Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Just for a Change

S1 Ep.12 Teaser- Socio-economic justice - how scholarships are changing the way we're changing the world

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The first academic centre in Africa dedicated to advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship, the Bertha Centre, in collaboration with the UCT Graduate School of Business, has integrated social innovation into the business school curriculum.

In this episode, we’ll be hearing from current scholars Shannon van Wyk, Sampson Adotey and Tochukwu Egesi.

How the scholarship programme has been catalysing their work as well as the inconvenient truths of social innovation challenges, political realities facing entrepreneurs.

The links that you need to know about:
 
https://gsbberthacentre.uct.ac.za/catalysing/category/funding-opportunities/ 
https://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/berthacentre
14 May 2021 English South Africa Business · Non-Profit

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