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Must-See Small Business Opportunities for November
MAKE THE MOST OF IT 📬
IN THIS MONTH'S BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES NEWSLETTER ++++- Get the latest Business Opportunities, Funding News and Competitions.- Get an e-commerce website in time for Black Friday (27 November). Learn about DPO Store, which is specifically designed to help startups and small businesses launch their e-commerce websites easily, quickly & securely.- To celebrate the start of November we are looking back at some of OUR and YOUR favourite stories from over the years. Be safe and take care!
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Secha Capital Impact (SMEs)
Secha Capital, a Southern African investment impact firm, announced the first close of its second fund, Secha Capital Impact, a Southern Africa early-stage operations-focused impact private equity fund. The ZAR400 million (US$30 million) Secha Capital Fund II will invest up to ZAR12 million (US$730,000) into established Southern African SMEs
Sunlight’s More Than You Expect Heroes (Women entrepreneurs)
Share your business story for a chance to become 1 of 5 additional More Than You Expect Heroes, who will benefit from business support and resources to the value of R200 000 each.
Grow with Google (All)
The digital hub provides free tools and resources to businesses and individuals, with initiatives like Google My Business, Marketing Kit tool and Market Finder tool.
MORE INFO ON HOW TO APPLY HERE
1000 Tech Entrepreneurs Movement (Tech)
If you have the interest and willingness to be assisted to start and lead your tech startup, then register to join the five-day boot camp in your city. This is a nationwide campaign with ideation and MVP boot camps
Locally Yours Market – Port Elizabeth (All)
The Locally Yours Market initiative promotes handmade products made by residents of the Eastern Cape. The market is held once a month. To qualify, business owners will need to be in attendance at the market.
App Factory Internship Programme (Tech)
Graduates who can demonstrate their ability to code in C#, Java and C++ and are familiar with object-oriented principles can apply for this internship with the Tshimologong Precinct. Successful candidates will be paid a stipend for the duration of the internship.
MORE INFO ON HOW TO APPLY HERE
The following content is sponsored by DPO South Africa.
New Offering Gets SMEs Trading Online in Under a Week
Want to launch an e-commerce website without outsourcing developers or requiring design skills?DPO South Africa launched its DPO Store which is specifically designed to help startups and small businesses move online easily, quickly and securely, and comes with ongoing support.
For only R349 per month, you’ll get:- An e-commerce-ready website including a full payment suite- A four-page website with space to sell 250 products- A website tailored to the branding guidelines of your business- Training and support PLUS site maintenance including safety requirements- An integrated delivery service- Free hosting sites are built and ready to accept transactions in just five working days.“DPO Store allows even the smallest of businesses the opportunity to experience the power of online commerce,” says Brendon Williamson, CSO of DPO South Africa.
Let's Take You Back ... Our Most Popular Articles Over the Past 7 Years...
SME South Africa has been running for over seven years and hundreds of thousands of you have read the content on our website.
This week we are looking back at some of our favourite and most popular posts from the past.
1. ‘Being An Entrepreneur Is About More Than Just Business’ – Rapelang Rabana- Rapelang Rabana shares lessons learned during her entrepreneurial journey working as a young, black, and female entrepreneur in tech.
2. Crowdfunding Platforms for SA Entrepreneurs- Find the perfect crowdfunding platform to fit your fundraising needs.
3. Sisa Ngebulana On The 4 Essential Qualities Needed To Build An Empire- Property mogul, Sisa Ngebulana on failure and seeing opportunity in every crisis.
A List of 100% Local South African Franchises- Choose from Sorbet, Candi & Co, Car Service City, Nandos, RocoMamas and Chesanyama.
5 Women in Farming You Need to Know About- From honey to cattle farming – here’s how these women farmers are shaking up the agriculture sector.
*****Business Competitions - Win Funding & Gain Exposure****
Sentech Hack the Future Challenge 2020 (Tech) - Innovative tech & digital solutions can be entered into the #SentechHackTheFuture hackathon. Stand a chance to win R200,000 in prize money.
WWF & Sanlam Disaster and Agricultural Risk Innovation Challenge (All) – The competition aims to find ideas to improve disaster and agricultural risk management. The winner stands the chance to win a portion of R150k in prize money.
7th annual Festival of Ideas Competition (Social entrepreneurs) - The GIBS Entrepreneurship Development Academy, in partnership with SAB Foundation, will be hosting the competition where aspiring entrepreneurs can pitch their unique business ideas to a panel of experts for a chance to win a share of R70 000 in cash prizes.
MORE INFO ON HOW TO APPLY HERE
Resolve Challenge (All) - Individuals or teams can get an opportunity to test their idea before launching it into the market; grant funding is available for selected projects and there’s possible investment from industry partners.
TelkomONE Competition: #OpenUpTheIndustry (Entertainment) - TelkomONE is allowing aspiring content producers, writers, videographers, photographers, presenters and actors to win 1 of 3 contracts valued at R100 000. Winners will produce their full web series and have it screened on Telkom’s new Video on Demand Service.
Mamelodi Sundowns “Sing with Sundowns” 50 Year Celebration (Songwriters, musicians) - Musicians and songwriters get the opportunity to compose and submit your Sundowns song in any of the 11 official languages (including Xu and Khwe). A total of R6 million in cash can be won
MORE INFO ON HOW TO APPLY HERE
**** Incubator/Accelerator Programmes Open for Entrepreneurs ****
VC4A Startup Academy (All)
This is an online resource for startup founders where you can get access to the latest industry insights, start-up tools and methodologies needed to take your business to the next level.
South Africa Virtual 2020 programme (All)
The French South African Tech Labs (FSAT) is offering an incubation programme whose duration is over six months. The programme includes workshops, coaching, and mentoring and helps to connect participants with potential investors and technology-based developers.
MORE INFO ON HOW TO APPLY HERE
