IMPACT AREA 01
Enterprise Development
Supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses with practical business capability, digital tools and pathways to sustainable growth.
Programmes
From impact areas to practical delivery
Our impact areas define where Asihwebe focuses. Structured programmes turn those priorities into practical pathways for entrepreneurs, small businesses and communities.
Our impact areas
Four connected areas of development
These areas guide programme design and allow new initiatives to be added as community priorities and partnerships evolve.
IMPACT AREA 02
Digital Enablement
Helping underserved businesses and communities participate in the digital economy.
IMPACT AREA 03
Skills & Capacity Development
Building practical entrepreneurial, business and digital capabilities through structured training and development.
IMPACT AREA 04
Community Activation
Mobilising communities and ecosystem partners around practical development initiatives and economic opportunities.
Flagship Asihwebe initiative
Township & Rural Digital Enterprise Accelerator
TRDEA combines practical enterprise development with digital enablement to help township and rural entrepreneurs become more market-ready and connected to opportunity.
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Registration
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Business Orientation
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Digital Business Profile
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QR Payment Enablement
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Online Marketplace Listing
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Business Workshops
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Market Access
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Growth
Entrepreneur registration and profiling
Business orientation
Digital business profiling
Digital payment enablement
Online marketplace participation
Practical business workshops
Market access
Growth support
Monitoring and evaluation
Business Growth Readiness / BGR Index™
Discover Your Business Growth Readiness
How ready is your business for growth? Asihwebe Foundation’s Business Growth Readiness / BGR Index™ gives entrepreneurs an opportunity to assess their current business growth readiness and receive a BGR Index score. The assessment is free — there is no charge.
OPTION 1
Scan to Take the Free BGR Assessment
Use your phone camera to scan the QR code and complete the free Business Growth Readiness assessment.
OPTION 2
Prefer to use a link?
Access the free assessment online.
Take the Free BGR Assessment (opens in a new tab)The BGR Index™ is a readiness self-assessment that helps identify support needs. It is not financial, accounting, legal or investment advice and does not predict business outcomes.
Complete Your Free Assessment
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Join Our Free Business Growth Webinar
Learn how Asihwebe Foundation supports township and rural entrepreneurs — and discover more about the TRDEA Business Growth Accelerator programme.
Register for the Free Webinar (opens in a new tab)Your journey with Asihwebe
- STEP 1
Free BGR Assessment
- STEP 2
Discover your growth readiness
- STEP 3
Free Business Growth Webinar
- STEP 4
Learn about TRDEA
- STEP 5
Programme & partnership opportunities
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