BUSINESS DAY TV: Top business school buy is part of our multiversity strategy
Curro founder and Stadio’s CEO, Chris van der Merwe, tells us about the group’s latest acquisitions ahead of the listing of its tertiary division
Curro founder and Stadio CEO designate Chris van der Merwe discusses the education group’s latest acquisitions ahead of the listing of its tertiary division later this year BUSINESS DAY TV: Private tertiary education group Stadio Holdings added to its growing stable of brands this week as it acquired 74% of Southern Business School (SBS) Holdings. The acquisition follows a recent buy-up of film school AFDA and furthers the group’s ambition to list on the JSE, after unbundling from Curro. Joining me now on the line from Cape Town is Stadio’s CEO Chris van der Merwe. Chris, welcome, tell us about the SBS deal. CHRIS VAN DER MERWE: We’re all very excited about the SBS deal. It is a top business school referred to as Southern Business School and this forms part of our general strategy to build what we call a "multiversity" to make sure that we cover all the areas of various degrees …we’re all very excited about this acquisition. BDTV: So you recently acquired AFDA and now the acquisitio...
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