Today, 50 learners are being inducted as part of the learnership programme spearheaded by the FoodBev Seta and the Bakery Incubator of South Africa (BICSA) on behalf of EDTEA.

The initiative is part of the bakery incubator project which is a partnership between the eThekwini Municipality, the Ithala Development Finance Corporation, which is the implementing agency, BICSA which has been appointed to run the facility with EDTEA.

The facility is part of Edtea’s agenda to assist small enterprises with lowering the cost of business and the barriers to entry in order for them to create sustainable and successful small enterprises.

The learners that are being inducted today will receive an NQ level certificate once they have completed their basic course in baking which will enable them to upscale their business enterprises.