1. SEDA PRESENTATION NALEDI MOROMETSI

2. Small Enterprise Development Agency  An agency of the Department of Small Business Development & Cooperatives, mandated to implement the national government’s Small Business Strategy  Contribute to Outcome 4 of SA Government i.e – Decent employment through inclusive economic growth

3. Vision & Mission Vision  To be the Centre of Excellence for small enterprise development in South Africa Mission  To develop, support and promote small enterprises to ensure their growth and sustainability in co-ordination and partnership with other role players

4. Operational Network

5. Seda’s Target Market  Historically, Seda has primarily focused on the micro and very small segments of the SMME sector, due to the sheer volumes and the number of people who want to start a business.  A number of initiatives have been implemented to balance between this and the emerging need to maximise impact measures such as employment, profitability and sustainability of assisted clients  One of these is prioritising the upper end of the small enterprise sector, i.e. the businesses employing between 21 and 200 people as the market segment with job creation potential

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7. What Seda does  Provides non-financial business support to entrepreneurs  Executes this function through implementation of various offerings

8. Seda offerings Seda Business Talk ( Pre – Start-up ) 1.Package Focus Area  Clients who want information on starting a business 2. Assistance provided include  Business advice and information on what you need to start a business, how to test if your idea can / will work and where else you can get help about starting your business  Small Enterprise Training  Business Registration

9. Seda Business Start (Start-up) 1.Package Focus Area  Provision of tools and techniques to clients who are ready to start a business and want assistance and direction 2.Assistance provided include  Business Planning (incl. feasibility studies & market research)  Business Counseling  Access to Finance  Business Support Seda offerings

10. 2.Assistance provided include  Capacity Building Systems (Productivity improvement, technical support & ISO Accreditation, successful participation in trade shows & Exhibitions)  Mentorship  Tender Advice and procurement  Export Readiness  Franchising  Networking and Business Linkages (Access to Markets ) Seda Business Build (Small Businesses) 1.Package Focus Area  Clients who want skills to sustain and strengthen their businesses.

11. Seda offerings 2.Assistance provided  Mentorship  Business systems and technology (including technical support such as ISO accreditation, product improvement, market penetration and tender advice/procurement)  Exporting  Developing growth strategies Seda Business Grow (Medium Businesses) 1.Package Focus Area  Clients who want to grow their businesses and expand nationally and internationally

12. 1. Seda Technology Programme  Described as a special programme  Manages different business incubators  Facilitates technology transfer and quality interventions 2. Co –Ops and CPPP Programme Its mission:-  promote the establishment of rural and collectively owned enterprises,  ensure their growth and sustainability by facilitating public and private partnerships Seda Programmes

13. 3. Supplier Development Programme  Capacitate respective SMEs with necessary skills so that they have the ability to do business with corporate sector entities.  Concentrates on both the Supplier and the Buyer  The objectives of the Seda SDP with regard to the Supplier, are to: Reduce cost to supply; Improve technology; Increase productivity  The objective of the Seda SDP is to assist the Buyer with the achievements of the following goals: Contribution to the NDP (National Development Plan) goals of increasing economic growth, employment creation, and skills development; Contribution to Broad – Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE); Development of local industries to supply high quality, globally-competitive goods and services;

14. Seda Programmes 4. Mentorship  In Mentorship, Seda aims at assisting SMEs by: Encouraging SMEs; Reducing mistakes; Eliminating weaknesses; and Bring a can do attitude.  Offered to clients that have potential to grow to the next level.  The business should show signs of readiness to change i.e.: Openness to new ways of doing things; Willingness to Explore; Commitment; Willingness to accept constructive feedback; and Willing to divulge information.

15. Seda Programmes 5. Export Development Programme  Aims to develop and generate export-ready small enterprises that are globally competitive;  Enable enterprises to grow markets both locally and internationally; and  The programme is designed to help small enterprises in South Africa to acquire and apply practical skills in developing their export capabilities.

16. Sectoral Focus Areas

17. Success stories Mr Exhaust (Namakwa)

18. Success stories Stuffed BP Kolkskoot Vleismark Pixley Ka Seme ZF Mgcawu

19. Pixley Ka Seme (De Aar) Frances Baard (Kimberley) John Taolo Gaetsewe (Kuruman) ZF Mgcawu (Upington) Namakwa (Springbok) Cnr Station & Main Road 21 Du Toitspan Road, Suite 6 Perm Building Cnr Roos & Church Streets Cnr Scott & Upington 26 Street Old Sanlam Building, 3rd Floor 4 Hospital Street Tel : 053 632 7590 Tel: 053 836 720Tel: 053 714 3160 Tel: 054 337 8280Tel: 027 712 8500 Where to find us Seda Branches

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