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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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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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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We firmly believe that to shape a more sustainable outlook, a shift from social investment to social innovation is critical. In line with this thinking, we launched an initiative called the Challenge Revolution. The concept brings together several major business initiatives, including the Challenge Convention series, the Innovation Challenge and the Mentorship Challenge. These initiatives
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Taking an active role in local communities affected by disaster or socio-economic circumstances, TFG has donated over 100 000 blankets to South Africans in need. TFG’s “Sew Good Initiative” forms part of the group’s shared value strategy that spreads warmth through action. Underpinning TFG’s investment in local production is skills development, and through this initiative
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For green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), access to finance is one of the key constraints in scaling innovative business models. Investors – even those with the intention and mandate to support smaller deals – consider these early stage businesses to be risky. The Green Outcomes Fund (GOF) is a first of its kind structure
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As the CSI arm of Vodacom -– one of South Africa’s largest ICT companies – the Vodacom Foundation leverages the organisation’s enormous technological capabilities to connect people, create opportunities and change lives. “Connecting does not simply mean bringing people digital connectivity,” says Taki Netshitenzhe, Chief Officer of Corporate Affairs for the Vodacom Group. “However, connecting
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Takalani (Taki) Netshitenzhe is a pioneer of socio-economic transformation through the use of ICTs who believes and demonstrates that ICTs are an enabler and tool for development. She is the Chief Officer of Corporate Affairs in Vodacom Group, Executive Director of Vodacom South Africa and Chairperson of the Vodacom Foundation. Taki passionately fosters integrated Corporate
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Zandile is a leader in Enterprise and Supplier Development, Transformation, B-BBEE Advisory, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital development. Throughout her career Zandile has been consistent in her chosen path of development. Started off in the development of the unemployed and unskilled through implementation and management of learnerships then progressed into human capital development with focus on
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Conceived and developed by Zandile Njamela, Accenture’s Enterprise Supplier Development programme has become a point of pride in the organisation, providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with business development support, mentorship and access to the market, while helping them achieve economic empowerment and contribute to job creation. In her own words, Zandile tells us about
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