South African private ‘university’ goes international
JSE-listed ADvTech has officially opened its first ‘university’ outside of South Africa after opening the Rosebank International University College (RIUC) in Accra, Ghana.
Student registrations at the university started on 15 August, with the inaugural academic semester set to begin in January 2026.
The university is located in Accra’s prestigious Airport Residential Area, with the RICU campus offering accredited qualifications from diplomas to doctoral degrees.
High-demand fields, including Business Administration, Digital Marketing, IT, Service Management, and Hospitality, are offered by the university.
“We are delighted to bring our highly successful Rosebank College brand to Ghana and expand our university footprint outside of South Africa for the first time,” said ADvTECH Group CEO Geoff Whyte.
ADvTech is one of the top private school companies in South Africa, owning Crawford International, Trinityhouse, Pinnacle College and a host of other schools.
In the tertiary education space, ADvTECH owns Varisty College, Rosebank International, Vega, IEE MSA, and IIEHSM.
Despite its push to have its tertiary education institutions called ‘universities’, state-owned institutions can only use the title.
The opening of RIUC forms part of the group’s expansion into the rest of Africa amidst the higher growth seen in many African economies.
Earlier this month, the group announced expansion of its Makini Schools offering in Nairobi, Kenya, by acquiring Regis Runda Academy for about R172 million.
Situated in the fast-developing Ridgeways area, the school has a current capacity of 2,000 students and is being rebranded as Makini School Runda.
On top of its existing Crawford International and Makini schools in Kenya, the group also owns three schools in Gaborone, Botswana.
In November 2024, ADvTECH acquired five Flipper International Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for R135 million.
Amid this expansion, the group is expecting a large jump in earnings as per its latest trading statement for the first half of the year
Basic and headline earnings per share for the year’s first half are expected to be between 13% and 18% higher than the first half of 2024 to range of 110.3 and 115.3 cents per share.
More precise information will be released when the group releases its interim results on Monday, 25 August 2025.
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