Right way to leverage Enterprise Development

"Enterprise development, as a national strategy, will become misguided and ineffective if it is driven by volumes and not by the quality of entrepreneurs." - Allon Raiz, CEO Raizcorp, November 2007

, We attribute our success to our philosophy that it is quality – not quantity – that will facilitate significant growth in the sector of small and micro enterprises (SMEs). Our aim is to build an ecosystem for enterprise development that provides the best possible support to those individuals who have strong entrepreneurial potential, thereby greatly increasing the likelihood of their success.

The Raizcorp methodology works. We have a 95% success rate with the candidates who comply with the requirements of our programme. We capacitate them to create jobs and become the role models who will build a culture of entrepreneurship and support economic growth in South Africa. We do it the right way. Raizcorp's experience and research shows that the best way of addressing a lack of exposure to entrepreneurship is to immerse entrepreneurs, who show the right potential, in an Read More of business coaching and learning, while they continue to run their companies.

At Raizcorp we work with passionate entrepreneurs who have the necessary heart and drive to succeed. We put them on a fast track to business success – we immerse them in a best-practice entrepreneurial environmentRaizcorp’s full-service offering to entrepreneurs.
Click to Read More, we provide learning modules accredited, in association with the Da Vinci Institute, by the Council for Higher Education (CHE)The CHE is South Africa’s sovereign statutory body responsible for advising the Minister of Higher Education and Training on issues...
Click to read more., we support them with intense engagement and mentorship, and we surround them with the right systems and resources.

This is why ARIZE enterprise developmentEnterprise Development is a component of the South African government’s broad-based black economic empowerment...
Click to Read More is the right way to drive job creation and sustainable, organic growth of the small enterprise sector.

The ARIZE Enterprise Development ProgrammeEnterprise Development is a component of the South African government’s broad-based black economic empowerment...
Click to Read More has three levels of impact, guaranteeing benefits for all stakeholders, and ensuring that the motivation of BBBEE pointsEnterprise development makes up one element of the BBBEE scorecard which illustrates the elements that may glean points towards BBBEE Compliance.
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intended impact in reality.

1. It fulfils the strategic needs of companies that wish to improve their BBBEE complianceOn January 6 2004 Government passed into law the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, No. 53, 2003.
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2. It meets both the spirit and the letter of the enterprise development component of the BBBEE Codes of Good PracticeBEE Codes of Good Practice are functional in the development, evaluation and monitoring of BEE Charters, initiatives, transactions as well as other implementation mechanism...
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3. It empowers black-owned SMEs – effectively.