The purpose of the visit was to discuss the incorporation of the activities of the former Ron Brown Institute (RBI) of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and the transfer of the RBI’s funding to the Mamelodi Business Clinic that functions under the Department of Business Management and is situated on the Mamelodi Campus of the University.

This funding would be used by the Mamelodi Business Clinic for the development and offering of training in business and entrepreneurial skills to the local community; the placement of at least 10 entrepreneurship students at local businesses in learnerships for one year; and to create awareness of entrepreneurship and self-employment as alternatives to formal employment among schools in the Mamelodi area through entrepreneurship plays and partnerships with chambers of commerce and entrepreneurship and small business associations in the Mamelodi area.

The Faculty is looking forward to a long standing relationship with the Georgia State University.