lived experience and long-term welfare.
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Prepare the adult
Prefer applied formation, coaching and practice over information alone.
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Beauty is a form of respect
Treat order, warmth, materials and design as part of dignity.
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Excellence without elitism
Protect standards while continuously reducing barriers.
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Build with communities
Share agency, adapt responsibly and develop local leadership.
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Human connection first
Use technology to strengthen, not displace, relationships.
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Evidence over exaggeration
Distinguish data, forecasts, assumptions and ambitions.
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Safeguard trust
Prioritise child protection, privacy, integrity and transparent standards.
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Regenerate capability
Leave people and partners stronger and less dependent.
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Build to endure
Make choices that can serve children for generations.
Indaba will pursue excellence without elitism: rigorous knowledge, inspiring learning, dignity in every experience, and continuing accountability for quality.
04How we list people
Clear Roles, Accurately Described.
- Leadership
- People who lead Indaba’s direction, shown with their roles as currently described while titles and biographies are confirmed.
- Partners
- Individuals or firms working with Indaba under agreement, not as employees.
- Contractors
- Engaged for specific work; listed only where the role is ongoing and approved.
- Institute staff
- Employed by the Indaba Institute, a separate institution, and introduced on its site.
- Advisors
- Named only once an appointment is accepted and the person has agreed to be listed.
Further biographies are added as they are approved.
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