South African private school giant is booming

Private education provider ADvTECH continues to go from strength to strength, with the company recording strong growth in revenue, enrolment and profit for the first half of its 2025 financial year.

AdvTECH is a JSE-listed private education provider that operates in the education and recruitment industries in South Africa and the rest of Africa.

Its businesses include 24 brands and 17 education brands, encompassing over 153 education, training and recruitment sites across Africa.

It operates well-known schooling brands, including Crawford International, Trinity House and Abbotts College.

On Monday, 25 August, the company released its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2025.

These results showed a strong performance from ADvTECH, with revenue growth of 14% to R4.68 billion and operating profit growth of 14% to R982 million.

The majority of this revenue was derived from the company’s South African operations, which grew revenue and operating profit by 11% and 12%, respectively.

However, a standout performer from these results was ADvTECH’s Rest of Africa division, which grew revenue and operating profit by 31% and 34%, respectively.

The company’s Tertiary division also performed well, with 13% revenue growth and 14% operating profit.

ADvTECH’s Resourcing division was a slight drag on these results, with revenue and operating profit declining by 5% and 2%, respectively.

The company reported strong enrolment growth across its divisions, with 13% overall enrolment growth to 105,710. This translates to a compound annual growth rate of 7% since 2021.

ADvTECH’s return on capital invested also improved to 15.7%, up from 15.3% in 2023.

“The directors are pleased to announce another strong set of results for the six months ended 30 June 2025,” the company said. 

“These were achieved through healthy enrolment growth, moderate fee increases, improved debtors control and continued margin improvement.”

“The group continues to build its competitive advantage through investing in superior technology and enhanced teaching and learning, further cementing our position as the leading provider of private education on the African continent.”

Based on these strong results, ADvTECH declared an interim dividend of 45 cents per share, up 18% from the prior year’s 38 cents per share. This translates to a compound annual growth rate of 24%.

The graphs below show ADvTECH’s strong financial performance over the six-month period.