• Junior Achievement SA
• Umsobomvu Youth Fund
• Ziphelele

JASA runs three programmes encouraging youth entrepreneurship.

Enterprise Dynamics Programme
EDP is school based and is suitable for learners from Grade 1 to Grade 12. Teachers use games, simulation activities, projects and role-plays to help youngsters develop an understanding of the economy and business.

Mini Enterprise Programme
This programme aims to provide business and life skills training for senior secondary school learners. These skills will help them participate in corporate and industrial employment and/or start their own businesses. Learners are recruited from different cultural backgrounds. After participating in the programme, learners get an opportunity to write the international enterprise exam conducted by the Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.

Business Establishment and Sustainability Programme(BESP)
BESP helps young people who have not finished school and cannot find work. The programme trains youths to set up and sustain their own job opportunities. Other services offered include:

• business plan development
• help to access credit
• establishing of businesses
• counselling and mentoring.

For more information contact:

Ryan Rode
Tel: 021 448 7501
Fax: 021 448 7560
rrode@cpt-jasa.org.za

The Umsobomvu Youth Fund helps create opportunities for youth employment and youth entrepreneurship by developing, funding and supporting effective programmes. The Fund was established by the South African Government in response to the high youth unemployment in the country.

Business Development Support Voucher Programme

One of the programmes run by Umsobomvu is the Business Development Support Voucher Programme. A voucher is a document given to selected clients entitling them to buy business support services from approved service providers. The target group for the voucher programme is mainly out-of-school youth between the ages 18 and 35 who require business support services to start or improve their businesses in various sectors, including tourism.

The vouchers range in value from R1 500 to R23 000, and recipients must make make contributions on a progressive basis as they benefit from additional vouchers. This means that a young person will pay 10% of the value of the first voucher received, 20% of the value of the second voucher, up to 40%.

The vouchers are available through allocating agents who screen applicants for compliance with the project's criteria. In the Western Cape, contact Open for Business at 45 Castle Street in the Cape Town city centre, or call them on 021 422 2794.

Online Information and Advice

The Umsobomvu Youth Portal contains information on entrepreneurship and can help you find out:

• whether you are entrepreneurial
• how to develop a business plan
• how to identify business opportunities
• how to register and start your own business

Umsobomvu have also produced useful guides for young entrepreneurs:

• From Idea to Opportunity: A Guide for Young People
• Getting Business Finance: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs
• Networking Your Way to Success: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs
• Starting a Co-operative: A Guide for Young People
• Starting Your Own Business: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs
• Writing a Business Plan: A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs

This Youth Project offers the following services:

• arts and crafts support
• business skills development
• technical training.