Stadio Holdings, the soon-to-be-listed tertiary education subsidiary of private school specialist Curro Holdings, has made its second acquisition in June. On Thursday, Curro announced that Stadio had acquired a 74% stake in Southern Business School (SBS). It did not disclose the amount. While SBS operates in SA, the company holds a 51% interest in SBS Namibia. The deal follows hard on the heels of the acquisition of the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance earlier in June. SBS extends Stadio’s African footprint after a 50% stake was acquired in Botswana’s BA Isago University late in 2016. SBS is a South African-registered higher education institution, with SBS Namibia being recognised by the Namibian qualification authority. It has 11 accredited distance learning programmes ranging from higher certificates to master’s degrees. There are three academic schools offering dedicated programmes, as well as short courses via the School of Business and Economi...
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