Africa Business Club
Building Tomorrow’s Africa
Overview
The Africa Business Club (ABC) at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business is a student-led club dedicated to driving growth in Africa's emerging markets by creating unparalleled networking opportunities for students, business professionals, and entrepreneurs through Pan-African events.
The ABC team is committed to cultivating an environment of professional excellence within the GSB and beyond, ensuring meaningful engagement and transformative growth for past, present, and future students of the GSB.
The aim of the club is to build synergetic relationships between the GSB and the business world, relationships that form pathways for students
Key Accomplishments, Functions, & Responsibilities:
- Conceptualised and led the ‘Investing for Change’ conference, a pioneering event focused on impact investing in Africa. This conference has been integrated into the CEMS - Master of International Management (MIM) program ensuring long-term academic and industry impact.
- Established an advisory board of leading professionals from across the world to support the club's initiatives.
- Negotiated and secured a three-year partnership agreement between Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the Graduate School of Business. Raised USD 60 000 in funding through this agreement, a first for the school.
- Spearheaded initiatives that enhanced industry collaboration, student engagement, and knowledge sharing on investment and sustainable business growth in Africa.
Vision
Our Vision
To be the leading platform at the UCT GSB for inspiring the next generation of African business leaders; ones who create context-relevant, sustainable, and transformative solutions that drive real progress for Africa.
Our Mission
Our Ethos
A - Africa-centred ideologies
We approach every conversation, initiative, and decision through an African lens, drawing on the continent’s rich diversity, lived experiences, and unique context to generate solutions that are locally grounded yet globally relevant.
B - Bold and bespoke ideas
We avoid force-fitting generic frameworks. Instead, we pursue ambitious, tailor-made thinking that meets the specific opportunities and challenges of Africa's emerging markets. We strive to be original in our approach and courageous in execution.
C - Conquering through collaboration
We believe Africa's toughest challenges are best solved together. By uniting students, professionals, entrepreneurs, and institutions across the continent, we turn collective intelligence into a transformative catalyst for Africa.
Meet the team
FAQ
- Sign up on our website
- Attend one of our introductory meetings or events
- Pay the annual membership fee
Open to all UCT GSB students. Applications are open in February and August.
- The annual conference which generally happens in June, networking and info events with various consultancies.
- Some workshops are public; members get priority registration.
Access to case preparation workshops, networking events and consulting projects with real clients.