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Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency
Mission statement
Ntsika's role is to render an efficient and effective promotion and support service to small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in order to contribute towards equitable economic growth in South Africa. Ntsika provides wholesale non-financial support services for SMME promotion and development.
Overview
Ntsika's main activities are:
- To identify priorities and design interventions, in partnership with relevant stakeholders, that will promote the development of SMMEs.
- To provide information to policy-makers, business-development practitioners and entrepreneurs to create and/or further develop an SMME enabling environment.
- To develop/establish an effective Service Provider Network to implement and deliver efficient and appropriate services to SMME's.
- To liaise with SMME stakeholders and entrepreneurs to achieve a co-ordinated approach to the implementation of the National Small Business Strategy.
- To promote the development of an entrepreneurial culture in South Africa in order to increase self-employment and business growth.
- To continuously develop Ntsika's internal capabilities to enable the organisation to render an efficient and proactive service.
Key programmes and services that Ntsika offers to SMMEs:
- Provision of professional services to Local Government in SMME programme design, monitoring and evaluation
- Manage and/or conduct SMME related research.
- Provision of SMME related information in printed and electronic format
- Development of an effective network of SMME support organisations to provide counselling, advice, technical support, management skills and training the trainer programmes to small business
- The provision of funding to organisations providing approved services
- Managing the Trade and Investment Development Programme (TDIP) to assist small business gain access to domestic and international markets.
- The development of an effective network of Tender Advice Centres to provide advice and support to small business wishing to access government tenders.
| Chairperson |
Mr Mashudu Ramano |
| CEO |
Mr Lefa Mallane |
| Board Members |
M Mojalefa
G Mokoena
M Gwele
M Du Toit
W Damane
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| Staff complement |
70 |
| Enabling Act |
National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act 102 of 1996) |
| Tel. |
+27 (12) 483-2000 |
| Fax. |
+27 (12) 341-1929 |
| Email |
Helpline@nepa.org.za |
| Postal address |
PO Box 56714, Arcadia, 0007 |
| Website |
www.ntsika.org.za
www.brain.org.za
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