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On this page you can search support programmes by the following categories:

  • Toolkits (Application forms, posters, videos, webinars, articles)
  • Pro-bono (Free services in many key areas e.g., legal, accounting, HR)
  • Mentoring (Organisations that will work to grow your leadership capacity)
  • Strategy (Help in business development during and post-crisis)​

​Toolkits

 

1.COVID-19 CONTENT CENTRE


Website: https://supportbusiness.co.za/(Western Cape government site)

 

What it does:

An online tool that offers best practice and other resources such as toolkits to help you understand travel requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.​

Also offers a range of webinars on topics relating to reshaping your business, accessing working capital, and employment law of health and workplace safety during COVID-19.

 

 

2.RETURN2WORK INITIATIVE

 

Website: https://www.return2work.co.za/welcome/

 

What it does:

 

A collection of PDF materials that offers step-by-step guidance on re-opening and staying open, including key legal requirements and tools to minimise infection and maximise compliance.

 

 

3.10X ENTREPRENEUR

 

Website: https://tools.10x-e.africa/cov19toolkit

 

What it does:

  • ​A COVID-19 Survival Toolkit that provides relevant advice that will make a difference to your business and its growth.

 

 

 

 

4.THE BRANDED START-UP

 

Website: https://www.thebrandedstartup.com/survivalguide

 

What it does:

  • ​Sign up with your email to receive a free guide on how to lead, plan, and survive the pandemic as a non-profit​.

 

 

Pro-bono Services

 

1.COBRA (Covid Business Rescue Assistance) War Room

 

Website: https://www.cobra.org.za/

 

What it does:

If your business is in financial distress, this consortium offers extensive and free legal, accounting, technology and business turnaround expertise to assist and sustain it through the Covid-19 crisis.

 

A structured business rescue process—with the objective of rehabilitating your company—is also available.

 

2.SOUTHERN AFRICAN VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY ASSOCIATION

 

Website: https://covid-19.savca.co.za/

 

What it does:

 

SAVCA provides free expertise and professional services, including marketing, legal and finance, if your business has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and lockdown.

 

How to apply:

 

Apply online at https://covid-19.savca.co.za/

 

 

Mentoring​​

1.FRENCH TECH

 

Website: https://za.ambafrance.org/French-Tech-community-leaders-in-South-Africa-to-provide-dedicated-mentorship

 

What it does:

Provides SMMEs with 400 hours of mentorship on:

  1. Cash Flow management
  2. Bridge fundraising
  3. Leveraging the Covid-19 digitalization
  4. Pivoting

 

 

Strategy

1.YOCO


Website: https://www.yoco.co.za/blog/covid-19-small-business-guide/

 

What it does:

  • ​Yoco helps you to evaluate the financial state of your business during and after national lockdown and suggests strategies on how to manage your mental health and well-being.

 

 

2. AZA FINANCE

 

Website: https://www.azafinance.com/how-african-businesses-can-survive-covid-19/

 

What it does:​

  • AZA offers a comprehensive webinar on the economic impact of Covid-19 in Africa and provides tips on how you can soften it and survive.

 

 

3. VUSI THEMBEKWAYO

 

Website: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dhPJJtIBIM&feature


What it does:

  • Video presentation explains the five most important things that your small business needs to do in order to survive the Covid-19 impact.

 

 

4.      BEST PRACTICES FOR FOUNDERS IN THE WAKE OF COVID- 19

 

Website: https://www.notion.so/Best-Practices-for-Founders-in-the-wake-of-COVID-19


What it does:

  • Strategy document on how to manage risk, uncertainty, and plan for worst-case scenarios.

 

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Disclaimer: While Seda has made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this website was current as at June 08, 2020, Seda cannot be held responsible for changes or closures of any programmes. Seda neither endorses nor can be held liable for any of the programmes listed on this website. Use at own risk.