paza shops. The offering spans across the business lifecycle and includes those interested in pursuing a social entrepreneurial cause all in favour of growing sustainable businesses, creating further employment and social impact”. – GIBBS
“BUSINESS/PARTNERS specialises in investing capital from R500, 000 to R50 million, skill and knowledge in entrepreneurs, and its staff has in-depth knowledge of the small and medium enterprise sector, as well as valuable insight into the various challenges facing businesses. Since inception, the company has made investments totaling R15.6 billion in 70 300 SME transactions facilitating over 593, 000 jobs in the process”. – Youth Village
“The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship (SAIE) is driven by a vision of a dynamic culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa that promotes a positive mindset in youth and adults and assists in the eradication of poverty through the creation of effective entrepreneurs”. – SAIE
From the above we can see that like many countries in the developing world South Africa still has a long wat to go in eradicating poverty completely in the country but there are already policies and programmes underway that will gradually help alleviate poverty for good, hopefully meeting the target date of 2030 agreed upon by the international community.
Article by: Pascaline Molepo