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Creating meaningful impact

About Us

Our Journey

Since our launch in 1996, the team at South African Institute for Entrepreneurship has worked tirelessly to promote our cause. We are fortunate to have volunteers and staff from all walks of life who bring their unique expertise and resources into everything we do. This is what enables us to achieve our goals year after year.

While there is always more that can be done, there is no doubt that we are making a significant impact. We don’t measure our success through just facts and figures, but through happy faces and heartwarming feedback. 
 We are committed to creating a dynamic culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa that reduces unemployment and poverty.

With 26 years of experience in developing innovative, experiential-based training materials, the SAIE is one of the most experienced and respected entrepreneurship organisations in South Africa. With ambitious goals for the future, our work must go on... we welcome you to join our journey.

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Margie Worthington Smith ( Founder, SAIE)

"Our goal is for all South Africans to behave entrepreneurially, so we need to walk that talk and as such are ourselves an example of the entrepreneurial process."

Margie Worthington-Smith


James Thomas
James Thomas - Co-Founder

" If it's going to be, it's up to me."

James Thomas was a true pioneer for entrepreneurship in South Africa. He helped to establish the South African Institute for Entrepreneurship, which continues to facilitate training in this field today. Sadly, James was killed while working in Kenya after terrorists attacked the Westgate Mall there.


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Anything is Possible

Our Vision

Commitment, transparency, innovation. These three values have stood at the centre of the South African Institute for Entrepreneurship mission since our founding in 1996. We wholeheartedly commit to the work we do with passion and dedication, transparently sharing it with the South African community and inviting others to take part. On top of this, we challenge ourselves to think creatively, applying an innovative approach to all that we do. This mission drives the continued success of South African Institute for Entreperneurship.

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