Following their win at the regional final hosted by the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), Finclusive was awarded first place for their project at the University of Oxford’s (UO) Map the System (MTS) competition, which too
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Through digital technology, SMEgo users can apply for multiple funding opportunities with a once-off application process.
Serial entrepreneur and lecturer of business strategy at the University of Cape Town, Rowan Spazzoli, has always been aware of how difficult it was for SMMEs to secure financing.
He felt driven to do something about this after reading the results of a survey by Phaphama Social Enterprise Development Initiative on the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on SMMEs.
Of the 233 entrepreneurs who
participated in the survey released in April,
95% said they could no longer afford to
pay their employees; 50% didn’t think their