{"id":12702,"date":"2012-07-24T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T11:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/fancy-r50-000-to-kickstart-your-business\/"},"modified":"2012-07-24T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T11:24:07","slug":"fancy-r50-000-to-kickstart-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/fancy-r50-000-to-kickstart-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Fancy R50 000 to Kickstart your business?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Small business is the backbone of the South African economy, and with rising electricity, food and fuel costs, starting your own business is harder than ever. But, help is at hand as Hansa Pilsener seeks to empower young entrepreneurs and help them on their path to success.<\/p>\n

The Special Ingredient search encourages entrepreneurs to enter their business or creative ideas to win a financial kick-start and mentorship from Hansa and SA\u2019s finest entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

Six finalists will each win R50 000 towards growing their business idea and one winner will go through to SAB\u2019s Kickstart Foundation programme, which provides business training, business mentorship and start-up capital to entrepreneurs with promising businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur judges are chef Citrum Khumalo and businessman and entrepreneur Lebo Gunguluza, who have their own brand of something special-nyana, which is why they were chosen to help Hansa find people with a special ingredient,\u201d said Mosidi Seretlo, General Manager of Hansa Pilsener.<\/p>\n

A series of campus and community activations encouraging people to enter will take place around the country, with the first event taking place at Johannesburg\u2019s Hotel Lamunu Piazza on July 20, followed by more than 200 other gatherings around the country and ending in Pretoria at the Tshwane University of Technology on August 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think you have that special ingredient and an idea which requires nurturing and financial investment, the Special Ingredient search is the ideal opportunity to grow your dreams into reality \u2013 and take that first step to becoming the next Patrice Motsepe or Mark Shuttleworth,\u201d said Seretlo.<\/p>\n

People over the age of 18 can enter by visiting www.hansaspecialinside.co.za\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winners have used their head starts to get ahead. \u00a0Johannesburg IT specialist Betty Mokoena used her R25\u00a0000 to start a business training municipal and government workers in IT.<\/p>\n

Wits University students Jonas Mathekga used his R25 000 funding to start a snooker league while Tshepo Makgoba bought equipment which allowed him to open a community dance school.<\/p>\n

Mthunzi Mavubengwana \u00a0is studying third year BCom Finance at the University of Johannesburg and used his R25 000 to buy equipment for his solar power business.<\/p>\n

Eastern Cape Entrepreneurs are invited to submit their ideas to MyPE for further exposure \u2013 just drop us a note HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

See some of the Eastern Cape Ideas below:<\/strong><\/p>\n