Have you ever considered applying for the Black Industrialist Scheme grant funding but been put off by the process? We would love to hear from you.
Our partners assist South African entrepreneurs with applying for funding through the Black Industrialist Scheme but talking to entrepreneurs, there is still some uncertainty around aspects of applying.
We have…
Over the past 18 months, we have spent a significant amount of time looking at the “Access to Funding” and “Access to Markets” challenges for SMEs and one of the key takeaways from the “Funding” side is the importance of surviving “Year 1”.
Failure rates for SMEs are well documented across the globe and South Africa…
Are you an entrepreneur in the agriculture / agro-processing industries looking for expansion capital?
The objective of the APSS is to stimulate investment by South African agro-processing and beneficiation (agri-business) enterprises
The APSS will be targeted at five (5) key identified sub-sectors (focus areas) as follows:
(i) Food and beverage value addition and processing (including Black winemakers);
(ii) Furniture manufacturing;
(iii)…
One of the questions that came up at the recent StartupGrind event in Greenside was whether you need to have BEE ownership to apply for grant funding?
Our partners at Uzenzele provide the answers:
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While the South African agriculture sector has struggled over the last decade due to a variety of influences, there are a number of initiatives which are being done to support entrepreneurs.
Media group Moneyweb recently highlighted how the cotton industry in South Africa has been revived thanks to a R200m government-funded programme.
In this video, the Moneyweb…
As a network, we receive numerous requests from entrepreneurs looking to access Grant Funding / incentive funding to help them kickstart their business. This could include the Agro-Processing, Black Industrialist, Export Marketing Initiative and TIA grants.
The reality is that these grants are typically not designed for start-ups but rather for strategic capital investment to help…
In conjunction with our network partners, we are hosting a variety of workshops and webinars that might be of interest to our community of entrepreneurs and business owners:
Webinars:
From this week Wednesday we are going to be kicking off a series of webinars looking at:
Small Business Funding (10 October)
Marketing and Media (17 October)…
I read with some interest the article (https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/can-sa-create-an-additional-100-black-industrialists/) from Ray Mahlaka, looking at the “Black Industrialist” programme in South Africa and I feel there is a side to this story which is core to maximising this initiative.
At least once a week, we receive applications from entrepreneurs who have been approved by the Black Industrialist, Agro-Processing…
The Black Industrialist Programme is aimed at developing capacity amongst black owned businesses through the use of Grant Funding to allow black-owned businesses to scale up and be competitive players in the South African economy.
The grant funding makes use of matching funding to help inject up to R50m/year of funding into a business.
The below video…