Entrepreneurship remains the most viable route to economic freedom; start now, in universities’ safe environments – Wits Chancellor

Students would do well to start business enterprises while still studying, to optimise the opportunity of experimenting in universities’ protected environments that offer support and invaluable networking opportunities. This was one of many pearls of wisdom shared with student entrepreneurs by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Chancellor, Dr Judy Dlamini, last week.

She was welcoming a 300-strong gathering to the 6th annual Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Studentpreneurs Indaba, that was hosted at Wits, in Johannesburg, from 5-6 September. The delegates, mostly students from most public universities but also representing government and industry stakeholders, were united on the goal to empower students and universities to embrace entrepreneurship as a driver of South Africa’s future.