A new crop of pupils havs been selected for the 2026 iAccelerate programme from schools across Cape Town, with learners coming from areas ranging from Parklands to Camps Bay. While most teenagers were out and about making the most of the December school holidays, a group of Cape Town pupils spent Friday dreaming big and thinking about the future. They gathered in the city for an open day welcoming the 2026 intake ofiAccelerate SA.
The entrepreneurship accelerator hosted its second open day, bringing together the new 2026 learners with pupils from the 2025 cohort, who completed the programme this year. The aim was to give the incoming group a clear picture of how the programme works and what is expected of them. iAccelerate SA is an entrepreneurship programme for high school learners.
It focuses on practical, real-world skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, and developing ideas, rather than traditional classroom learning. Founder Rayhaan Survé said the open day was designed to connect past and future participants. “Today is the iAccelerate open day and the whole purpose is to bring our alumni — the cohort that has just graduated — together with the cohort of tomorrow, which will be the 2026 group,” he said.
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The 2026 intake will be the programme’s second cohort and will be larger than the first. Up to 26 pupils have been selected from schools across Cape Town, with learners coming from areas ranging from Parklands to Camps Bay. Survé said access was central to the programme’s mission.
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