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Winners of the IDC, BMF, Sefa Business Plan Competition. Third prize winner, Vusi Sibisi; first prize winner, Xoliswa Qotyana and second prize winner, Daniel Hadebe.
ted in three The competition was hos ase enabled ph t firs phases where the business ideas. ir the p elo dev to entrants shortlisted 50 of Following this, a total g inin tra a in t par k entrants too their business ne -tu fine to e mm gra pro ulted in the plans. The final phase res siness plans bu 10 top the of selection ubmit their res to y with the opportunit ication. ud adj l fina for ns business pla
ment dustrial Develop In n de ai m e th won e Xoliswa Qotyana usiness Plan Competition for th B ) C D Corporation (I burg region. Greater Johannes
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di otyana who founded Zon ts Environmental Consultan ht eig her h wit together first partners was awarded the o als and n pla ess sin bu prize for the best egory of best the special prize in the cat a woman. by ted mit business plan sub zes valued at She went away with pri will be used ich wh R300 000, some of ipment for equ nal tio era op ase to purch itional add an as ll her business as we tition pe com The e. mm gra pro training Vuma m fro isi Sib si runner-ups were; Vu Hadebe l nie Da and ng eri ine Tech Eng nscious Primary from Sisonke Enivro Co so Ngobese was Sifi ile wh , tive Co-Opera tive Award in ova Inn awarded the Most ry. ego Cat l the Specia ironmental Qotyana says Zondi Env nmental iro env an is Consultants ich collects management business wh such as es abl ycl rec ses and proces rn as bo ss, paper, plastic and gla financial for ire des her of the result to preserve n sio independence and pas . ent nm the enviro
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llenge was She says their greatest cha g capital rkin wo in finding start-up and employed but now the company has and has ers mb five fulltime staff me rce and sou to p itu Pik h partnered wit separate recyclables. buy recyclables Qotyana says they also who make from community members selling and g tin lec a living from col s. sor ces pro to es abl recycl es and sell them “We sort these recyclabl We also process to different companies. es and sell it nul gra polypropylene into stic furniture pla of rs ure act nuf to the ma our work is of efit and utensils. The ben eto clean Sow p kee to ps hel twofold; it Qotyana. ed add ,” and alleviates hunger
Zanele IDC Head of Innovation, petition com the d Monnakgotla, sai tform for pla ive ect eff an be to proved tential po h wit es identifying business and ed tur nur d, rte po sup that can be g. assisted to access fundin s hopeful Monnakgotla said she wa continue to uld wo ts pan tici that the par siness ideas bu tive translate their innova creating ent ym plo em l into successfu to the ute trib enterprises that may con y. ntr cou the in economic growth n Mashele, Sefa Head of Regions, Do n as one of the described the competitio enterprises ing orm nsf tra milestones of second economy. that are operating in the was geared n itio He said the compet Medium to all Sm ng osi exp towards ustrial ind ue Enterprises to high val n itio pet com is “Th . opportunities ustries that ind ed get tar ely rat ibe del sustainable jobs have potential to create efits for the and deliver economic ben le. she Ma entrepreneur,” said
the IDC’s Small The competition is run by e Agency anc Business Enterprise Fin Forum ent em nag Ma ck (Sefa) and Bla business ideas ter fos to es aim and F) (BM eurial thinking and encourage entrepren es a platform and practice. It also provid showcasing and ing tur nur for identifying, potential entrepreneurial skills for
, Solomon BMF Chairman in Soweto py to see hap re we y the d sai e, Morip pants had tici par of ber that a large num through g” inin tra ss cla rld “wo received ition and pet com the their participation in ute to trib con to e tinu con uld that they wo . eto the industrialisation of Sow
