SmartStart’s Week of the Stars conference at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways, Sandton, brought together 12 implementing partners, frontline staff such as call centre agents, coaches, hub personnel, programme leads, and trainers to celebrate 10 years closing South Africa early learning gap in quintiles 1 and 2 communities. The Night of the Stars awards recognised […]

Over the last decade, SmartStart’s has achieved remarkable growth, evolving from a modest network of franchisees serving a few thousand children into a powerful national collective. Today, the organisation partners with 12 implementing organisations to empower over 15 000 practitioners, delivering quality early learning to more than 150 000 children every week across South Africa’s […]

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The SmartStart network’s landmark new study, shows that early learning programmes run in homes and community venues such as churches and halls are boosting development and learning outcomes for children. The network comprises 13 implementing partners which, together, support more than 15 000 early learning practitioners to reach over 150 000 children across South Africa […]