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About Take n Tora

A room is only as good as its rules.

Take n Tora convenes private, peer-led roundtables for the senior leaders who run a function, and for the solution providers those leaders choose to meet. We started in South Africa in 2025 with HR. The format has not changed since: half a day, ten topics, peer facilitators, nothing recorded.

The model

Two sides, one standard.

Leaders sit for free, by qualification. Solution providers fund the room and meet only the leaders who asked to meet them. The economics work because the room is real, and the room stays real because of the rules on the right.

No presentationsFacilitators guide with four or five control questions. Peers do the talking. A provider who pitches in a peer session is not invited back.
Nothing is recordedPeer sessions are never recorded or transcribed for publication. Insights briefs are written from facilitator notes, without attribution.
Opt-in matchingA 1-on-1 happens only when the leader and the provider both chose it. No delegate list is ever handed to a provider.
Named by consentNo participant, organisation or quote appears in public content without written consent. Titles and industries are shared; names are not.
Seniority firstDirector level and above, at organisations with more than 100 people. A full table is never a reason to lower the bar.
Our own platformProgrammes run on Take n Tora’s private platform in the host region’s time zone, not on a public webinar tool.

Peer facilitators

Leaders who hold the role, leading the room.

Each facilitator is a practising executive in the community they facilitate. They are listed here with their consent.

Facilitate a session
Thato MxoKFC Franchise
HR and PeopleFacilitates: AI and workforce strategy.
Avanthi MaharajGoogle Africa
HR and PeopleFacilitates: compensation as a strategic tool.
Katherine Sempebwa TurinaweBPR Bank Rwanda
HR and PeopleFacilitates: change management.
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IT and DigitalFacilitates: [topic].
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IT SecurityFacilitates: [topic].
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MarketingFacilitates: [topic].

The team

Small by design.

A programme director hosts each day. Delegate consultants qualify and seat leaders. A partnerships lead scopes and briefs providers. Nobody on the team sells in a peer session.

FounderSimba DeshaCape Town. Built Take n Tora from the first HR roundtable in 2025.
Programme directorAndrew TsuroHosts the programme day and the facilitator briefings.
Delegate consultants[Name, by consent]Qualify applications, run welcome calls, seat the room.
Partnerships[Name, by consent]Scope partnerships, produce the delegate insights report.

So far

Three rooms. One format. Four regions next.

April 2025HR Strategy Meeting, AfricaThe first room. HR2404.
October 2025IT Strategy Meeting, AfricaFirst CIO and CISO room. IT2407.
July 2026HR Strategy Meeting, AfricaTen topics, three peer facilitators. HR2607. Source of HR Leadership Signals 2026.
NextEight communities, four regionsCommunities open as each region has enough qualified leaders.

Leaders

Seats and welcome callsdelegates@takentora.com

Solution providers

Partnerships and the packpartners@takentora.com

Press and facilitators

Media, speaking, facilitatinghello@takentora.com