A commercial network founded on the principles of collaboration, Rendzo Network Africa, a pan-African network of independent travel and tourism SMEs, is at the forefront of domestic and international business acquisition and sharing, and fostering cross-border business referral and opportunity exchange to drive SME competitiveness and business growth. Launched in September 2017, Rendzo now regularly engages in dialogue and collaboration facilitation with an expanding base of travel and tourism SMEs across the African continent.
The network’s business activities include:
1. Design and management of international business events
2. Destination development
3. Tourism industry carbon reduction solutions
4. Tourism and events security enhancement technologies.
We believe that when SMEs work together collaboratively they significantly strengthen their capacity to take advantage of current and future growth opportunities within Africa’s dynamic travel and tourism sector.
In 2022 Rendzo Network Africa (formerly Seeza Network) created #MathubOlusha (opportunities for youth), an initiative focused on unlocking work-based learning, experience acquisition and employment opportunities for young people by placing them in SME's informed by the simple logic that SMEs constitute by far the vast majority of workplaces in our economy and should therefore be the primary partners for youth placement efforts. A stint in an SME, versus a larger business, can also impart valuable entrepreneurial knowledge and capabilities to a young person.
Through #MathubOlusha, and Rendzo's own experience in hosting several interns over the years, including our current four funded by National Skills Fund, we gained rich insights into the dynamics of SME and youth engagement.
Starting this month, we are most excited about the Network's new partnership with the country's largest sector education and training authority, Services SETA, to take the #MathubOlusha initiative to its new and exciting phase, comprising two core elements:
➡️ An international benchmarking study on SME-youth engagement: motivations, perceptions, approaches, enablers and inhibitors.
➡️ A 2-day multi-stakeholder Summit to exchange experiences and lessons, and, crucially, to map out a collaborative effort to drive impactful SME-youth engagement across all sectors of our economy. Details coming Soon!!
Fostering cross-boarder collaboration to drive SME-led tourism growth in Africa.
Rendzo Network Africa is a pan-African commercial network uniting independent travel and tourism SMEs to drive business growth through collaboration, cross-border opportunities, and knowledge exchange. Established in 2017, Rendzo specializes in international business event management, destination development, carbon reduction solutions, and security technologies for tourism and events. By fostering partnerships, the network empowers SMEs to thrive in Africa’s dynamic travel and tourism sector.
