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Dec 22, 2010

MISSION OF MAKOYA ENTREPRENEURS

"A strong economy is one that has a good number of profitable and sustainable enterprises that boost the economy. By partnering with both the corporate and public sectors, as challenging as it may be, South Africa can work towards becoming a strong economy. We believe that by working together –'as creative visionaries in business leadership' - we can do more!"  (Gift Mposula - MAKOYA ENTREPRENEURS)

SEASON'S GREETINGS

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a blessed festive season, we hope u all have a peaceful and joyful Xmas & new year!! Also, we would like to thank u for supporting our vision of creative visionaries in business leadership..MAKOYA ENTREPRENEURS which was established only a few months ago.

By pursuing this initiative, we're all doing our bit to shift mindsets towards entrepreneurship so as to ensure the sustainable economic empowerment of our nation. Let's make it happen!

Dec 21, 2010

WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL

"The objective is to unite the youth of the world and mobilise them around the banner of promoting universal principles of peace, freedom and social transformation to create a world free of human rights abuses and creation of sustainable environments"

Comment by NYDA Executive Chairperson Andile Lungisa regarding the motivation behind the World Youth Festival which was held from 13-21 Dec in Pretoria.

We support this initiative, and hope that it will consistently achieve its desired results.

Dec 19, 2010

Thought for the day

I quote "...the national and international importance of the event (World Youth Festival), and the ­impact on local youth development, cultural integration, dialogue as well as promoting unity among the youth of the world were considered."

This was the response by the National Lottery Distribution chairperson Alfred Nevhuthanda when questioned about the R40 million funding of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to host a youth and student festival. This has left the South African NGO sector fuming since many NGO's have had to scale down on operations due to lack of funds.

I guess one way to look at this situation is to ask whether it is best to fund projects that play a social entrepreneurship role (which give back to communities) rather than those that are merely charitable organisations which are, to great extent, unsustainable. So do we give hand-outs on a regular basis, or do we aid NGOs which contribute to skills development and training in the economy?

Makoya Entrepreneurs is officially in the building

Hey people, we are officially on-line and we are pleased to have you on board! As you may be aware that Makoya Entrepreneurs aims to promote the culture of entrepreneurship through networking, brand awareness and events management. Let's make it happen!