ADvTECH Group


The ADvTECH Group is a JSE listed company in South Africa. ADvTECH operates within the education and recruitment industries in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
ADvTECH is Africa's largest private education provider and the holding company of the Independent Institute of Education which operates tertiary education brands including Vega School, Capsicum Culinary Studio, Abbotts Colleges, Varsity College, Rosebank College, The Business School at Varsity College and The University of Africa in Zambia.
The group also operates a schools division, under which, brands including CrawfordSchools™, Trinityhouse, Abbotts College, Maravest, Centurus Colleges and Junior Colleges operate.
The current CEO of the ADvTECH Group is Roy J Douglas
In late 2017 the company discovered a fraud by a financial manager in its schools division.
The schools division has seen a constant growth in both the number of students as well as educational sites over the past three years. The number of sites has grown both organically and through acquisition. As a result the group has shown a growth in Trading Operating Profit of 15 percent.