Executive Development | SBS-ED
At Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (SBS-ED), we design immersive, practical learning experiences that build real leadership capacity, unlock growth, and connect people across industries and borders, driving meaningful progress.
We are the executive development arm of Stellenbosch Business School, and we’re here to help you move from potential to performance.
Our secret? Rigorous content. Renowned faculty. Radical collaboration. And a relentless focus on people.
We’re in it with you, for the long term. We create learning that:
We’re committed to ethical conduct and transparency.
SBS-ED subscribes to the independent Stellenbosch University Ethics Hotline to report any irregularities anonymously. This service is managed independently managed by Deloitte.
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SBS-ED’s Code of Ethics acts as a mechanism to guide and manage the organisational integrity of our organisation, and to promote and maintain ethical behaviour in the conduct of the business with its internal and external stakeholders.
Stellenbosch Business School is very proud to hold the “Triple Crown” of international accreditations, referring to the simultaneous accreditation of a school by the three most prestigious and influential accrediting bodies: AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), AMBA (Association of MBAs), and EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System). This distinction is considered the highest standard of achievement for business schools globally, held by only 1% of all schools.
SBS-ED offers in-person, online, and blended learning across Africa and beyond. We’ve run programmes in 20 countries across the continent, and we are expanding every year. Wherever your organisation is, we can be there.
We work with high-calibre facilitators, subject matter experts, corporate partners, international business schools, and other leading institutions across the globe to offer you the best in leadership and management development short courses,
In 2001, Stellenbosch Business School (SBS) joined hands with the private sector to create an executive development company, namely SBS Executive Development (Pty) Ltd (SBS-ED), within the Stellenbosch Business School.
Initially, SBS-ED was expected to operate largely in South Africa. Yet today, we are providing high-quality executive development services throughout Africa and beyond.
Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (SBS-ED) has partnered with EXEC Angola-ED in Angola. Together, we have collaborated to deliver world-class leadership and management training in the country
In 2018, SBS-ED initiated the launch University of Stellenbosch Business School (Pty) Ltd Botswana. With the support of Oneh Golding, Corporate Development Executive, on the ground, SBS-ED can deliver programmes in-country, seamlessly.
In Eswatini, SBS-ED’s programmes are delivered through our in-country partner RES Corporation. RES Corporation and SBS-ED have been delivering programmes in Eswatini since 2017.
SBS-ED Amigos Institute, based in Ethiopia, is a company working in training, consultancy, research and development with a vision of creating a nation where everyone can unleash their full potential and create a brighter future for themselves and their communities having a mission to empower individuals and companies through transformative training and education, enabling them to solve problems and achieve their goals.
With the support of Selassie Tay, our In-country Representative, on the ground, SBS-ED can seamlessly deliver programmes in Ghana.
With the support of Kenneth Kabue, our In-country Representative, SBS-ED can deliver programmes seamlessly in Kenya and East Africa.
SBS-ED has been delivering programmes in Mauritius since 2014 through its in-country partner, Global Natives.
With the support of Marietjie van der Merwe, Managing Director of Global Natives, on the ground, we can seamlessly deliver programmes in Mauritius.
SBS-ED has had a presence in Namibia since the early 2000s and offers a range of in-country programmes in Windhoek, Namibia.
With the support of Rudolph Philander, our In-country Representative, on the ground, SBS-ED can seamlessly deliver programmes in Namibia.
With the support of Muchona Moonze, our In-country Representative, on the ground, SBS-ED can seamlessly deliver programmes in Zambia.
Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (SBS-ED) has been working with Dimensions Management Consultants to develop leaders in Zimbabwe.
All SBS-ED short courses are certified by Stellenbosch University.
On successful completion of a programme, participants receive a certificate issued by Stellenbosch University. All courses, irrespective of format, receive secure digital certificates. Printed copies are available on a request-only basis.
Our courses also support Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for access to accredited degrees through local and international partners.
Through these partnerships with Stellenbosch Business School, the University of the Free State and the University of Lincoln, your learning may be recognised through a formal process called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
RPL gives you the opportunity to:
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All RPL applications require evidence of learning and go through a rigorous assessment process managed by our partner institutions
