Seeking top entrepreneurial talent in the townships
Primestars' 'Step Up 2 A Start-Up' initiative aims to coach 100,000 high school learners on the ins and outs of entrepreneurship
31 March 2024 - 09:20
South Africa will only produce entrepreneurs at the level of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos if more young people are trained at school to become fully-fledged entrepreneurs and job creators.
This is according to an organisation at the centre of an initiative that has coached over 100,000 high school pupils on the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Primestars founder Martin Sweet and chief operating officer Nkosinathi Moshoana say this is what “Step Up 2 A Start-Up ” hopes to achieve...
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