Services to small businesses

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Posted on 2007/02/02 12:31

Enablis is a Canadian.based non-profit, membership-based organisation that works in developing countries to support early-stage entrepreneurs, especially those who embrace technology as an enabler of growth. Enablis provides a unique blend of coaching, mentoring, networking, trading and financing.

With Enablis’ support, entrepreneurs are actively buidling small-to-medium enterp...


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Posted on 2007/02/02 12:40

NICRO was founded on the 6th of September 1910 as the South African Prisoners' Aid Association.

The organisation changed and grew and was renamed NICRO (the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of Offenders) in 1970 (at the 1997 biennial general meeting the word Rehabilitation was replaced with Reintegration).

The organisation originally se...


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Posted on 2007/02/02 12:38
Who is Khethani?

Khethani Business Finance (Khethani) is a financier, registered as a Section 21 company in January 1998. The organization provides funding to a niche market between micro-medium business segments. Only loans to individual businesses are considered. Existing businesses must have been in existence for 2 to 3 months to qualify for a loan. Loans for startup businesses are cons...


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Posted on 2007/02/02 12:39

The Business Place is a national network of youth-friendly, walk-in entrepreneurial centres. It is a place where relevant services are clustered under one roof with an information centre at the core. At The Business Place, you will be helped with the “how to’s” and “next steps” for anyone wanting to start, improve or expand a business.

What it offers


Posted on 2007/02/02 12:37
The LBCs mission is to systematically expand the network of municipal library based Local Business Corners to reach all the corners of rural as well as metropolitan Western Cape and to have each LBC ( i.e. each participating library ) become an active partner and facilitator in the supply of support and information for small enterprises.

Core Activities

Raise awareness about self-employmen...

Posted on 2007/02/02 11:13

Government created the Umsobomvu Youth Fund (UYF) in January 2001, and gave it the task of promoting entrepreneurship, job creation, skills development and skills transfer among South Africans between the ages of 18 and 35.

The UYF is dedicated to investing in things that create opportunities for young people to get good skills, find job opportunities or even start their own success...


Posted on 2007/02/02 11:25

WHAT IS THE RED DOOR?

 

The RED Door is a one-stop shop for new and existing businesses looking for help and advice, from the most basic to the most sophisticated. They aim to:
  • Help build new businesses;
  • Help strengthen and develop existing businesses; and
  • Help create and build more...

Posted on 2007/02/02 12:35

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) is the Department of Trade and Industry's agency for supporting small business in South Africa. SEDA aims to:

  • Strengthen support for SMME’s access to finance
  • Create an enabling regulatory environment
  • Expand market opportunities for specific categories of small enterprises
  • Localise sm...