Our Programmes

Vision 2030

Vision 2030 is business’s contribution to the thinking on how to create sustainable growth and prosperity for all in the Cape Town city region, developing a more equal and just society in environmentally sensitive ways.

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Our Partnerships

Connect’d Cape Town

For a long time, there has been a feeling among business leaders in the Western Cape that the region is not capitalising, commercially, on the large number of visitors to the area. 

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Our News

Inspiration Sessions

Cape Town is often described as captivating, inspiring, cosmopolitan – the lifestyle city in South Africa.  For some, though, living here has felt far from that. 

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Welcome to Accelerate Cape Town

Cape Town UCT

Accelerate Cape Town is a business think tank and a catalyst in bringing together stakeholders in the Cape Town region to develop and implement a long-term vision for sustainable, inclusive economic growth.

The organisation was started by a group of business leaders brought together by a common concern over the pace and direction of change in the Cape. They agreed that a common long-term vision and future strategy were needed for the region, and that “big business” should play a leading role in developing and implementing them.

Accelerate Cape Town works on mobilising the combined expertise, influence and enthusiasm of its members to deliver long term socio-economic growth for the Cape region.

The key aims of Accelerate Cape Town are to:

  • accelerate economic growth in the city and the region
  • promote the city and region as a prime locality for investment
  • effectively represent the views of big business
  • establish a vibrant network of leaders in business, government, education and other stakeholders
  • set up and maintain constructive partnerships.

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  • Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront: a leading light in energy conservation

    All 230 staff members of Accelerate Cape Town member organisation, Radisson Blu Hotel Waterfront, will be rewarded with a bicycle in recognition of the Hotel’s stellar performance in Rezidor’s energy saving initiative, Think Planet ! Cape Town’s Radisson Blu Waterfront is leading the way in energy efficiency, and was announced as the winning hotel in the [...]

  • African Creative Economy Conference comes to Cape Town

    This dynamic conference will take place in Cape Town, South Africa (World Design Capital 2014) from 6-9 October this year. It follows popular annual conferences already held in Nairobi, Kenya and Dakar, Senegal, where it has proven to be instrumental in creating demands for markets and raising the profile of African cultural goods and services [...]

Check our Upcoming Events

  • June 19, 2013 8:00 amKPMG Sustainability Forum
  • June 21, 2013 7:30 amAccelerate Cape Town Board Meeting
  • August 23, 2013 10:00 amAccelerate Cape Town Annual General Meeting
  • September 20, 2013 8:00 amKPMG Sustainability Forum

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