TSIBA salutes the students at their Annual Graduation Ceremony

Author: TSIBA Business School

The highlight at TSIBA Business School every year is the Annual Graduation Ceremony. This year, TSIBA Graduation takes place on 26 March at the TSIBA campus in Woodstock, Cape Town.

This year’s ceremony will include 44 Bachelor of Business Administration in entrepreneurial leadership degree (BBA)     , and 55      Higher Certificate in Business Administration graduates, of which 49 will continue with studies at TSIBA Business School as first-year BBA degree students this year.

Ziyeka is a charismatic 2020 TSIBA graduate and presenter. This TSIBA ambassador has represented TSIBA in Enactus competitions, presented our academic awards and was part of a group of TSIBA leaders who traveled to Germany for TSIBA’s 1st student exchange program in partnership with Rosenheim university in Bavaria. She is currently working for Lulalend as a Senior Business Funding Sales Consultant, assisting entrepreneurs making their dreams come true.

Dr Imtiaaz Sooliman will be the keynote speaker for the day via video (see full programme below), Founder - the Gift of the Givers - since its inception in 1992 by Dr Sooliman, the Gift of the Givers has been responsible for the delivery of life-saving goods and on-the-ground support for innumerable people, collectively valued at some R3.2 billion, in more than 43 countries across the globe, including South Africa.

In addition, the annual Graham Lashbrooke Prize, named in honour of TSIBA Co-Founder, and the inaugural Professor Fatima Abrahams Award will be bestowed upon two students who have achieved academic excellence through the course of their studies, and who have met the respective personal criteria for nomination to these prestigious awards.  

The awards for exceptional TSIBA graduates follow Fiona Cole (2019 Graham Lashbrooke Prize Winner) and Anastasia Roberts (2020 Graham Lashbrooke Prize Winner) two remarkable young women whom TSIBA holds with great pride.

The distinctive academic offering at TSIBA has achieved remarkable graduates, including eight Mandela-Rhodes Scholars, three Kofi Anan and four Alan Gray Orbis Fellows. These outstanding TSIBA graduates are among 1265 conferred, including 438 Bachelor of Business of Administration      alumni since inception in 2004.

‘The graduation event celebrates the determination and ambition of each TSIBA student who is on the cusp of entering the world as a business graduate and totally prepared to embark on the      next journey of their lives     , explains Graham Moore, Executive Director: Fundraising and Brand.

TSIBA Business School graduates are students that transcended every challenge and completely grasped the opportunity presented to them to study at a unique academic institution. All the core subjects that underpin excellent business education are fully covered       at TSIBA.

‘TSIBA goes over and above, by placing attitude, leadership and entrepreneurship as credit-bearing subjects at the heart of all of our curricula. All graduates of TSIBA have deeply explored, what their work is, what is success? and how do they add value to their team, organisation and society at large.  This type of interrogation creates unique stories and citizenship in each student. When this is achieved the outcomes are profound, and our graduates are fully prepared to be active economic participants and citizens, shares Graham Moore, Executive Director: Fundraising and Brand.