• Capacity Development Provider
We provide business facilities and support services to emerging and small businesses in Diepsloot. Our work is based on the premise that township entrepreneurs need the following: - Skills: this includes personal skills, technical skills, business skills and a 'world of work' and customer needs perspective. Skills are provided through training programmes and workshops, master classes, coaching, mentoring and industry exposure. - Resources: this includes work and meeting spaces, computers/devices, data/internet, technical equipment, printing/copying/scanning, hardware and software for their specific purposes. - Access to Markets: this includes networking, industry exposure, support in getting to customers (airtime/data/transport), direct introductions and mentoring that can help with connections.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Artisanal
    • Culture
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Hospitality & tourism
    • Housing & community development
    • Information & communication technology (including gaming)
    • Water & sanitation
  • Services

    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
    • Manage an incubator or provide co-working space for entrepreneurs
    • Manage a crowdfunding platform
  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Support on governance structure
    • Operations and technology development or adoption
    • Legal/accounting/other office services
  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
  • Focus Tech

    • No
  • Focus Population

    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Minority or previously excluded population