Ecosystem Snapshot

Durban

The graphs and charts below denote how often survey respondents selected a certain answer. For example, for the graph regarding sector of focus, a reader can clearly see how many respondents selected each sector. A reader can interpret this in a number of ways:

  1. Not enough people are focusing on sector x, while the market for sector y is overly saturated.
  2. The is not very much demand from entrepreneurs for support in sector x. 
  3. There are barriers for support organizations to access entrepreneurs in working in sector x. 

Intervention Type

  • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly (87)

  • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship (85)

  • Invest Directly (28)

  • Conduct research on the sector (28)

  • Provide financial support to intermediaries (14)

  • Invest into funds (1)

  • Other (20)

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n=123

Stakeholder Type

  • Business development service provider (72)

  • Enterprise development services (65)

  • Accelerator / incubator (61)

  • Consultant (39)

  • Impact investor (18)

  • Venture capital fund (9)

  • Private equity fund (8)

  • Crowdfunding (7)

  • Angel investor (5)

  • Funder of accelerators (5)

  • Fund of funds (5)

  • DFI / multilateral (5)

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n=115

Investment Instrument

  • Grant (50)

  • Debt (32)

  • Equity (24)

  • Quasi-Equity (6)

  • Guarantees (4)

  • Other (18)

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n=87

Nonfinancial Support

  • Access to networks and partners (94)

    79%

  • Business strategy and planning (83)

    70%

  • Leadership development (73)

    61%

  • Financial management (60)

    50%

  • Marketing support or market research (56)

    47%

  • Needs assessment (52)

    44%

  • Ideation (50)

    42%

  • Governance structure (46)

    39%

  • Performance management (44)

    37%

  • Technology development or adoption (44)

    37%

  • Media exposure (44)

    37%

  • Building HR capacity (42)

    35%

  • Legal, accounting, other office services (39)

    33%

  • Value / supply chain development (38)

    32%

  • Due diligence (37)

    31%

  • Building M&E capacity (34)

    29%

  • Sector development (32)

    27%

  • Investor matchmaking (27)

    23%

  • Investor showcases (22)

    18%

  • Exit strategies (22)

    18%

  • Product certification (14)

    12%

  • Other (14)

    12%

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n=119

Nonfinancial Support Delivery Mechanism

  • Mentoring (83)

  • Classroom / seminar training (71)

  • Direct Consulting Services (56)

  • Cohort or group support (53)

  • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support (49)

  • Co-working space (28)

  • Competitions / prizes (22)

  • Seat on the Board (11)

  • Talent Placement (10)

  • Fellowships (3)

  • Other (4)

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n=122

Sectors of focus

  • Sector agnostic (61)

  • Agriculture & Food (38)

  • Information and communication technology (38)

  • Manufacturing (38)

  • Education (29)

  • Energy (25)

  • Environment (25)

  • Wholesale and retail trade (25)

  • Hospitality / travel / tourism (24)

  • Supply chain services (20)

  • Logistics & distribution (20)

  • Infrastructure / facilities development (20)

  • Health (19)

  • Financial services (19)

  • Media & entertainment (19)

  • Transportation (19)

  • Water & sanitation (15)

  • Housing and community development (12)

  • Creative & cultural (11)

  • Artisanal (10)

  • Forestry (8)

  • Land conservation (8)

  • Culture (3)

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n=121

Stakeholder or business model focus

  • Youth entrepreneurs (75)

  • Women entrepreneurs (69)

  • Minority or previously excluded population (63)

  • Social enterprise (57)

  • Accessibility (50)

  • Rural communities (49)

  • Gender inclusion (43)

  • Citizen empowerment (41)

  • Urban communities (38)

  • Science, engineering or invention based businesses (36)

  • Advocacy (32)

  • Base of the pyramid (19)

  • Resiliency / climate change (18)

  • Ethical sourcing (15)

  • Franchising (11)

  • Refugees and migration (5)

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n=108

Impact objective

  • Capacity building (76)

  • Employment generation (73)

  • Income/productivity growth (71)

  • Community development (61)

  • Access to information (55)

  • Equality and empowerment (44)

  • Access to financial services (41)

  • Access to education (39)

  • Agricultural productivity (23)

  • Food security and nutrition (19)

  • Access to energy (16)

  • Health improvement (15)

  • Sustainable energy (15)

  • Pollution prevention and waste management (15)

  • Energy and fuel efficiency (14)

  • Sustainable land use (12)

  • Access to clean water and sanitation (11)

  • Natural resources conservation (10)

  • Water resources management (9)

  • Conflict resolution (9)

  • Affordable housing (8)

  • Human rights protection or expansion (8)

  • Generating funds for charitable giving (7)

  • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation (4)

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n=112

Verticals

  • EdTech (38)

  • E-commerce (36)

  • AgTech (34)

  • Data analytics (30)

  • CleanTech (29)

  • FinTech (27)

  • Software as a service (SaaS) (26)

  • Biotech (25)

  • Hardware (23)

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n=67

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