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Lebohang Kali and Motsieloa Malete – Ficksburg Information Technology Centre, Free State

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June 21, 2015

Lebohang Kali and Motsieloa Malete are the proud owners of the Ficksburg information Technology Centre, that was established in 2012. The two entrepreneurs have become role models for all those interested in establishing a techno enterprise. Since the launch of the Ficksburg ITC, Lebogang and Motsieloa have shown dedication and commitment to turn the centre into a successful enterprise. In 2012, after ten months of operations, the centre won the local municipality award within the category of Young Community Developers of...

Enterprise development – NPO View

by The Business Place
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August 29, 2008

The enterprise development sector is often seen as the panacea to South Africa’s job creation woes. But if this sector is to succeed in enhancing economic inclusion, serious attention must be paid to creating an enabling environment which supports emerging entrepreneurs. The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship (SAIE), a leading enterprise development NPO, believes that the key to success is to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, especially among the country’s youth. A challenging task The overall objective of enterprise development is to...

A Positive Entrepreneurial Environment

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July 7, 2008

“A positive entrepreneurial environment is …dependent on a system which effectively balances government and private sector needs and interventions. Only within such a stable and positively geared environment will entrepreneurship come into its own. Internationally and nationally, it is the time for entrepreneurship.” GEM 2007 It is indisputable that many indicators are leading to the common view that the time for entrepreneurship is now. At SAIE we hold that view passionately. We have increased our impact both in product offering and...

Evaluation and Learning

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June 26, 2008

SAIE has always been committed to evaluating its work, independent of stakeholder accountability issues, because of its interest in learning and improving practice. A summary of the main reasons and goals for evaluation for SAIE are: To learn To be accountable to all stakeholders To improve practice and the impact of interventions To understand the impact SAIE is having To understand what triggers or programme elements are most effective for helping participants Generous SAIE donors have supported a range of evaluations for the organisation, including a...

The Age of Entrepreneurship

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May 29, 2008

“It is accepted that the world is experiencing an entrepreneurial age, which is characterized by factors such as accelerated innovation and the commercialization threat at a faster rate, companies scaling down in order to be more competitive, and more emphasis on project-driven approaches. One can therefore assume that more must be done to ensure that the youth is employable and can start their own businesses.” GEM 2007 As a board we are proud to be associated with the South African Institute...

SAIE’s Learning Philosophy

by The Business Place
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March 22, 2007

Since we develop learning materials, you would think that we’re passionate about teaching. But you’d be wrong. We’re not passionate about teaching. We’re passionate about learning. And this subtle shift in focus from teaching to learning is what really defines our educational philosophy. When you focus on teaching, you necessarily focus on the transmission of content from educators to learners. This is a process in which the teacher is the active participant at the centre, and learners are the passive recipients...

South Africa : Alive with possibility?

by The Business Place
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December 1, 2006

That South Africa post 1994 is a country alive with possibility is indisputable. That it is also a country lacking in sufficient numbers of entrepreneurially minded individuals is, unfortunately, equally so. Since South Africa first participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report in 2001 it has almost consistently declined, year on year, in terms of its level of entrepreneurial activity relative to all participating companies (see block below). Most importantly, the GEM Reports from 2002 to 2005 all report...

Farming Entrepreneurially

by The Business Place
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October 22, 2006

Farming Entrepreneurially New opportunities for emerging small farmers. Small farming used to be a wait and see game. The farmer would plant something and then wait and see what came up and then wait and see how much he was able to harvest. Then, as the true victim of circumstances way beyond his control, the farmer would then wait and see what he would be able to sell and wait and see what prices he would be able to achieve. There would be...

The social return on the Agriplanner programme

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September 27, 2006

The social return on the AgriPlanner programme The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship is a social profit organisation dedicated to supporting poverty eradication through enterprise development and the creation of entrepreneurs in all settings in South Africa. The idea of a ‘social profit’ is rooted in the premise of performance-based social investment. Under this paradigm, the work of “non profit organisations”, which is dedicated to achieving a social change agenda, far from being “not profitable” is of extreme social importance –...

Training trainers for the Agricultural Sector

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September 13, 2006

Training trainers for the Agricultural Sector “The times they are a’changing,” sings the well known song and certainly the training and learning needs in the Agricultural sector are in the midst of a changing environment. No longer is it enough for extension officers to go around and visit and offer their suggestions as to how to improve this or that, or suggest trying some new method, crop or variety. A whole new crop (excuse the pun) of trainers are needed, they need...