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UCT hosts the Entrepreneurship Intervarsity 2023 Western Cape regional rounds

29 September 2023 | Videography Ruairi Abrahams & Boikhutso Ntsoko. Video Edit Boikhutso Ntsoko. Photo Lerato Maduna. VP Team Ruairi Abrahams, Boikhutso Ntsoko, Rozanne Engel, Roxanne Harris

The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Career Service hosted the Western Cape regional rounds of the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Entrepreneurship Intervarsity competition on Tuesday, 19 September at the Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika.

The primary objective of the competition is to identify top student entrepreneurs from South African universities. At the regional rounds, five finalists are selected from five distinct categories, providing opportunities for diverse groups of students to participate.

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