BOOKS TO READ & EMPOWERING SITES TO KNOW AND TO BROWSE

www.theboxshop.co.za/

The Box Shop is a business incubator promoting up-and-coming Soweto-based clothing and design brands. It is located at the top of Soweto’s famous Vilakazi Street. The distinctive two-storey contemporary building was built entirely from shipping containers and is envisaged as a space where local en trepreneurs can grow and develop their brands. www.alison.com/

Alison offers over 1,500 free online courses across nine distinct categories. The types of courses across the categories include: Certificate Courses, Diploma Courses and Learning Paths.

www.finance.businesspartners. co.za/

We’re one of the leading business loan and equity providers for viable small to medium businesses in the world. We provide loan finance ranging from R500 000 to R50 million to all business owners who have a viable formal business and require finance for expansion, working capital, equipment, takeovers, property, franchises or management buyouts.

www.bizportal.gov.za/

Bizportal is a platform developed by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) to offer company registration and related services in a simple seamless digital way which is completely paperless. It was developed in response to the quest of improving the ease of doing business in South Africa, specifically, starting a business. www.entrepreneurship.co.za/

The South African Institute for Entrepreneurship (SAIE) helps to address poverty and unemployment through entrepreneurially focused initiatives. The institute was born out of the Triple Trust Organisation (TTO) in 1996 in recognition of the critical need for easily accessible business literacy training materials for both the small enterprise sector and for schools.