Gordon Institute of Business Science
The Entrepreneurship Development Academy’s (EDA) primary focus is making business education accessible to start-up, micro and small business entrepreneurs.
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May 5, 2020
Edge Growth
Closing the gaps between enterprise development, supplier development and preferential procurement.
Tshikululu Social Investments
South Africa’s Leading Social Investments and Advisory Firm
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Allon Raiz – Common mistakes corporates make in their supply chain strategies
Raizcorp has been developing and growing small businesses for almost two decades now and has worked with numerous large corporate companies on their enterprise and supplier development strategies. Over time, we have seen that corporate supplier development programmes often do not achieve the expected results owing to a number of issues relating to the companies’
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Anglo American – Unpacking the numbers, unlocking potential
Kumba Iron Ore’s investment in supporting mining communities to procure products and services has increased by 75% to R2bn In an iron-clad commitment to supporting the small businesses operating within the communities in which it operates, Kumba Iron Ore (KIO) has grown its procurement targets by 75% from R 500m two years ago, to a
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Mpilenhle Recycling – From trash collector to thriving business
It all began with three eager young entrepreneurs from the Osizweni township in Newcastle, northern KwaZulu-Natal. Gcina Makhoba and partners started Mpilenhle Recycling with a borrowed bakkie and no employees. They had to be hands-on for real, overcoming many challenges, especially the stigma attached to this being such a “dirty job”. Gcina recalls an incident
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PPS Foundation – Nurturing potential to change South Africa’s future
“PPS is the only mutual financial services company in South Africa that focuses exclusively on graduate professionals,” explains Masenyane Molefe, Group HR Executive at PPS. “As such, our focus on STEM talks to both our core business and the members who make up our primary target market, as well as contributing to one of the
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ABSA committed to a mindset change to meet the needs of SMEs
As an organisation, we have committed to a significant mindset change to meet the needs of SMEs. We want to nourish entrepreneurship and understand the plight of our customers, not only with regard to access to funding and markets, but also with respect to the business development support required to nurture these businesses from today’s
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GIBS ED Academy – ESD thrives with an impact driven, investment approach
When you take a township entrepreneur from nothing to something, that’s impact. When you help a business scale from three employees to 10, that’s impact. When you enable a company to successfully navigate the red tape around procurement, that’s impact. When your interventions result in notable pro-small business mindset shift within a large corporate, that’s
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Mervyn King – Integrated thinking and corporate citizenship
In the early years, equity capital had consequences because other stakeholders viewed the shareholders as the primary stakeholder. This was exacerbated by Milton Friedman’s doctrine in the 1970s that the sole purpose of the company was to make profit without deception. The consequence was that the 20th century was one of unsustainable development. By 1995
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