MDDA community media and small commercial media projects

Dear All

RE : 2007 Enablis Business Plan Competition.

The Agency has signed a partnership agreement with ENABLIS in respect of their National Business Plan Competition.

This was approved by the Board and the competition was launched on 23 May 2007. The MDDA is now one of the funding partners
and the Chair of the panel on the media category judging panel.

Enablis and MDDA are working closely to get information on the competition out to all MDDA-supported projects, companies and
organizations. The purpose of this communication is to inform you about the partnership between Enablis and MDDA and to
encourage you to consider entering the competition in the media category.

The call for entries period now runs until the end August. During this time, business plan training workshops are held in all provinces.
A full listing of these workshops can be found on www.enabliscompetition.co.za. You are strongly encouraged to attend these training workshops.

Once entries for the competition close on August 31 2007, the business plans in the media category will be divided into business ideas
(start-up funding) on the one hand and existing businesses (expansion funding) on the other. A team of business plan evaluators will
assess these plans and select 3 x business ideas and 3 x existing businesses as the 6 category finalists. In September, the MDDA will
have the opportunity to review and adjust this selection to ensure that emerging businesses are prioritised. These six finalists
then attend the final judging event in mid October in Johannesburg.

The panel will see the “live” presentations from the entrants and will then select two winners: one start-up and one existing business.

The following day the winners will be announced. Following this, the winners are handed over to the funding team who start working
with the entrepreneurs on accessing the funding. They also receive their prizes, which include laptops, a business library, a
stationery kit and IT training, Sunday Times subscription, etc. In November, Business Times will publish a special supplement profiling the winners.

This relationship between MDDA and Enablis provides an opportunity for our projects, i.e. small commercial media and maybe
community media, to be part of an opportunity to improve their business plan and therefore grow their business.

You are therefore invited to join the different workshops organized by ENABLIS in your respective province and also to consider
submitting your entry for consideration.

Regards