The Real State of Entrepreneurship survey, now in its fifth year, remains South Africa’s largest and most referenced entrepreneur survey. The 2019 report, centered on the theme of ‘South [...]
SA’s entrepreneurs are not thriving warns large entrepreneurship survey
Nadia Hajat2018-09-10T12:38:25+02:00Thursday, 30 August 2018: Today, Seed Academy reveals the State of Entrepreneurship in South Africa after surveying more than 1000 entrepreneurs across the county. The results indicate that entrepreneurs are not thriving and [...]
The Real State of Entrepreneurship Survey 2018
alex2018-08-31T16:14:00+02:00
This is the fourth year that Seed Academy is presenting the results of the State of Entrepreneurship Survey. We now have a time series of data that has been [...]
How to get funding for your business as a woman entrepreneur
Nadia Hajat2018-08-31T15:09:13+02:00
Today is Equal Pay Day – a date that symbolises just how many more months’ women need to work to earn what men did the year before. In South Africa, [...]
Work your network
alex2018-05-17T12:54:01+02:00
Nothing is more effective than interpersonal relationships, says Richard Branson and his company Virgin, who recently posted an infographic that clearly links face-to-face contact as being 85% more effective in building strong, [...]
Innovation needed to fast track women entrepreneurs
alex2018-05-17T12:39:42+02:00
Women play a substantial role in growing the economy and the lagging participation of women in South Africa’s economy is manifesting in less innovation, fewer exports and fewer jobs being [...]
More entrepreneurs are needed to secure SA’s economic growth
alex2018-05-17T12:43:32+02:00
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 [...]
Developing high growth potential female entrepreneurs
alex2018-05-17T12:34:07+02:00
South Africa needs to do more to accelerate female entrepreneurs if the country is to meet the National Development Plan’s (NDP) target of creating 11 million jobs by 2030. Last year [...]
Seed Academy making strides in the development of female entrepreneurs
alex2018-05-17T12:47:08+02:00
WDB Seed Fund continues to creatively address funding scarcity At a time when South Africa faces a number of significant economic challenges from slow growth to high unemployment, creating suitable [...]
WDB Investment Holdings increase equity stake in Seed Engine to 51%
alex2018-05-17T12:51:44+02:00
WDB Investment Holdings (WDBIH) has increased its stake in Seed Engine (incorporating Seed Academy and the WDB Seed Fund) from 35% to 51%, officially confirming Seed Engine as a proudly 51% [...]