aBOUT US

When it comes to promoting life-changing education, the mission is personal. Having been a young girl raised in a South African township herself, Higher Horizons Founder and Chairman Gretchen Rudolph was eager to see young girls in these communities harness the power of education as she once had. In 2023, Gretchen rallied together a group of highly-motivated graduates from Rotterdam’s Executive MBA cohort and together they established Higher Horizons Africa.

Higher Horizons Africa’s leadership board is made up international business professionals, each with 15+ years of professional experience across finance, technology, engineering, marketing, and sales sectors. In addition to each board member’s professional network, Higher Horizons Africa draws support from Rotterdam University’s network of 160,000 global alumni.

Higher Horizons Africa has been classified by the Dutch Tax Administration ("Belastingdienst") as a Public Benefit Institution ("ANBI"). This means that Higher Horizons Africa does not have to pay gift or inheritance tax on the gifts and inheritances received. You can deduct the gift from your income/corporate tax.

Higher Horizons Africa is known as an ANBI institution at the Dutch Tax Administration under RSIN number 865061877.

We aim to be a force for positive change in the world

Meet the Team