GEN SA BOARD

A MESSAGE FROM THE GEN SA CHAIRPERSON

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

During the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, held in Johannesburg, we presented GEN South Africa, the nominated board and their plans to strengthen the ecosystem. GEN SA oversees the annual operation of programmes and activities aimed at fostering and supporting entrepreneurs’ in the country. The network provides a year-round platform of programmes and initiatives aimed at creating jobs, accelerating innovation and strengthening economic stability. Ranging from efforts to inspire, educate nascent entrepreneurs, advancing research and connecting global leaders.

While we expected to launch GEN South Africa announcing its stellar Board of Directors and plans, we did not expect GEN Africa to emerge from the Congress. Over the past few months post the congress we consulted with various 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 during the week were spoken of throughout the month of November, with great feedback received and excitement of what is to come from the Startup Campus. All this would not have been possible without the support of our partners who are committed to stimulating entrepreneurship in South Africa. We would like to offer our gratitude to the following partners for their continued involvement and support during the week; The Global Entrepreneurship Network South Africa (GEN SA), Department of Small Business Development (DSBD), Hollard, IDC and the South African Breweries (SAB) Foundation.

We look forward to hosting many more activities with you as well as continue to shape our entrepreneurship ecosystem, provide better support to entrepreneurs’ and providing them with access to resources regionally and globally.

Nyeleti Magadze Chairperson, GEN South Africa