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There are small business grants available in South Africa, as well as small business loans available exclusively to young entrepreneurs and first-time businesses. One of the best known is the Small Enterprise Agency (SEFA). Their primary function is to help provide funding for small start-up bus...
While the continental boom is positive for high-growth start-ups, this does not translate into an abundance of capital for the majority of entrepreneurs in South Africa. Despite popular belief and owing to the overuse and incorrect use of the term “start-up”, most entrepreneurs are not build...
Venture capitalists (VCs) are startup funding investors who put money into a business in exchange for equity in that business. Their goal is to get a return on their investment when the business goes public or gets acquired by another company. Venture capitalists only invest in companies that ...
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But even if you don’t, don’t give up. Keep working on, and refining, your business. Quality will shine through. And with the right levels of success, investors will approach you rather than the other way around. Read more: venture capitalist, funding for startups, funding for entrepren...
“Looking at funding figures for 2019, it seemed like fintech – long Africa’s most attractive destination for tech start-up funding – might be losing some of its allure. Though the number of funded ventures continued to rise, total investment had declined by almost 20 per cent from 20...
Melbourne social enterprise Who Gives A Crap sold nearly 3 million rolls of toilet paper in 2014/15 and gave half the proceeds to WaterAid Australia, but co-founder Simon Griffiths says the donation would have been less had the startup adopted a non-profit model when it launched two years ...
Impact of venture capital financing on small- and medium-sized enterprises' performance in Uganda Background: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa and Uganda suffer from lack of finance for their survival and growth. This liquidity emergency motivated start-ups struggling to find al...
Funding amounts range from R3000 up to R500 000 but are dependent on the sales volume of the business. Larger businesses with higher sales volumes will get higher offers. This funding can be borrowed for periods of 3 - 12 months. How is the advance repaid? The advance is repaid in smal...