by Trudi Makhaya | Nov 20, 2017 | competition, economic development, economic freedom, economic policy, enterprise development, entrepreneurship, Events, Featured, finance, funding, innovation, insights, inspiration, Investment, media, Opportunities, public policy, social enterprise, start-ups, wealth, youth entrepreneurship
The concept of social enterprise has gone mainstream over the past few years, reflecting a desire for new ways to create economic value in a manner that delivers measurable social impact. This year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week kicked off on 10 November at the...
by Trudi Makhaya | Oct 30, 2017 | entrepreneurship, Featured, finance, funding, innovation, insights
Gro Intelligence, the New York and Nairobi-based agricultural data analytics business used by investment professionals, major corporations, governments and international organizations around the world, has raised a round of financing led by TPG Growth, the middle...
by Trudi Makhaya | Oct 30, 2017 | achievement, competition, creative economy, economic development, education, enterprise development, entrepreneurship, Events, Featured, finance, funding, Notices, Opportunities, small business
Engen Petroleum and Nedbank have partnered with Raizcorp to bring the ENGEN Pitch & Polish programme to cities and towns across South Africa, for the eighth time. The programme helps to educate and grow entrepreneurs. It teaches entrepreneurs how to polish their...
by Trudi Makhaya | Jan 9, 2012 | finance, peer-to-peer, social enterprise
I have been fascinated with Kiva for quite some time. It’s a quite an audacious idea – it started as a platform for ordinary citizens in the US to extend loans to micro-entrepreneurs across the developing world. Imagine the effort involved in finding...
by Trudi Makhaya | Oct 25, 2011 | finance
Rich aunties and friends with benefits that they can share – that seems to be what you need if you seek to finance a business in the informal sector in South Africa. In its comprehensive survey of businesses that are not registered for value-added tax (and can thus be...
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