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Cape Town - South African Breweries (SAB) will run an innovative entrepreneurship development workshop in the Polokwane area over three days from 23 to 25 July.
Startup Bootcamp, a pilot programme of SAB KickStart, SAB's youth entrepreneurship development programme, will target about 50 entrepreneurs based across Limpopo. They should be between the ages of 18 and 35 with an innovative business idea or early startup not more than six months in operation, and looking to acquire tools to improve their concepts and operations.
The aim is to fill a critical gap in the entrepreneurship support ecosystem, namely the lack of support for the origination and growth of ideas, said Boipelo Nkadimeng, head of SAB's enterprise development and community partnerships.
Nkadimeng said SAB recognises that relevant and innovative business development support is difficult to access, especially by youth in rural areas.
"This is an exciting venture for us as we extend our objective through SAB KickStart of growing a culture of entrepreneurship across the country," she said. "It further allows us to build a strong and quality pipeline for our main programme, which aims to develop high impact youth-owned businesses capable of making a sustainable contribution to job creation."
"As SAB, we hope the young people of Limpopo will take advantage of this opportunity to equip themselves with the appropriate business skills," she said.
Other criteria include being willing to invest time and effort to develop and grow the idea, and individuals should display passion. Those meeting the criteria should email kickstart@za.sabmiller.com and if successful, will be invited to attend a pitching process to take place on Wednesday 23 July, where the final Startup Bootcamp participants will be chosen.
Over the past 19 years, SAB KickStart has helped more than 27 000 youth entrepreneurs.
Startup Bootcamp, a pilot programme of SAB KickStart, SAB's youth entrepreneurship development programme, will target about 50 entrepreneurs based across Limpopo. They should be between the ages of 18 and 35 with an innovative business idea or early startup not more than six months in operation, and looking to acquire tools to improve their concepts and operations.
The aim is to fill a critical gap in the entrepreneurship support ecosystem, namely the lack of support for the origination and growth of ideas, said Boipelo Nkadimeng, head of SAB's enterprise development and community partnerships.
Nkadimeng said SAB recognises that relevant and innovative business development support is difficult to access, especially by youth in rural areas.
"This is an exciting venture for us as we extend our objective through SAB KickStart of growing a culture of entrepreneurship across the country," she said. "It further allows us to build a strong and quality pipeline for our main programme, which aims to develop high impact youth-owned businesses capable of making a sustainable contribution to job creation."
"As SAB, we hope the young people of Limpopo will take advantage of this opportunity to equip themselves with the appropriate business skills," she said.
Other criteria include being willing to invest time and effort to develop and grow the idea, and individuals should display passion. Those meeting the criteria should email kickstart@za.sabmiller.com and if successful, will be invited to attend a pitching process to take place on Wednesday 23 July, where the final Startup Bootcamp participants will be chosen.
Over the past 19 years, SAB KickStart has helped more than 27 000 youth entrepreneurs.
