As the operation in South Africa is the only Henley Business School on the African continent, it has students living in neighbouring countries studying and being supported through this office.

This was followed in 2011 by the introduction of Henley MBAid, an initiative whereby students, as part of their learning, provide expertise and support to NGOs.

The degree is presented in South Africa as a flexible, family-friendly, 30-month, part-time programme delivered by way of a blend of face-to-face workshops, team assignments, on-line and off-line study, individual and group self-study methods.

Graduates of the programme include South African musicians Loyiso Bala, Barry van Zyl and Andy Innes.

Students registered in South Africa benefit from being taught by Henley Business School’s specialist international faculty, who bring their industry knowledge and passion to the learning environment.

In addition, Henley consults with a range of leading global organisations to provide customised executive and tailored qualification programmes.

Executive Education Henley is the highest ranked, locally accredited business school in southern Africa for executive education (FT 2023 & 2024) [4] and the only business school in South Africa to offer a full suite of accredited management practice qualifications from NQF levels 5 to 8, up to 50% of which can be customised to an organisation’s specific needs.

As a business school, Henley seeks to remain abreast of the ways in which adults learn in order to build leaders who are emotionally and intellectually agile.

To this end, Henley’s executive education programmes intentionally follow a format that allows this to happen, reimagining the classroom as a problem-solving machine, with delegates spending time together in formalised sessions, virtually, or face-to-face, to learn with and from each other as well as from faculty and other subject matter experts.

Delegates’ own workplaces or businesses are the incubators for testing theories and ideas in the weeks between content blocks, ensuring that experiential learning takes place consistently in learners’ specific contexts.

Henley is the only international business school in Africa accredited by all three major international accreditation bodies: the European Foundation for Management Development, which awards the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).