Student Sponsorship Programme South Africa (SSP SA) is a non-profit trust based in Johannesburg, South Africa that enables academically distinguished, economically disadvantaged students to excel at some of the top private and public high schools in the Gauteng and Eastern Cape provinces.
To complete the process and ensure a positive outcome, SSP provides extensive support services for the students and their parents throughout all the high school years.
SSP is working towards providing opportunities for all students to attend a top educational institution, and ultimately, to receive a university degree and enter the workforce.
[3] The huge success of the programme for the following years allowed SSP to secure for additional funding necessary to continue to accept more students.
Education in South Africa still is the largest single beneficiary of the government public expenditure as it is a key figure to reducing poverty and accelerating long-term economic development and sustainability.
Illiteracy rates currently stand just below 20% for people over 15 years old, roughly 9 million adults are not functionally literate, teachers in township schools are poorly trained and funded.
They begin the recruiting process at public primary schools located in underprivileged districts across the Gauteng and Eastern Cape provinces.
Including the following:[10] Teresa Clarke – chairman and CEO, Africa.com, and former managing director, Investment Banking Division Goldman Sachs.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, he worked on the Debt Capital Markets Desk of Merrill Lynch in New York for four years.
Mr. Ongeri holds a BA in finance, summa cum laude, from Howard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ms. Tandiwe Lumka Njobe- Experience: Director, Standard Bank; Analyst, Deutsche Bank; Senior Analyst, Abt Associates.Academic BA – Smith College, MBA – University of Massachusetts, Amherst Mr. Itumeleng Kgaboesele- Experience: Co-founder & CEO, Sphere Holdings Academic: BCom, Post-Grad Diploma in Accounting, University of Cape Town; Chartered Accountant (SA)