South African Township Economy Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Snapshot Survey
At link: https://ecosystems.andeglobal.org/contribute/
Welcome to the South African Township Economy Snapshot Survey of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE). Since 2014, ANDE has completed more than 13 ecosystem snapshots in emerging markets all over the world. These Ecosystem Snapshots provide data about financial and non-financial support available for small and growing businesses in a specific city or country.
The support for this snapshot is given as part of a broader programme to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems in South Africa and will help to further refine our collective understanding of and support to township-based entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and Gauteng only. All data will be published as a free resource on ANDE’s Ecosystem Snapshots.
Please refer here for important definitions and eligibility criteria. There are approximately 30 questions, and the survey should take 15 - 20 minutes to complete.
Specific Objectives
- Identify which types of organisations are supporting township-based businesses in South Africa.
- Identify gaps, insights, challenges, and opportunities in these local ecosystems.
- Identify where and how organisations can better work together to support the township economy.
Thank you for your contribution to this important research effort. For any questions on the survey or to discuss ways to get involved feel free to contact Nonceba Qabazi, Programme Associate for ANDE’s South Africa Chapter at Nonceba.Qabazi@aspeninstitute.org.
Privacy Notice
As part of every Ecosystem Snapshot survey, ANDE collects the following information from survey respondents:
• Name
• Phone
• Place of employment
This personal information is used by ANDE research staff to follow-up with survey respondents if additional clarification is needed for any responses. Information submitted will be used for research purposes only. ANDE will not use the information submitted for any other purpose; nor will ANDE exchange, sell, or share your personal information with other organisations. Organisation-specific information collected will be published on ANDE’s website; no personally-identifying information (PII) about individual survey respondents will be published. If you have any questions about how your information will be used, please contact Nonceba.Qabazi@aspeninstitute.org.
Definitions and Eligibility Criteria
Please ensure that the person filling out the survey is familiar with all the relevant programme information. Please complete the survey based on your organisation's current work, even if your work has been stalled or changed due to COVID-19 since early 2020. Note that the survey answer format does not differentiate between different programmes, so if your organisation runs more than one programme exclusively designed to target and support township-based entrepreneurs, then please answer these questions collectively for all such work.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria 1: Organisations that deliver both financial and non-financial support with one or more programmes exclusively designed to target and support township-based entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa only. (Note that the organisation providing the support do not need to be based in a township to qualify).
Criteria 2: Organisations where this support may be the only work of the organisation or is run in addition to other support that is delivered.
Definitions
Township: old, new, formal and informal human settlements that are characterised by high levels of poverty, unemployment and low incomes and distanced outside of the main centres of economic activity. For the purposes of this survey this definition also includes peri-urban and rural areas. (Gauteng Province: Economic Development, “Gauteng Township Economy Revitalisation Strategy, 2014-2019”)
Township-based entrepreneur: a person that is based in a township area, as opposed to being based in main commercial centres of economic activity and is involved in economic activity that is meeting the needs of township customer communities.