A MESSAGE FROM THE GEN SA CHAIRPERSON ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
During the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, held in
November, with great feedback received and excitement
Johannesburg, we presented GEN South Africa, the
of what is to come from the Startup Campus. All this would
nominated board and their plans to strengthen the
not have been possible without the support of our partners
ecosystem. GEN SA oversees the annual operation
who are committed to stimulating entrepreneurship in
of programmes and activities aimed at fostering and
South Africa. We would like to offer our gratitude to the
supporting entrepreneurs’ in the country. The network
following partners for their continued involvement and
provides a year-round platform of programmes and
support during the week; The Global Entrepreneurship
initiatives aimed at creating jobs, accelerating innovation
Network South Africa (GEN SA), Department of Small
and strengthening economic stability. Ranging from efforts
Business Development (DSBD), Hollard, IDC and the South
to inspire, educate nascent entrepreneurs, advancing
African Breweries (SAB) Foundation.
research and connecting global leaders. We look forward to hosting many more activities with While we expected to launch GEN South Africa announcing
you as well as continue to shape our entrepreneurship
its stellar Board of Directors and plans, we did not expect
ecosystem, provide better support to entrepreneurs’ and
GEN Africa to emerge from the Congress. Over the past
providing them with access to resources regionally and
few months post the congress we consulted with various
globally.
stakeholders within South Africa and across the continent to collate a three year strategy, which lead to the formation and launch of the startup campus. The launch of GEN22 on Sloane and other events hosted
Nyeleti Magadze
during the week were spoken of throughout the month of
Chairperson, GEN South Africa
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