South Africa’s townships are buzzing with entrepreneurial energy, yet a massive amount of potential remains locked away. At the recent KIP SIGNAL: Township Enterprise Intelligence Session, ecosystem leaders gathered to confront the barriers holding these markets back. The findings? A powerful mix of sobering challenges and a deeply hopeful roadmap for the future of local enterprise.
ANDE participated in the final consultation on South Africa’s National Entrepreneurship Strategy (NES). This engagement builds on ANDE’s sustained participation in the NES consultation process since November 2024.
The initiative will update ecosystem maps, analyze critical data, and offer strategic tools to enhance support for small and growing businesses.
ANDE spoke with Jason Goldberg, Director of Edge Growth, to learn more about NXT-9, an online platform that gives capacity builders a potent toolkit for helping SMEs to grow.
We are excited to be launching the Township Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Learning Labs aimed at supporting the development of township-based organizations providing support to small and growing businesses (SGBs) in these contexts that will address key challenges to the quality and effectiveness of services provided.
Value for Women and ANDE, supported by the Walmart Foundation, embark on 7 technical assistance projects in Central America, Mexico, and South Africa.
In South Africa, the second largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, SGBs contribute to the economy by increasing employment and job creation opportunities to many people who would not be generally employed by the larger corporations.