What do we offer? – Seeds of Africa

What do we offer

Over the years Seeds of Africa has seen tremendous growth and development in the entrepreneurs we’ve trained, strengthened by the wholistic support we’ve provided for them with our custom made mentorship, coaching and advisory services.

Combining our understanding of the entrepreneurs engagement and progress with a comprehensive annual impact study and bi-annual surveys that explore our entrepreneurs needs, challenges, suggestions and recommendations. These provide us with important quantitative and qualitative feedback that we use in directing our mentorship, coaching sessions and workshops.

All entrepreneurs attending our training have access to group and one on one personal development, finance, marketing and sales mentorship workshops, coaching sessions as well as business admin, legal and human resource advisory services.

When entrepreneurs require mentors in specific fields of business, National Mentorship Movement has collaborated with Seeds of Africa to provide experienced mentors with more specific business guidance.

The combination of training and customised support is the key to unlocking not only our entrepreneurs’ individual strengths but also developing sustainable businesses that trigger job creation within the informal market.

A Business Hub / Skills Centre

The Business Hub / Skills Centre acts as an incubator and operational support space providing the following services:

Administrative support
Advisory Services
Business Services and infrastructural Support including:
- Open plan office/workspace & meeting rooms with subsidised access to phone, Wifi and printing facilities
- Access to subsidised transport for deliveries and collections

Financial Services:
Access to Online Digital Accounting package
Bookkeeping support
Financial reporting
Legal support:
- Agreements
- Debt Recovery
- Compliance
- Labour Law
- CIPC Returns
HR Support/Advice
Marketing and Sales Support/Advice
Training – Stage dependant
Mentorship – Stage dependant
Peer mentorship and networking opportunities
Business Workshops:
- Financial Services
- Marketing and Sales
- Personal Development
- Access to Markets
- Access to Funding

Structured Training during the Stages

The INCUBATION PHASE TRAINING

The ideal progression through our Programme sees the entrepreneur start in the Incubation Phase with one of the two basic business literacy courses the Micro MBA (Managing Business Administration)

OR

The Siyazakhela Digital Business Literacy and Life Skills Course consisting of the following modules:

Being an Entrepreneur
Know Yourself
Know your Industry
Identify Market Opportunities
Innovation
Customer Service
Money Management
Pricing
Marketing
SMART goals
Planning

In the CONSOLIDATION PHASE there is a deeper focus on the unique business needs and customising a development plan that encompasses intense mentorship, coaching and tracking the entrepreneurs with the following interventions:

- Personal development –
  - Self awareness – Understanding our Emotions
  - Strengths & Weaknesses
  - Building Self Esteem
- Financial Management –
  - Income & Expenses
  - Balance Sheet and Income Statement
  - Budgeting
- Marketing and Sales Workshop – Route/Access to Market
- Customer Service Workshop
- Administration Workshop
- Planning and Organising Workshop
- Purchasing and Supply Workshop
- HR Workshop
- Technical Skills Workshop where relevant
Strategic Direction:
- Business plans
- Goal setting
- Market evaluation
- Competitor analysis
- Swot analysis
- Cash flow evaluation
Operational Support:
- Collaboration
- Marketing
- Distribution
- Accounting
- Quality Control
- Logistics
Portal: exposure through Seeds of Africa Website, Facebook, Newsletter and the SOA Network
Provision of risk and interest free capital loans are given to the businesses on the basis of the business needs and on submission of a proposal. Important to note that seed capital is only offered to businesses performing with dedication and competency in managing their financial records, growing their profit and showing innovation.

The ACCELERATION PHASE TRAINING consists of the following:

Focus on business development support, growing turnover, access to finance, access to markets and job creation
Link Entrepreneurs with 3^rdParty Top Level Development partners for funding and development at a higher level.
- Create greater networking opportunities