Partnerships

Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) was established at the end of 2016 from within the University Education Branch of the Department Higher Education and Training. The EDHE Programme focuses on enhancing:

• Student entrepreneurship through mobilising the national student and graduate resource to create successful enterprises that will ultimately lead to both wealth and job creation;
• Entrepreneurship development in academia through supporting academics in instilling an entrepreneurial mindset within all students and graduates through the offering of relevant knowledge, transferral of practical skills and the application of business principles, not only to a specific discipline, but across disciplines; and
• Developing entrepreneurial universities through creating a conducive environment that will enable universities to adapt strategically and embark on projects whereby third-stream income can be generated through innovative business ideas.

The Faculty of EMS’ partnership with EDHE was officially established in 2017 when colleagues from the school attended the annual EDHE Lekgotla in June 2017. Since then, the school has had representation at the EDHE Lekgotla in 2018 and 2019, hosted Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) in 2018 and 2019 and had students participate in regional level of the national intervarsity student entrepreneurship competition in 2019.

The Faculty also has colleagues who are members of the EDHE national Communities of Practice in Student Entrepreneurship and in Entrepreneurship in Academia, who frequently attend EDHE workshops and are involved in the robust conversations and activities towards helping Entrepreneurship become an integral culture in our universities.

Africa Training Academy, providing expert and quality training services to all chapters, members and interested parties, and in doing so helping with the fight against white-collar crimes.

Sea Harvest is a South African-based company engaged in fishing, aquaculture, and food processing, known for its sustainable seafood, value-added dairy and convenience foods, with operations in South Africa, Namibia, and Australia. We have an ongoing MOU. Through the Sea Fisheries Fund funded  for CEDAR the cooperatives mentorship program. We hope with the ongoing relationship, they will fund more similar projects.

is a South African-based company engaged in fishing, aquaculture, and food processing, known for its sustainable seafood, value-added dairy and convenience foods, with operations in South Africa, Namibia, and Australia. We have an ongoing MOU. Through the Sea Fisheries Fund funded  for CEDAR the cooperatives mentorship program. We hope with the ongoing relationship, they will fund more similar projects.

This is the cooperative located in Port Nolloth, they specialise in catching and selling of fish. They were the beneficiaries of the mentorship program funded by Sea Harvest. We offer an ongoing mentorship program for the cooperative.

Founded in 1975 in the United States, Enactus is an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to inspiring students to improve the world through entrepreneurial actions. Through the regional coordinator and localised Faculty advisors, Enactus engage students on entrepreneurial activities. The office of the Economic Activation Officer works closely with Enactus to see through this mandate.

The university has the membership agreement with AFRETEC, and through CEDAR can meet the contents of such an agreement. AFRETEC is a pan-African network of engineering and technology-focused universities that drives Inclusive Digital Transformation in Africa.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technological State University is a public, historically black, land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United State. The faculty and CEDAR have standing MOU for collaboration in different disciplines.  

Economic Activation Officer: Mr Chad Lucas 

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone: 053 491 0000