|
According to the latest 2023 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor South Africa (GEM SA) report released today (1 February), South Africa’s early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) has declined to below pre-pandemic levels.
|
There are many people who embark on this challenging journey not out of necessity due to poverty, downscaling or retrenchment, but more out of a desperate desire to find meaning in their work and to make a difference.
|
The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) counts more than 200 million women entrepreneurs, high levels of innovation, and encouraging gender gap improvements.
|
Latest survey show that despite tough local conditions, local entrepreneurs are willing to invest and grow the economy – with Western Cape entrepreneurs being slightly more optimistic.
|
The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research shows that entrepreneurship in South Africa is on an upward trend, but young people are not entrepreneurially minded enough to sustain this.
|
At the height of their success, it is hard to imagine that profitable family businesses – run by the likes of the Rupert, Oppenheimer, Ackerman and Hirsch families – might crash and burn or be sold off.
|
If SA is serious about economic growth and slashing rising unemployment, government will have to take real steps to improve the climate for entrepreneurs, says Mike Herrington, executive director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.
|
The latest GEM research has shown that almost three years after the FIFA Soccer World Cup, entrepreneurial activity in South Africa has dropped to an alarming new low.
|
Gains in small business creation made during the 2010 World Cup have been maintained, but South Africa is still performing below its potential when it comes to entrepreneurship.
|
Can sharing an idea help take it from the drawing board to the marketplace? Talk may cost nothing but new research indicates it gives an entrepreneur a better chance of success.
|
|