Free Entrepreneurship Programme supports budding entrepreneurs at UP

Posted on October 10, 2017

Join the entrepreneurship support ecosystem at UP at no charge. You have youth and time on your side and if you have entrepreneurial passion to boot you have much to gain by starting to utilise the system without delay.

GIBS once again tops Financial Mail business school and MBA rankings

Posted on October 05, 2017

The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has retained its dominance in the 2017 Financial Mail 'Ranking the MBAs' annual survey.

Future supply chain professionals attend SAPICS student conference

Posted on September 19, 2017

During the weekend of 26 August 2017, under- and postgraduate supply chain management students from the University of Pretoria attended the SAPICS conference for young supply chain professionals. SAPICS is known for being a professional body that enables industry professionals and individuals to...

Entrepreneurship 101

Posted on September 19, 2017

According to Prof Alex Antonites, Entrepreneurship is a skill that can be learnt, and all it takes to be a success is the ability to think strategically, achieving small goals in the beginning and having a long term outlook.

UP Vice-Chancellor is Businesswoman of the Year winner for Education

Posted on September 11, 2017

University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor Professor Cheryl de la Rey was named the winner in the education category of the Businesswoman of the Year Awards for 2017 by the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa at a ceremony in Sandton last week.

UP track champion graduates with Information Science degree

Posted on September 11, 2017

Akani Simbine, 2016 Rio Olympics finalist in the 100 metres, South African record holder in the 100 metres sprint, and Diamond League gold medallist, graduated at the University of Pretoria (UP) with a Bachelor of Information Science on Friday, 8 September.

Students use soft skills to improve small businesses within their community

Posted on September 07, 2017

First-year BCom Extended Programme students, based at the University of Pretoria’s Mamelodi Campus, have decided to lend a helping hand to the local community in collaboration with the Mamelodi Business Clinic.

International Business Management students learn about doing business in Africa

Posted on September 07, 2017

On Monday, 7 August 2017, Mr Neil Hobkirk (Director: Elevate the Core & Hansa) and Dr Cindy Rautenbach (Africa Talent Attraction Manager) of Brazilian beverage and brewing company AB InBev presented a guest lecture on doing business in Africa to the International Business Management...