https://www.bizcommunity.com/Entrepreneurship South Africa Entrepreneurship news 15 Entrepreneurship news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/Entrepreneurship en-us Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:22:40 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/ai-could-do-for-smmes-what-the-internet-never-did-286827a In The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman argued that the internet reshaped competitive dynamics by enabling smaller firms to access markets once dominated by large corporations. AI may now drive the next shift, not only by extending market reach but by expanding what firms are capable of doing. 1-269210 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/africa-largest-business-event-returns-to-johannesburg-286257a Thousands of business owners, entrepreneurs and decision makers are expected to gather at the Sandton Convention Centre on 2–3 September 2026 as The Business Show :: Africa and Access to Finance Live returns to Johannesburg. 1-269190 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:19:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/hustle-culture-alone-is-not-enough-for-south-africa-953974a Every Youth Day, South Africa repeats the same message: young people must become entrepreneurs. It is not wrong, but it has become an easy slogan, increasingly detached from the realities young people face and the conditions they actually need to build businesses that survive. 1-269144 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/craft-beer-startup-tolokazi-beer-joins-female-founder-funding-programme-620681a South African craft beer brand Tolokazi Beer has been selected as the second business to join a funding-readiness and venture capital programme aimed at supporting Black female-owned businesses. 1-269131 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/startups-get-two-years-of-free-banking-in-nedbank-push-731712a Nedbank has extended the zero monthly maintenance fee on its Startup Bundle account from six months to two years as it looks to attract more early-stage businesses into formal banking. 1-269102 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/absa-is-opening-pathways-to-economic-activity-through-entrepreneurship-education-286557a National unemployment rates remain a chronic threat to South Africa’s economy. While overall unemployment continues to rise, topping 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026, clear solutions to economic inclusion for the country’s workforce remain elusive. Finding ways to integrate working-age youth, some 60.9% of whom are unemployed, into the workforce is a challenge that must be overcome for the sake of social and political stability, as well as the foundation for a stable economic future. 1-269090 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/why-women-and-youth-owned-businesses-need-targeted-support-175406a Women and youth now drive a growing share of South Africa’s small and medium enterprise (SME) funding demand, making up 36.1% and 50.6% of applicants respectively according to a 2025 FinFind South Africa MSME Access to Finance Report. Unfortunately, the report also indicates that targeted financing solutions for these two groupings declined during the same period. Between 2018 and 2025, female-targeted funding actually decreased by 33%, while youth-targeted finance dropped by 15.4%. 1-269078 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/corporate-sa-holds-the-key-to-smme-growth-397608a South Africans have long shown strong entrepreneurial resilience. From spaza shops to local pap and vleis businesses, small enterprises have supported families and communities for generations despite economic barriers, limited access to support, fragmented trading networks and constrained resources. That same spirit of determination continues to drive many SMMEs today. 1-269053 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/access-to-capital-a-persistent-barrier-for-south-africas-young-entrepreneurs-953274a South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis continues to deepen as reflected in Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). The data shows that 258,000 South Africans under the age of 34 lost their jobs in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring the growing pressure on the country’s labour market. 1-269044 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/bridgement-is-solving-the-funding-rejection-problem-for-south-africas-smes-064315a South Africa’s SME funding environment isn’t designed to meet the needs of the SME. These small to medium enterprises are contributing 40% of GDP and employing 60% of the country's workforce but face a R350bn funding gap because the funding models used to assess them were built for a different kind of business entirely. Many successful SMEs with proven track records are being rejected for funding that they need to expand their businesses or invest in critical infrastructure, creating a gap between the perception of success and access to credit. 1-269027 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Entrepreneurship South Africa