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  • Benefits to Donors
  • Benefits to SMME’s
  • Benefits to Banks
  • Benefits to Business Chambers
  • Benefits to Government Trade Departments
  • Current Constraints
  • Information Sources
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How Much Does It Cost?


This service is free for SMME's

Benefits to Donors

SMME Incentives offers the following benefits to Donors:

    * Save donors time, as applicants will already have the right criteria when they make contact.
    * Reduced need for resources to filter out applicants or enquiries.
    * Marketing of schemes through a high traffic website.

Benefits to SMME's

SMME Incentives offers the following benefits to SMME's:

    * No need to surf and research multiple websites.
    * No need to go through various  incentive schemes to see if they match individual SMME's criteria.
    * No need to compare the various incentive schemes separately ( in terms of % funding, max grants, etc.)

Benefits to Banks

Banks and other lending institutions are often inundated with loan requests. Using this tool, they could guide small businesses to access funding to complement their loan requirements.

Benefits to Business Chambers

This tool can assist mentors and business advisors in guiding members to determine which incentive programs are applicable to them. It should save a lot of chamber resource time.

Benefits to Government Trade Departments

A one-stop site to assist small businesses with funding needs, covering schemes in government, private sector and NGO's.

Current Constraints

SMME's

    * SMME's by definition, have limited resources to research appropriate incentive schemes available to their particular business.
    * There are a multitude of incentive schemes available to SMME's at the moment.
    * Each seperate incentive scheme, has a unique criteria set.
    * Similar incentive schemes may be quicker to grant percentages.
    * Some incentive schemes may be quicker to grant funding than others.
    * It may take them a long time to find the appropriate incentive scheme on their own.

Donor Agencies

    * Donors are often inundated with requests for assistance, only to find a large portion cannot be helped as they do not meet the required criteria.
    * Wasted resources and time for both donors and applicants in referring these applicants to other agencies.
    * Marketing the incentive schemes is expensive, as they involve roadshows, advertising, etc.