We offer the following Services:

• Source SMEs;
• Conduct SME needs analysis;
• Develop customised ED and ESD programmes;
• Coaching and Mentoring;
• Enterprise and supplier development agreements;
• Procurement of assets for SMEs;
• Deliver business services to the SMEs;
• Submission of feedback and impact reports; and
• Submission of an audit file for verification purposes.

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The amended B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice came into effect on May 1, 2013.

Three priority elements were identified with minimum requirements, they are:

1. Ownership;
2. Enterprise and Supplier Development; and
3. Skills development.

Businesses are required to spend 1% or 2% of their net profit after tax (NPAT) on Enterprise or Supplier Development programmes, respectively.

Should a QSE-Qualifying Small Enterprise (turnover of less than R50 mil) or generic business (turnover of more than R50 mil) not achieve a subminimum of 40% for enterprise development, their B-BBEE score will be discounted by one level.

1. If you want to do business with Government, your business will have to be 100% compliant to:
   • Apply for a tender;
   • Purchase a state-owned asset; and
   • Enter a public-private partnership;
2. Private companies that do business with each other will also benefit from being compliant through preferential procurement. Larger businesses are incentivised to do business with you because it improves their own B-BBEE score.
3. Being compliant means you will not miss out on prospective business from companies wanting to deal with only compliant companies allowing you to gain a competitive advantage over non-compliant companies.

Small businesses are critical to the South African economy. They account for 52% of the country’s GDP, contribute millions in tax revenue and offer a possible solution to the unemployment crisis by creating jobs. However, 80% of start-ups fail in the first three years, largely due to a lack of support. The survival rate is increased through an incubation process, which assists small businesses in becoming sustainable over time.

An enterprise development programme aims to transfer skills, knowledge, experience, wealth, and support to small and medium black-owned businesses, ultimately leading to job creation and sustainable long-term economic growth.

Your company’s enterprise and supplier development spend can be used to achieve this through an enterprise development programme comprising financial and non-financial support.

A supplier development programme offers enterprise development support to one of your existing or new suppliers. A favourable objective of an enterprise development programme would be to graduate the small business to become a supplier but note that any money spent on enterprise development cannot be claimed simultaneously as supplier development.

We work closely with several top consultants around the country to implement Enterprise, Supplier and Socio-Economic Development Programmes on behalf of their clients.

The services we offer are:

• Source SMEs;
• Conduct SME needs analysis;
• Develop customised ED and ESD programmes;
• Coaching and Mentoring;
• Enterprise and supplier development agreements;
• Procurement of assets for SMEs;
• Deliver business services to the SMEs;
• Submission of feedback and impact reports; and
• Submission of an audit file for verification purposes.

Contact us today for a meeting to discuss further.

We have identified entrepreneurship development as a critical socio-economic development imperative in South Africa. We, therefore, deliver small business start-up, sustainability, and growth programmes to unemployed youth in townships and rural areas.

We have access to a portfolio of programmes directed at entrepreneurship and small business development.

‘Give Yourself a Job’ is a mobile unit of AIF that encourages and supports unemployed and underemployed youth (18-35) in townships and rural areas. They work together to identify and access viable, sustainable, low-barrier opportunities to give themselves a job.

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We can advise and assist with all delivery and documentation required to implement your enterprise and supplier development programme in-house. Our services include:

• Consultations;
• Verification documentation;
• Project management of programmes; and
• Delivery of business development support services.

For more information contact us.