Instilling a culture of entrepreneurship in teenagers INTRODUCTION With such high unemployment among young people in South Africa, there is great need to rethink strategy. SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation was formed specifically to instill a culture of entrepreneurship in teenagers . Its findings have been both eye opening and challenging. SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation has therefore embarked on a campaign to introduce a culture of entrepreneurship

Teen Entrepreneur Foundation has launched its membership program. With over 18million Teenagers in South Africa, Teen Entrepreneur Foundation will aim to connect with all teenagers who believe that they have what it takes to develop their talents, passions and energy to create a better world for all. With its many training opportunities, members will be able to get immediate direct information on these and other opportunities. For a small fee of

Parents Membership program: As parents, mentors and support structures of the 18 millions we really need to be there to support them during these formative years. The spirit of entrepreneurship should be planted and encouraged at this tender age. Through your membership, you will be able to kept informed of various initiatives and opportunities that SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation will be offering. Our corporate partners will also offer incentives

School Membership Program: With over 27,000 high schools in South Africa, and close to 16 million teenagers in these schools, it is important that all schools join the SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation. The Foundation's central aim is to instill a culture of entrepreneurship in all teenagers through workshops, seminars and conferences. The Big Dreams Start Young: SA National High School Enterprise Competition is one program schools will need to embrace

Sponsor and adopt a School Program to participate in our programs: We are calling corporates to sponsor and adopt a school so that both the school and teenagers can be members: School membership fee R250 per year. Teen Members R50 per year (to cover all enrolled teens at the school who will all then be registered with us for a year and renewed each year). [formidable id=19]

Stop!  Halt!  Pull yourselves towards yourselves.  All this teen talk is so fabulously focused but lets’ consider other points of view and approaches.  Have you heard of a social entrepreneur?  No, not jolling with your china’s or your china’s china’s in a new party venue; this in fact is a pretty profound entrepreneurial endeavour in itself. These are individuals with innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.  For

14 and dealing with skin breakouts and girlfriends is one thing.  Setting up a web design business and then ditching that to become a junior trader at 16 on the New York stock exchange, quite possible.  Sure you say, if your names Sabirul Islam.  Not so fast it could be you! A risk taker, passionate about networking, an author and a public speaker, Sabirul in a relatively short space of time (ummmmm he’s currently 21!) is getting global kudos

If you get light headed when it comes to profound Latin translations then you may want to take a seat. ‘Primus Inter Pares’ meaning ‘first among our peers’ is the mantra for Headboy Industries Inc and its captain, Ludwick Marishane. There is nothing more profound than being able to say entrepreneurship rocks with a real living, breathing local-is-lekka example.  And Ludwick is THE man. This 21-year-old "opportunity obsessed" entrepreneur