Extraordinary
Hospitals of Africa
Facilitating excellence, making good hospitals great!
Preamble/ Intro
Extraordinary Hospitals of Africa is a boutique consultancy based in South Africa. My partners and I bring more than 250 years of collective healthcare experience to healthcare teams wishing to grow and excel. We examine every aspect of your organization to evaluate the essence of your business, to determine what holds you back, and to inspire your Team for your extraordinary future. We align people with systems in order...
Our Services
Healthcare Consulting and Advisory Services
We design and implementing financial management systems, policies and protocols to mitigate risks an
Healthcare Ethics and Governance Systems Design, Implementation and Review
Developing branding and marketing strategies and resources to enable optimal stakeholder communicati
Hospital Development, Improvement, and Sustainability Solutions
We facilitate the accreditation of centres of excellence for the entire hospital or select disciplin
Hospital Quality Improvement Systems Design including Clinical Governance and Accreditation Support Services
Healthcare Leadership and Management Education and Academic Program Design and Delivery
Patient and Care-Centric Systems Design and Implementation
Healthcare Leadership Coaching and Mentoring Services
Healthcare Systems Information Technology, Architecture and Digital Systems Design
Healthcare Stakeholder Relationship Systems Design and Review
What our clients say about us
Ken Osei
Principal Investment Officer, Health & Education Sector -Lead Africa; International Finance Corporation (IFC)
In my role at the IFC, I have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Augusta Dorning. She is a consummate professional, driven, passionate, and deeply knowledgeable about the healthcare sector. Dr. Dorning is able to provide a strong mix of strategic insights for businesses in the sector, identify growth and investment opportunities, and provide recommendations for operational, quality and performance improvements for businesses operating in the healthcare sector.
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Dr Ryan Noach
Chief Executive Officer Discovery Health
Your skills and experience will be highly valuable to your future clients.
Keith Bonsall
Specialist Healthcare Consultant
Everything you do brings undoubted success.
Thava Govender
Managing Partner The Sacrum Institute
Extraordinaire! You will create a huge impact for hospitals in Africa.
Saul Behrmann
Chief Operating Officer Medi-Response
A great team blessed with a brilliant individual in Augusta.
Ric Martin
Director – Ric Martin Incorporated
Augusta – wow! Your work ethic, passion and professionalism is infectious. Keep paying it forward to improve our society and continent.
Professor Adolf Lowies
Chief Executive Officer and Founder – Gradworx Graduate Institute
Augusta spreads her special kind of light and care everywhere she goes like Fairy Dust and makes the world a better place.
Dr Letasha Kalideen
Specialist Physician
Augusta's value and worth to people and health is abundant. You have inspired and influenced anyone who has traversed your path. So grateful for the opportunity to work with you.
Pilar Fernandez Hermida
Founder - Expand and innovation thought leader
What a journey you have had so far -glad to be part of your network.
Dr Alicia Porter
Specialist Psychiatrist
Augusta is a real trailblazer, an inspiration. She epitomizes the saying we rise by lifting others up Privileged to have shared part of my journey under your care.
Our Associates and Endorsements
Meet our Team
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Mark Ally
Mark retired from PwC Advisory Services as a partner in 2018, by which time he had spent just over 37 years at PwC with 19 of those as a partner. During his time at PwC, his responsibilities for the Southern Africa Region were amongst others: • Capital Projects and Infrastructure Leader; • Healthcare Advisory Leader; • Transport & Logistics Leader; • Client Relationship Partner for Transnet and Eskom; • Member of the Advisory Leadership Team; and thereafter • Member of the PwC Southern Africa Governing Board for two terms, ending in June 2018. Over the past 37 years, Mark has gained extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, strategy, transformation, process improvement, capital project portfolio management & optimisation, alternate service delivery mechanisms and public-private-partnerships. In his capacity as partner, Mark has led many multi-disciplinary engagement teams in most Government Departments (National, Provincial & Local) and State-Owned Companies. Since retiring, he has been involved with the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital second PPP during the feasibility and initial procurement stages between January 2019 to June 2020. He was the PwC Partner responsible for the initial PPP project undertaken between 2000 and 2001. He was also involved in the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital consulting assignment from March 2020 to June 2021. He has also chaired the Finance Committee of an HOA for a period of 18 months and is a member of the Board of the HOA since November 2021.
Ilona Smart
Ilona is the co-founder of Smartpharma, a research agency with over 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Ilona is the co-founder of OoNiDa serving as Sectetary of the Board "moving to a citizen-centric health ecosystem". A former Director at BroadReach Ilona was passionate about driving project implementation of digital platforms in South Africa in respect of HIV, TB and NCDs. Ilona is an experienced Intensive Care Nurse Professional and Key Account Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry in Pharmaceutics, Sales, Oncology, Hospital Sales, and Biotechnology.
Dr Augusta Dorning
The Managing Partner of "Extraordinary Hospitals of Africa" a boutique consultancy, Augusta is a self-motivated dynam