Spotlight on Partnership: Taquanta and the ASISA Academy IMACS@TSIBA Internship Programme

The ASISA Academy’s vision is to be the training partner of choice for both the ASISA members as well as the broader financial services industry and its stakeholders. As one of the transformation initiatives of ASISA, we rely on the input and support of member companies – both large and small – to determine the kinds of short courses and programmes that we offer. In recognition of the various ASISA members who have been partnering with us over the years, we have been featuring good news stories and snippets over the past few months in our Newsflash.

Taquanta's high retention rate and the positive feedback of young professionals placed there by the ASISA Academy bear this out. An example is Masanele Bam, IMACS@TSIBA alumnus and Client Service Administrator at Taquanta, who says, “I really liked the environment from the start.”

After finishing school, Bam was determined to study further but, in her own words, “finances said otherwise”. She took a holiday job (quickly attracting the offer of a fulltime position) and joined a learnership run by the Western Cape Office of the Premier, but always kept her eye on the prize. A year after matriculating, she achieved her dream and started her studies at TSIBA Business School.

Even though she had been in the marketing stream at TSIBA, she found her way into the IMACS@TSIBA programme, which is run in association with the ASISA Academy. Taquanta elected to sponsor her for the practical aspect of the programme and, seven years later, Bam continues to thrive at the company.

Read her full story here: Always keeping her eye on the prize.

Masanele Bam, a client service administrator at Taquanta.