Participants are invitation to attend, speak, partner, exhibit or sponsor the 6th Annual Africa Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Summit and Expo 2024-Durban Forum which will be hosted on 29 and 30 August, 2024, in Durban, KZN, South Africa.
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The Summit and Expo are punted as the single biggest student housing event in Africa. It offers opportunities for property developers, operators, universities and financiers to tap into the student housing market which currently has an estimated over 500 000 bed shortage.
The forum acknowledges the critical role of affordable, safe and secure student accommodation for the success of students and the overall betterment of their welfare. The summit brings together key stakeholders to find and implement innovative and creative solutions to finance, build, develop, operate and manage affordable student accommodation and housing, as well as to explore the linkages between student housing provision and academic performances and student wellbeing.
So whether you are a student housing stakeholder or developer, learn everything you need to know about financing, developing, operating and managing student accommodation from experts, regulators, developers, financiers and other key stakeholders.
Book before 31 July and get one ticket free (Promo code #Book1get1free).
Addressing shortages
As one of the most diverse and representative summits on the continent, the events seeks to address the critical shortage of affordable purpose-built student accommodation through a multi stakeholder approach and brings together all key stakeholders in the student housing and accommodation sector, Universities, TVET colleges, private student housing operators, developers, industry associations, industry regulators, building and construction, financial services, development finance institutions, proptech and building technology firms, asset owners and managers, higher education departments, municipalities, property and real estate industry and student housing suppliers.
If you want to recommend a speaker or expert to present at the summit, e-mail pbsa@pbsa.africa
This year’s summit follows the successful hosting of the Cape Town and Johannesburg summits in March and November 2023 respectively, and which brought together over 160 physical and over 100 online delegates each drawn from over 25 countries and more than 50 local and international expert speakers.
The 2024 calendar will include summits in Durban, Cape town, Johannesburg and also summits in Kenya and Nigeria structured as 2-day summits, expos, pitching Dens and the Inaugural Africa Student Housing Awards in November 2024.
Discounted Rates of up to 30% off to all previous delegates (Valid till 15/07/24).
Deadline for registration: 31/07/24 | Get the early bird rates before 15/07/2024.
For more information email: pbsa@pbsa.africa