About Us: Akwaba means a warm welcome!

INTRODUCTION

AKWABA International Student and Business Support Agency founded in the year 2007 is a support agency created with an aim to assist foreign students and business people who have the ambition to study in South Africa or carry out business investments.

Through our dedication and passion for our continent, we are building our reputation for reliability and service excellence.

WHO ARE WE?

Experts in our field of travel, we specialize in tailor-made travel to suit your exact requirements - Starting from any point and ending at any point in Southern Africa.

International Business Division

Globalization has accelerated the stream of borderless business, but business across boarders requires a wide range of practical expertise that differs from domestic business.

Thanks to its profound international business expertise and highly specialized staff, the International Business Division has offered a wide range of services, from strategic planning for developing global strategy to practical business, to companies that develop international business, domestic and foreign government-related organizations, and financial institutions.

As your "total business adviser and one-stop service center for overseas project and international business," we can support your company's overseas projects by serving as an adaptable fighting potential.

Consulting on Overseas Expansion and Branch Management

In a wide range of areas, such as overseas management, business operations, financial affairs, risk management, operational audits, personnel management, and research, we have advised you on your overseas expansion and international business, presented strategic planning and proposals, and developed assistance in your business.

1. Advising of overseas management strategy and global strategy, and assistance in practical business operations.

2. Support when expanding overseas or retrieving from overseas, including business trips.

3. Contract negotiations, such as for investment, establishment of joint companies, loans, and preparation of required documents.

4. Investigation, planning, and support in practical business operations, such as branch relocation and reorganization.

5. Assistance in determining factory sites and arranging accommodations for expatriate employees, and assisting in negotiations on house purchase and lease conditions and prices.

6. Assistance in conducting personnel management, in preparing company rules and employment agreements, and in conducting personnel cutbacks.
7. Auditing overseas business operations.

8. Consulting on fostering human resources in overseas units, and personnel training.

8. Assist with business registrations and tax clearance.

Translation Services

We accept such orders as a wide range of translations of business documents (where we are proud of the quality of our economic and financial translations), such as agreements, internal documents, annual reports, Internet homepage materials, internal rules, systems manuals, corporate profiles, financial statements, articles, internal circulars for overseas employees, and we handle translator service for conferences, speeches, and VIP attendances.

Since we have had many translators and proofreaders who have had sufficient practical business experience, we can promise to offer you services which also include languages other than English, and with high-quality translation and confidentiality.

Trade and Investment Consulting Service and Foreign Exchange Rate Service

For your doubts and inquiries in the course of daily business, including export and import trade, export bill insurance, trade claims, interpretation of the Foreign Exchange Law, market research, and other matters, our vastly experienced counselors can answer them.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS SUPPORT DIVISION

We assist foreign students who wish to study in South Africa from helping them gain admission into various Universities and Higher Institutions, help them process their visa, arrange for their accommodation as well as everything that entails their well being in South Africa. We also process the application of those foreign students who wish to do correspondence courses.

For the purpose of assisting in fostering human resources in countries transiting to the market economy and developing countries, based on consignments from governmental bodies, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other ministries, we have offered trainees opportunities to learn a wide range of knowledge in all business areas, such as financial systems, economic policy, corporate management, and promotion of small and medium-sized companies.

For general customers from overseas, foreign students, and employees of foreign-capital companies from abroad, according to thçir requests we have planned and implemented training on a wide range of business themes, such as from finance, marketing, corporate finance, and quality control, to cultural and social programs in South Africa.

FLIGHTS ARRANGEMENTS:

Your main entry points into South Africa are Johannesburg and Cape Town, both of which are serviced by a number of international airlines as well as our own excellent national carrier, South African Airways. We will book your internal flights and offer you the best possible price available.