Building practical AI capability for the future of higher education procurement
PURCO SA recently brought together 80 procurement professionals from across its 66 member institutions for an applied AI Data Analysis and Executive..... read more
PURCO SA is the purchasing consortium of the Higher Educational sector in Southern Africa. Our members include all South African and Namibian public universities and their allied institutions, TVET Colleges, and private higher education institutions. We focus on providing maximum benefit for our members through collaborative procurement and professional support.
Read More66 higher education and associated institutions in South Africa and Namibia are PURCO SA Members.
We manage an extensive range of products and service contracts with more than 680 contracted suppliers.
Since 2010 we have saved our Member institutions more than R3.3bn in procurement costs.
In 2025 our Members spent R3.6 billion via PURCO SA-negotiated contracts.