Danie Jacobs is a serial social entrepreneur and educator, best known as the founder of Young Entrepreneurs (Pty) Ltd, which equips kids and teens with entrepreneurial, financial literacy, and self-employment skills. He launched the Young Entrepreneurs Foundation in 2016 to broaden access and the Young Entrepreneurs Virtual Academy in 2018 to scale digitally. Earlier, he founded and directed the Centre for Business Dynamics, a self-sustaining unit of the UFS Business School (2004). Danie holds three master’s degrees—Medical Sociology, Higher Education, and an MBA. His passion is to inspire dreams, unlock potential, and instill an entrepreneurial mindset in individuals.
