The 4th meeting of the @DSBD_SA, @EDSE_programme inter-provincial task team on Mainstreaming Red Tape Reduction and Ease of Doing Business convenes tomorrow. Discussion will build on the considerable information and ideas generated from earlier meetings:
Objectives of tomorrow's Inter-Provincial Task Team on Red Tape Reduction and Ease of Doing Business workshop (i):
Additional objectives for tomorrow's RTR and EODB IPTT workshop (ii):
We will tweet key policy suggestions from the keynote presentations on how to ease the red tape and doing business challenges faced by SA's SMME ecosystem. The workshop is funded by the @EUinSA through the @EDSE_programme.
The task team's leader, @DSBD_SA's Vijay Valla, said the Department initiated the task team within the govt's whole-of-government approach championed by the @PresidencyZA through the District Development Model. A dashboard was being piloted: what get measured, is what's get done.
Funding your digital venture: a thread of selected highlights and pertinent advice for South African digital start-ups from last week's joint @TheRealSEFA, @EDSE_programme webinar. It was the third in our ongoing set of Market Access for Digital Entrepreneurs webinars. More...:
#1. Access to finance is a major hurdle for small business entrepreneurs - and the tech sector is no exception. But there is funding available: from angel investors, development finance institutions and specialised start-up funders, frequently facilitated by incubators.
#2. What is clear is that there is a need for local digital entrepreneurs to be better equipped to identify and engage with potential funders, based on a clear understanding of funder criteria. Our star-studded panel, ably facilitated by @AudreyVerhaeghe, provided just that.