• Academic Institution

UKZN InQubate

UKZN InQubate has developed an Entrepreneurship Skills Programme called ENSPIRE to equip the university’s students with entrepreneurial skills at a practical level. This innovative programme aims to convert the vibrant entrepreneurial spirit of the students into sustainable viable businesses.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Online / mobile
    • Co-working space
    • Cohort or group support
    • Competitions / prizes
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Ideation
    • Legal, accounting, other office services
    • Governance structure
    • Investor showcases
    • Investor matchmaking
    • Technology development or adoption
    • Media exposure

  • Investment Instruments

    • Equity
    • Debt
    • Grant
    • royalties payable above threshold for limited duration

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Invest Directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Youth entrepreneurs

  • Impact objectives

    • Capacity building
    • Employment generation
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