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Zimele is about creating sustainability in business. It’s focused on building sustainable livelihoods in the Anglo American host communities and on strengthening relationships to create synergies within Anglo American and with broader mining industry partners. 

Zimele is playing its part to create jobs and grow small businesses. Zimele hubs focus on supporting SMMEs and the youth through up-front mentorship, followed by funding opportunities.

Zimele Programmes; 

1. Zimele Enterprise Development programme - Building and growing small businesses within our communities.
2. Zimele Supplier

The Raymond Ackerman Academy is a post-matric level academy that offers an inspiring and innovative six month, full-time programme in entrepreneurial development. 

The course aims at empowering young people by developing their entrepreneurial mind-sets. 

The RAA is 'RAAsome' opportunity for youth between 18 - 35 looking to:

- Develop personally

- Build their entrepreneurial mind-set 

- Learn business skills 

The curriculum is based on 7 business building blocks:

1: Introduction to entrepreneurship

• Includes the characteristics of the entrepreneur and entrepreneurial activities in SA

The Western Cape Government understands that young entrepreneurs play an important role in promoting social change and driving innovation. New products and services created by entrepreneurs can cause a ripple effect and stimulate related businesses or sectors that need to support the new venture. That's why young entrepreneurs are important for stimulating economic growth.

The government understands that young entrepreneurs face certain challenges when they want to start their own businesses. Access to funding, education and training, better infrastructure, and networking opportunities are

The Cape Craft and Design Institute (CDI) is a craft and design sector development agency with a mission to develop capable people and build responsible creative enterprises trading within local and international markets.

The CDI currently supports over 5 500 businesses and individuals in the South African craft and design sector. The small businesses supported by the CDI range from start-ups to exporting enterprises and are based all over South Africa – from rural towns to urban centres. CDI’s services help these businesses develop the right product/service for the right market using

The Entrepreneurs Network (TEN) is a platform of programs and initiatives aimed at growing an entrepreneurial ecosystem that will become a think tank for creating jobs, accelerating innovation and strengthening good entrepreneurial and professional practice. Founded by entrepreneurs and businesses, The Network is open to businesses that seek to make a national impact.

TEN Mission:

• Expanding the number of ordinary citizens working for or starting firms and businesses around Lesotho.
• Increasing understanding between the new and traditional elements of emerging startup communities and

Junior Achievement Eswatini (JAE), exists for the purpose of equipping the youth with much needed financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship skills, enabling the youth to contribute and succeed in the local and global economy. JAE is a not for profit organisation, and a member of JA Worldwide. JA is an organization that offers business and entrepreneurial education programs to young people aged between 14-35 years. JA is a trend-setter in investing and encouraging young people to own their future economic success in the 21st-century global marketplace by focusing on the impact

The Global Entrepreneurship Network Namibia operates the GEN Accelerates platform support for women and youth-led programs in Namibia aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. By fostering deeper cross-border collaboration and initiatives between entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers, and entrepreneurial support organizations, GEN works to fuel healthier start and scale ecosystems that create more jobs, educate individuals, accelerate innovation and strengthen economic growth.

Relationships Inspiring Social Enterprise (Rise) is a US and Lesotho registered non-profit social enterprise. Through professional networks in the design and architecture industry, Rise links aspiring entrepreneurs in vulnerable communities in low income sub-Saharan African countries to essential resources they do not otherwise have access to. Resources provided include technical and soft skills, business and entrepreneurship training, work experience in the built environment sector, mentorship, referrals to customers, access to market and other business incubation services. 

Rise Offerings: 

Endeavor South Africa is a mission-driven, global organization leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in the country. The values that guide Endeavor start with putting entrepreneurs first because they are an organization of, by and for entrepreneurs. Endeavor is built on a network of mutual trust and respect and constantly strives to multiply impact where ever possible while always looking to pay it forward.

Endeavor assists Entrepreneurs with the following:

Mentors and Networks – that provide expert mentorship to founders on strategy and execution as well as market access

Enactus is the world’s largest experiential learning platform dedicated to creating a better world while developing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators. The Enactus network of global business, academic and student leaders are unified by our vision—to create a better, more sustainable world.

Active Enactus Teams in Eswatini: 

• Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute (VOCTIM)
• Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
• Southern Africa Nazarene University
• Swaziland College of Technology
• University of Swaziland - Kwaluseni
• University of