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Agriculture is the main economic activity of most African countries

Agriculture is the main economic activity of most African countries.  Sub-Saharan Africa is seen as the “last frontier” in global food and agricultural markets, with more than half of the world’s uncultivated arable land The unemployment rate among youth in South Africa is 46%.  Opportunities to create youth employment exist in the emerging farming sector and […]

AGRI-ENTREPRENURSHIP CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

AGRI-ENTREPRENURSHIP CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE SHAPE -Agri-entrepreneurship Systemic Action Learning and Action Research (SALAR) Agriculture is the main economic activity of most African countries. Agripreneurship with innovative technologies addresses the interlinked challenges of unemployment, food insecurity and climate change. The challenges local farmers face in Africa could be […]

Swansea UKZN Visit

Awesome and productive week welcoming the Swansea University delegation to University of KwaZulu-Natal as part of the Innovation for African Universities initiative #unitetogrow

SALAR

SHAPE Agri-entrepreneurship Systemic Action Learning and Action Research (SALAR) initiative for social innovation According to United Nations, 60% of the jobless population in Africa consists of young people.  The unemployment rate amongst youth in South Africa stands at 29.2% compared to the global estimate of between 6.3-6.5% (World Bank, 2021). This rate of unemployment hinders […]

IAU Launch 2023

The British Council Innovation for African Universities Programme launched the largest entrepreneurial ecosystemic initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa ever to be implemented within this region. UKZN’s SHAPE Agri-Entrepreneurship project is a collaboration of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Swansea University UK, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, University of Cape Coast, and Liv Agriculture-Liv Village. Read more […]

Systemic Action Learning and Action Research

SHAPE Agri-entrepreneurship Systemic Action Learning and Action Research (SALAR) initiative for social innovation   Using social innovations to narrow unemployment, improve food security and contribute to alleviate climate change SHAPE SALAR is a multi-disciplinary  programme designed to  develop a systemic action learning and action research (SALAR) post-graduate agricultural entrepreneurship curriculum to tackle social innovation within […]

Agriculture is the main economic activity of most African countries

Agriculture is the main economic activity of most African countries.  Sub-Saharan Africa is seen as the “last frontier” in global food and agricultural markets, with more than half of the world’s uncultivated arable land The unemployment rate among youth in South Africa is 46%.  Opportunities to create youth employment exist in the emerging farming sector and […]

EDHE Intervarsity 2022 finals

EDHE salutes the unsung entrepreneurship heroes in the public university system. At the EDHE Intervarsity 2022 finals event on 18 November, Mr Richardt Kok, EDHE Stakeholder Manager, introduced a new award. He told the audience that under the leadership of the Community of Practice for Learning and Teaching, EDHE had incepted the Entrepreneurship Learning and Teaching […]