Abstract:

The entrepreneurial capacity of the education system in South Africa needs development in three main areas. The first area is in the volume and process used to educate entrepreneurs, the second area is in the commercialisation of existing research and the third is in the entrepreneurial approach of the university system itself. The article explores these aspects

Keywords: South Africa, Education System, Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialisation, University revenues.

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