• Corporation or Corporate Foundation
The Business Investment Competition encourages and rewards entrepreneurship by providing a platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to cross the next major hurdle in business development.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Competitions / prizes
  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Media exposure
  • Investment Instruments

    • Grant
  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Manufacturing
    • Infrastructure / facilities development
    • Wholesale and retail trade
  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Minority or previously excluded population
  • Impact objectives

    • Capacity building
    • Income/productivity growth