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
18
June 2007
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