Partnerships

Another of the Academy’s unique strengths is its active partnership network, highlighted by its strong partnership with the South African Institute of Entrepreneurship.  Among the highly credible organisations that will be assisting in the delivery of the formal training programme are: the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business/Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship;  the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Learning;  TSiBA Education;  the University of the Western Cape;  Cape Peninsula University of Technology;  Boston Business College, Cape Town;  and the Leap Foundation.

The Academy’s formidable array of partners assisting in its Access to Finance and its two Coaching/Mentoring components includes:  Enablis; Business Partners Limited; the Business Trust; First Rand Bank; the Umsobumvu Fund; the Kula Fund; African Bank; Biz Network; Cape Venture Partners; Capitek Bank; Enterprise Support; National Business Initiative; Nedbank; the Progress Fund; Standard Bank; Tourism Enterprise Programme; and the Western Cape Department of Economic Development & Tourism/Public Works.