Shape South Africa’s Business Future
One Skill at a Time
Jobopen.space is a South African learning hub where would‑be founders, side‑hustlers, and corporate changemakers master the mind‑set, hard skills, and networks needed to build resilient businesses in Africa’s fast‑moving market. From ideation to scale‑up, each lesson is rooted in local realities and powered by global best practice.
ABOUT US
Jobopen.space began as a small Johannesburg mastermind group in 2018. We witnessed gifted innovators struggle to translate talent into sustainable companies, largely because the training they found online wasn’t made for the South African context.
Today, our campus lives in the cloud, but our heart is firmly on the ground—from Cape Town’s fintech corridor to Durban’s logistics boom. We blend case studies from local legends (think Yoco, SweepSouth, and Aerobotics) with frameworks used in Silicon Valley accelerators, ensuring relevance without compromising ambition.
Our faculty is a mosaic of serial entrepreneurs, chartered accountants, growth hackers, and legal advisors who’ve raised capital, survived load‑shedding, and navigated B‑BBEE compliance first‑hand. Weekly live clinics keep the learning interactive while asynchronous modules respect every learner’s bandwidth realities.
Most importantly, we measure impact. Ninety days after graduation we track revenue, job creation, and social return. The data drives constant course updates and confirms what we already know: empowered entrepreneurs uplift entire communities.
Entrepreneurs Trained
30 000 +
Average Course Rating
4.8 / 5
Graduates Generating Revenue Within 90 Days
87 %
Capital Raised by Alumni
R1.2 bn
ADVANTAGES
Modular Pathways
Real‑World Simulations
Accredited Certificates
TESTIMONIALS FEEDBACK
TESTIMONIALS
Ayesha Patel — “Load‑shedding contingency planning was eye‑opening. Our logistics startup hasn’t missed a delivery SLA since.”
Thandi Nkosi — “Within three months I pivoted my catering side hustle into a full‑time e‑commerce brand and hired two staff members.”
Michael van der Merwe — “The mentor clinics demystified term sheets. I closed R3 million in seed funding the week after Demo Day.”
Digital Skills for a Digital Economy
A McKinsey study predicts that by 2030, digital trade could add R500 billion to South Africa’s GDP. Yet the majority of SMEs still rely on manual bookkeeping and word‑of‑mouth marketing. Our Digital Transformation track upskills founders in cloud accounting, data‑driven marketing, and e‑commerce logistics, ensuring they capture this surge.
Learners build automated dashboards that track KPIs in real time, freeing founders to focus on strategic decisions rather than spreadsheet firefighting. The result? Higher margins, faster pivots, and businesses that can scale beyond provincial borders.
Send us a message!
Address: 8 Church Street, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +27 42 3928 1837