The Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) is a

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

institution located in

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. It is a private higher education institution, established in 1995 as a post-apartheid empowerment institution, offering affordable and accessible management education primarily to persons previously denied access to postgraduate education. In 2017, it joined

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Programmes

MANCOSA offers programs for business administration,

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functional management Functional management is the most common type of organizational management. The organization is grouped by areas of speciality within different functional areas (e.g., finance, marketing, and engineering). Some refer to a functional area as a "sil ...

and

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. It confers certifications ranging from certificates to

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s. With over 10,000 students currently registered, it is one of the largest providers of management programmes through supported distance learning in

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...

. Since 2021, MANCOSA is issuing forgery proof blockchain certificates with the BCDiploma technology.

Management

In 2002 it received Full Institutional Accreditation from the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), the quality assuring committee of the Council on Higher Education (CHE); its programmes are registered on the

South African Qualifications Authority The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is a statutory body, regulated in terms of the ''National Qualifications Framework Act'' No. 67 of 2008. It is made up of 29 members appointed by the Minister of Education in consultation with ...

's National Qualifications Framework (NQF). In 2017 MANCOSA joined

alongside educational institutions in the countries of

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( IMSET, ESPRIT),

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(EMSI),

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( Honoris Educational Network),

(

Regent Business School ''For the Regent's Business School in London - see Regent's Business School London.'' Regent Business School is a distance education institution located in Durban, South Africa. It is a private higher education institution, established in 1998 ...

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, and

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Notable alumni

Doreen Sioka Doreen Nampiye Sioka (born 1960) is a Namibian politician. She is member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1994 for the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), and a member of the cabinet since 2005, serving as Minister of Gende ...

, Namibian Minister of Labour and Social Welfare * Alistair Mokoena, Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy South Africa *

Ayanda Dlodlo Ayanda Dlodlo (born 22 May 1963) is a South African politician and former cabinet minister. A former member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, she became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) in 2009. Thereafter, she was appointed ...

, RSA Minister of State Security Minister *

Gwede Mantashe Samson Gwede Mantashe, popularly known as Gwede Mantashe, (born 21 June 1955) is a South African politician and trade unionist, who as of 18 December 2017, serves as the National Chairperson of the African National Congress. He is also a former ...

, South African politician and trade unionist *

Tjekero Tweya Tjekero Tweya (born 18 June 1960 in Shamundambo, Okavango Region), is a Namibian politician and trade unionist. Tweya is a member of parliament for SWAPO. He served in the Cabinet of Namibia as Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Deve ...

, Namibia Minister of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development * Leevi Shiimi Katoma, Namibian Member of Parliament * Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele, Namibian Member of Parliament

References

External links

Official site
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