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Author: Innovus
Published: 09/04/2021
The first cohort of Stellenbosch University graduates, SU faculty and corporate employees successfully completed the first 6-week programme of the newly established SU Techpreneurship Centre in March this year. At the end of the program, 90% of SU graduates were interviewed by local technology companies, and 70% of them were offered full-time internships. The Techpreneurship Centre is creating a valuable link between academia and exciting South African technology companies.
The SU Techpreneurship Centre is a new data science and entrepreneurial development upskilling initiative developed by the SU LaunchLab, the University s technology and entrepreneurship incubator, in collaboration with the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, intending to provide participants with industry-relevant technology and entrepreneurship skills.