MBA Sound Bites: Christopher Dykes on BEE, Enterprise Development and Socio-Economic Development
Channel: intelliLABtv
Date: 2012-03-16

Christopher Dykes 
Founder & Director of Infinity Learning
E chris@infinitylearning.co.za
W www.infinitylearning.co.za 
C +27 (0) 82 363 1958

Christopher Dykes is the founder and director of Infinity Learning, a business specialising in Enterprise Development, Socio-Economic Development and B-BBEE consulting. The business aims to assist children from underprivileged areas with learning skills and entrepreneurs through a series of entrepreneurial development programmes that focus on practical skills and results. Where necessary, Chris assists businesses with their B-BBEE strategies in order to ensure that not only are maximum points being earned, but that sustainability is emphasised. Chris is also part of an international team that consults to an oil drilling company in the field of safety, and he works with a number of clients on more generic issues.  

In his personal capacity, Chris has set up a small section 21 company that administers 27 educational bursaries, and has established a reading and literacy project called the 'Bookshelf Project'. 

The vision of The Bookshelf Project is to facilitate a love of reading, to make a resource available to children that would otherwise have a very limited access to books.  The project collects books from schools and individuals, builds bookshelves and installs finished bookshelves within community centres. To date over R250, 000 books have been collected and distributed. The goal is to offer the 'gift of books' and 'improved literacy' to over 10, 000 children within the next three years. 

Chris holds an MBA from the Wits Business School and he is passionate about reducing the number of plastic shopping bags that are consumed on a daily basis.