Henley Business School South Africa has introduced the first African centre for the real estate, built environment and planning industries.
Henley Real Estate Centre Africa will focus on executive development, knowledge transfer, research and academic programmes, drawing from 34 years of experience in the Henley School of Real Estate and Planning in the UK, acknowledged as one of the top three schools in the world.
The centre will be based within the main campus located in Paulshof Johannesburg.
Henley’s main objective for the Henley Real Estate Centre Africa is to provide opportunities for international standards of education and intelligent industry collaboration in order to professionalise and integrate the industry.
It will focus on executive development, knowledge transfer, research and academic programmes, drawing from 34 years of experience in the Henley School of Real Estate and Planning in the UK, acknowledged as one of the top three schools in the world.
Practical at heart, it will build the skills for a commercially astute, environmentally aware and transformed industry.
“We will work closely with government, business and communities in emerging economies to increase management and professional capacity and, in so doing, to accelerate rural and urban infrastructure development,” says Prof Jon Foster-Pedley, dean of Henley, the African arm of Henley Business School UK.
He says they will form mutually beneficial partnerships with local and international experts and organisations to create clarity, systems and order in all aspects of thinking and practice in the sector, including finance, management, communication and skills development.
Heading up the Henley Real Estate Centre Africa is Dineo Molomo who brings with her a wealth of experience in the real estate and property management arena.
She has run her own real estate business, Dineo Properties since 2006 and has more than three years’ experience as executive manager of the Gauteng Institute for Architecture.
Molomo is probably best known for her Tuesday appearances on Siki Mgabadeli’s Morning Talk show on SAfm 104-107, where she discusses property-related issues and answers listeners’ questions.
The centre’s programmes and initiatives will incorporate government and commercial real estate use, as well as urban and rural land and property.
It will offer a comprehensive range of advanced executive and postgraduate degree courses.
The centre will also host frequent networking events and talks relating to the real estate, built environment and planning industries.
“We aim to be both global and local in orientation, drawing on the best of international knowledge, research and skills,” says Molomo.
Molomo explains that students and executives can look forward to acquiring commercial awareness, an open mind and a drive to succeed.
The lively research culture that is encouraged at Henley Business School will allow them to interact freely and become more innovative in their thinking, she says.
Henley UK is the business school arm of the University of Reading and home to the School of Real Estate and Planning.
Spanning four decades as the largest and most prestigious real estate and planning school in the UK, it is internationally recognised as the world leader in the provision of real estate education.
In addition, it is ranked the leading real estate centre in Europe by the US-based Urban Land Institute.
Henley Business School Africa has a 20 year presence in South Africa.
It is the only business school in the country, and one of only 1 percent worldwide, whose MBA carries the stamp of approval of all three of the world’s main accreditation bodies, AMBA (UK), EQUISS (EU) and the AACSB (USA).
It is also the only overseas business school accredited by the South African Council for Higher Education.
For more information, contact Dineo Molomo at 011 808 0899 or email: dineo.molomo@henleysa.ac.za
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