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 […]
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 […]
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UKZN Ndaba
Innovative Entrepreneurship Programme Being Launched at UKZN Management academic Dr Thea van der Westhuizen, together with colleagues from different disciplines in the College of Law and Management Studies and her full time masters and PhD students, will host an entrepreneurship initiative on UKZN’s Westville campus titled “SHAPE (Shifting Hope Activating Potential Entrepreneurship) Programme”. The initiative will run for […]