by Hanleigh | Nov 13, 2017 | Features
By: Donna Rachelson, Seed Engine CEO, incorporating Seed Academy and the WDB Seed Fund It has been a difficult year for South Africa. In September the World Bank downgraded South Africa’s 2017 growth forecast to 0.6 percent, down from 1.1 percent at the beginning of...
by Hanleigh | Nov 1, 2017 | News
Seed Academy in partnership with WDB is calling on young, black female-owned businesses to fast track their success through AccelerateHer – a three-month business accelerator sponsored by Shell Downstream South Africa. AccelerateHer provides women entrepreneurs with...
by Hanleigh | Jul 27, 2017 | News
More impactful business development support that provides entrepreneurs with robust business basics is needed to increase small business success rates, while a decline in youth owned businesses has emerged as cause for concern given South Africa’s dire unemployment...