entrepreneurship
Brand South Africa Ignites Entrepreneurial Spirit: Making it Happen
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM’s) National Entrepreneurship Context Index does not seem to favour South Africa’s climate for aspiring business owners. The index, which...
Brand South Africa plays its part in building the township economy
According to IOL, almost half of South Africa's urban population lives in townships, representing hundreds of billions of rands in spending power in the...
Make it Happen South Africa: Igniting Entrepreneurial Spirit Together
Brand South Africa’s active citizenship initiative, Play Your Part, which is currently celebrating its 10th year, is now gearing up to give students the...
Google Africa sets up mentorship programmes for tech designers, entrepreneurs
Google Launchpad and Google Play South Africa were launched in November 2017 to boost African technology start-ups and develop a unique African design aesthetic.
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Press Release: iEntrepreneur – a Week of Entrepreneurship at Wits
Johannesburg, 30 August, 2017 - Unemployment among the youth of South Africa has reached an ‘all time high’ and young people need to step...
Khayelitsha’s “Spinach King” is building a healthy eating empire
Inspiring young entrepreneur Lufefe Nomjana started with a good idea and R40. Today he has expanded his small-scale spinach-bread making business into a range...
We must teach children how to be entrepreneurs
South Africa must teach innovation and entrepreneurship to schoolchildren; in the new world of work, problem solvers, collaborators and flexible creative thinkers will be...
Former teacher empowers others through creativity
Marjolein Gamble is a former pre-primary and primary school teacher who was inspired by a fondness for creativity to create sustainable products and empower...
Siyabonga Africa helps people get back up
From humble beginnings as a feeding scheme in the 1980s, Siyabonga Africa has grown to include entrepreneurship programmes and business skills that incorporate food security.
Enactus promotes entrepreneurship, innovation
The South African entry in the Enactus World Cup helped a small-scale fishery in KwaZulu-Natal develop and expand its operations. It was one of many projects showcased in the competition that are offering practical and innovative ways to improve quality of life around the world.
