SME Support Services

3i’s is a reinvention agency helping clients reinvent their leadership, team, business and client impact. They are known for: business reinvention; innovation; and entrepreneurship. They ignite possibility through business reinvention; innovation; entrepreneurship; high-performance team coaching; executive coaching; and culture transformation.

Afriversity is a not-for-profit trust assisting South African entrepreneurs from low-resource areas with the necessary tools, training, and mentorship to compete in and become a part of the digital economy. The trust relies on international and national sponsors, ranging from corporations to government agencies and even private individuals.

The Awethu Project is an innovative SMME investment company (and incubator) that flexibly and fluidly combines ideas, people, and capital in order to build the fast-growing SMMEs that Africa needs. Since its inception, the Awethu Project has incubated hundreds of entrepreneurs (ranging from informal traders to Black Industrialists, and everyone in between), gained international recognition, and continnues to use entrepreneurship to build a fair world in which every entrepreneur has the opportunity to realise their potential.

Black Umbrellas is an enterprise development incubation organisation partnering with the private sector, government and civil society to address the low levels of entrepreneurship and high failure rate of 100% black owned emerging businesses in the African continent. The programme focuses on promoting entrepreneurship as a desirable economic path, and nurturing 100% black-owned businesses in the critical first three years of their existence through the provision of nationwide incubators.

Cape Venture Partners (CVP) provides business advisory services to clients from the Technology, Media, and Telecom industries. Founded in 2004, the company lead primarily by three partners: Geoff Hainebach (founding partner), David Murray (partner), and Martin Wright (partner), who are all entrepreneurs in their own right and therefore understand what it takes for an entrepreneur to succeed commercially. CVP advises businesses and entrepreneurs (specifically high-growth entrepreneurs) on strategy, operations, finances, sales, and marketing.

Your current ratio, a comparison of current assets to current liabilities, is of particular importance to you if you're thinking of borrowing money or getting credit from one of your suppliers. Potential creditors also use this ratio to measure a business or entrepreneur's liquidity or ability to pay off short-term debts. Bankrate has created and provided a free, online calculator which you can use to calculate your current ratio at any given time.

Entrepreneur and Management Solutions offer a range of business development strategies and services to address all aspects of business and NPO start-up, operations, and growth. The company comprises of a team of Coaches, Financial Managers, and Accountants who collaborate with each client to improve their productivity, brand footprint, profitability, and to enhance their position in the business market.

Business Partners Limited has compiled a list of institutions and training providers offering courses in business management and entrepreneurship, which should add value to someone looking to start or grow their small business. This list focuses on accredited courses. Full time, part time, distance learning, and even online programmes are included in this list.

It's no secret that women often think and behave differently to their male counterparts and it's no different when it comes to business. It's one reason why you may want to consider finding for a female mentor. With so many successful women entrepreneurs out there and industries becoming more progressive in this regard, there is an abundance of women with experience in a range of industries. To keep these numbers growing, many women's organisations and associations provide mentorship programmes to help fellow women in business.

When starting your business, there are certain occasions when it's advisable to get professional advice. A lawyer, for example, can explain the conditions of your loan agreements, contracts and leases. On the other hand, entrepreneurs are at times so intimidated by certain processes that they hire professionals when they can actually do it themselves. So how do you know when it's best to call in an expert and when it's okay to do it yourself?

Raizcorp was created to serve entrepreneurs in different contexts and in different stages of their lifecycles, and has since evolved into different divisions. They provide business support for enthusiastic and growth-hungry entrepreneurs; offer equity partnership opportunities; provide corporate sponsors with access to quality suppliers for enterprise and supplier development (ESD); and work closely with governments, DFIs, and multinationals to support them with their entrepreneurial development strategies.

You don't have time to struggle with complicated payroll software. We get that. And you want to be sure you are up to date with all the changing requirements from SARS. That's why we designed our online payroll system to take as much as possible off your hands. The SimplePay system tells you when your submissions are due and remind you to prevent late submissions; takes the hassle out of payroll administration; and assumes no knowledge of payroll legislation, nor experience with other payroll software/systems.

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) is an agency of the Department of Small Business Development. Seda was established in December 2004, through the National Small Business Amendment Act, Act 29 of 2004. It is mandated to implement government’s small business strategy; design and implement a standard and common national delivery network for small enterprise development; and integrate government-funded small enterprise support agencies across all tiers of government.

Sureswipe is one of South Africa’s first card Payment Service Providers (PSPs) established in 2008 to make card payment acceptance easy and accessible to all independent retailers and service providers. We offer a suite of products that cater for businesses of all sizes providing efficient, affordable and safe payment systems. Over 9000 independent retailers across South Africa are currently using Sureswipe card machines.

Ubuntu Company Services has created a small business guide called "Starting Your Own Business: The Definitive Guide". This guide is designed for anyone looking to start a business or people already in business looking to make improvements. From the basics of company registration to representation at the cipc and services such as cidb registration, this comprehensive guide provides you with all the tools you need to get started setting up your business.

With over 100 years collective experience between its members, the Institute of Inventors and Innovators has the know-how to advise and guide you on your venture of invention and innovation. Having been there, III understands the emotional and mental drain of trying to bring ideas to flourish, hence the establishment of the INSTITUTE OF INVENTORS AND INNOVATORS™. So if you are stuck and don't know how to proceed with your project and don't know how to take it to the next level take this opportunity NOW and contact the institute.