By Ivan Epstein Softline CEO According to new research by the Global Entrepreneur Monitor South African women will play an even greater role in unlocking economic growth in the country. Softline CEO, Ivan Epstein says that South Africa has many excellent examples of woman entrepreneurs and it is gaining momentum. “I believe that in an [...]

Article by Wiseman Khuzwayo SOUTH AFRICA needs to find more ways to support and nurture entrepreneurs if the country is to avoid becoming a backward welfare state, where handouts risk draining the country’s innovative talent and its ability to produce equitable growth and employment. This is according to Endeavor South Africa, which is part of [...]

Article by Futurist Clem Sunter. (Cape Times 28 September 2010) Set up a venture capital fund of R100bn funded by big business and invest it in small enterprises with proven business experience and we will create wealth and jobs for the people, says futurist Clem Sunter in his latest scenario to help South Africa take [...]

- Cape Times 20 September 2010 Article by Samantha Enslin-Payne Two thirds of sector’s 6 million enterprises are one-person shows, but collectively it provides 9 million jobs. There are almost 6 million small businesses in South Africa, most of which are survivalist enterprises providing work for one person. While the sector will not alleviate poverty [...]

Here follows some examples of businesses created by students of EBS in the past. MANUFACTURING • Clothing (Home made – compete on price & personal touch • Alternative (Herb based) Medicine • Jewelry design & manufacturing • Brick Making • Construction & Building • Organic fertilizer (Earth worms) • Furniture & Household Appliances • Food [...]

Ramaphosa pointed out that it was really difficult for anyone to start a new business. It involved a thicket of difficulties to overcome, including having to be properly registered, able to carry out obligations to the SA Revenue Service and administer proper bookkeeping procedures. Ramaphosa said one of his friends, whom he did not name, [...]

“Encourage your people to be committed to a project rather than just be involved in it” – Richard Pratt In every team there needs to be a blend of men and women, leaders and supporters, the logical left-brained and the more creative right-brains, the experienced and the inexperienced, those who talk and those who act. [...]

Sarah-Jane Bosch Working for a company doesn’t mean you can’t be an entrepreneur,says Anthony Farr, chief executive of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation. He believes some of the best innovations and developments are achieved by people who are working for large corporations. The difference is that in these organisations entrepreneurship – and critical thinking – [...]

The Entrepreneurial Business School (EBS) (Pty) Ltd is a private practically orientated business school, which specializes in the training of entrepreneurship attributes and business management skills, by using a business simulation approach. The idea to start EBS was rooted in the most fundamental long-term economic problem faced by South Africa, namely the provision of jobs [...]