ADvTECH is Africa’s largest private education provider and[8] the holding company of the Independent Institute of Education which operates tertiary education brands including Vega School, Capsicum Culinary Studio, Maragon Private Schools, Tyger Valley College, School of Hospitality & Service Management, Varsity College and Rosebank College.
The group operates a schools division with brands including Crawford International, Trinityhouse Schools,[9][10]Abbotts Colleges, Maragon Schools, Tyger Valley College, Centurus Colleges, Junior Colleges[11][12] and Makini Schools.[13]
In late 2017 the company discovered fraud by a financial manager in its schools division.[14][15] That year, it began working on a new school in Nairobi, in the special economic zone Tatu City.[1] In 2017, the company ran 90 schools in South Africa and Botswana[1] across 47 campuses.[11] It had 27,000 students enrolled under seven brands. It also owned nine tertiary education brands, and was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.[1] Its CEO was Roy Douglas.[5]
