Ecosystem Snapshot

Gauteng

Intervention Type

  • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly (160)

  • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship (107)

  • Invest Directly (69)

  • Conduct research on the sector (51)

  • Provide financial support to intermediaries (24)

  • Invest into funds (5)

  • Provide nonfinancial services directly (1)

  • Other (20)

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n=256

Stakeholder Type

  • Business development service provider (100)

  • Accelerator / incubator (92)

  • Enterprise development services (83)

  • Consultant (51)

  • Impact investor (33)

  • Venture capital fund (26)

  • Private equity fund (23)

  • DFI / multilateral (15)

  • Angel investor (14)

  • Crowdfunding (11)

  • Fund of funds (8)

  • Funder of accelerators (6)

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n=216

Investment Instrument

  • Equity (44)

  • Debt (30)

  • Grant (16)

  • Quasi-Equity (12)

  • Guarantees (2)

  • Other (6)

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n=77

Nonfinancial Support

  • Business strategy and planning (124)

    75%

  • Access to networks and partners (112)

    68%

  • Marketing support or market research (67)

    41%

  • Financial management (64)

    39%

  • Needs assessment (61)

    37%

  • Leadership development (59)

    36%

  • Due diligence (53)

    32%

  • Sector development (49)

    30%

  • Technology development or adoption (48)

    29%

  • Value / supply chain development (45)

    27%

  • Legal, accounting, other office services (41)

    25%

  • Media exposure (41)

    25%

  • Governance structure (40)

    24%

  • Building HR capacity (39)

    24%

  • Ideation (38)

    23%

  • Performance management (32)

    19%

  • Investor matchmaking (31)

    19%

  • Investor showcases (27)

    16%

  • Exit strategies (26)

    16%

  • Building M&E capacity (25)

    15%

  • Product certification (17)

    10%

  • Other (specify below) (5)

    3%

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n=165

Nonfinancial Support Delivery Mechanism

  • Mentoring (125)

  • Classroom / seminar training (95)

  • Direct Consulting Services (81)

  • Cohort or group support (75)

  • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support (68)

  • Co-working space (41)

  • Competitions / prizes (31)

  • Seat on the Board (16)

  • Talent Placement (10)

  • Fellowships (9)

  • Other (8)

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n=215

Sectors of focus

  • Sector agnostic (138)

  • Information and communication technology (66)

  • Agriculture & Food (64)

  • Energy (51)

  • Financial services (50)

  • Education (48)

  • Manufacturing (48)

  • Health (42)

  • Supply chain services (42)

  • Logistics & distribution (39)

  • Infrastructure / facilities development (37)

  • Environment (35)

  • Wholesale and retail trade (35)

  • Media & entertainment (34)

  • Hospitality / travel / tourism (33)

  • Transportation (33)

  • Water & sanitation (32)

  • Housing and community development (26)

  • Land conservation (25)

  • Artisanal (23)

  • Forestry (22)

  • Culture (20)

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n=251

Stakeholder or business model focus

  • Women entrepreneurs (103)

  • Youth entrepreneurs (100)

  • Social enterprise (89)

  • Urban communities (68)

  • Minority or previously excluded population (63)

  • Rural communities (62)

  • Accessibility (55)

  • Science, engineering or invention based businesses (52)

  • Gender inclusion (52)

  • Citizen empowerment (50)

  • Base of the pyramid (43)

  • Advocacy (34)

  • Resiliency / climate change (31)

  • Ethical sourcing (26)

  • Franchising (22)

  • Refugees and migration (11)

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n=178

Impact objective

  • Employment generation (117)

  • Income/productivity growth (106)

  • Capacity building (88)

  • Access to financial services (78)

  • Access to information (63)

  • Equality and empowerment (59)

  • Community development (48)

  • Access to education (47)

  • Agricultural productivity (32)

  • Food security and nutrition (30)

  • Sustainable energy (27)

  • Health improvement (24)

  • Sustainable land use (22)

  • Access to energy (21)

  • Energy and fuel efficiency (19)

  • Natural resources conservation (18)

  • Water resources management (16)

  • Pollution prevention and waste management (16)

  • Access to clean water and sanitation (15)

  • Affordable housing (13)

  • Human rights protection or expansion (12)

  • Generating funds for charitable giving (11)

  • None (11)

  • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation (9)

  • Conflict resolution (8)

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n=219

Verticals

  • None (70)

  • AgTech (45)

  • FinTech (45)

  • E-commerce (39)

  • EdTech (38)

  • Data analytics (36)

  • Software as a service (SaaS) (33)

  • CleanTech (32)

  • Biotech (32)

  • Hardware (21)

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n=146

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