South Africa - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

MS Duna Group is interested in starting a farming project in Engcobo in the esatern cape were we can uplift the community and create employment around a engcobo

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

We are interested in starting a farming project that will uplift the community as we have about 200 hectares if not more of land that is ready we be planted of mazie

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Job creation and reduce unemployment, with job create this will decrease crime because people with have some income

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

Maize is use in multiple industries such as weedbix, toilet paper and macaroni just yo name a few

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Our project aims to serve the community of engcobo by using the many hectares of land to develop the land by planting maze and in this way they will get an income which will put food on they table instead of depending on social grant

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-05-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

1

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

The other partner is my brother with vast farming experience in mazie, at home we've got a big garden and 5 hectares of land which we plant mazie during the December times

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

l) Agriculture

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

With planting the mazie and harvesting and selling this will create income for the land owner and also creating income for the local employees that will be employed from the community

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

With planting the mazie and harvesting and selling this will create income for the land owner and also creating income for the local employees that will be employed from the community

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

With this project the people of the community will have something to do then just sitting around in this way it's some sort of exercise which creates health

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

With the money we make from this project portion of it will be donated to the local school to improve education in form of books for kids instead of the kids sharing a text book that they have to leave at school

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

The nice thing about farming is that it doesn't require heavy lifting and in this way we can employ males and females as long as theybare willing to work

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

As we are in the farming industry we would need clean water and not water that is contaminated with chamicals whuch will poison our crops and affect the end user

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

We will us solar system or generator to pump water from the running river and if the is capital available even do a borehole

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

The farming will improve the community with the income that is received this will improve the economy and put food on the table

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

We will get solar system in place as we need the energy to pump the water from the river to the crops

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

We are in thr agriculture industry so we don't do any heavy lifting so we can employ any gender male or female

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

With they money that they get from the crop harvesting they can spend in creating safe and uplift they homes to make sure they safe at night

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

Since we've got lots of land we will plant a portion at a time in this way we creating a cycle so that we harvest atleast every month

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

The nice thing about mazie is that we can plant it throughout the year it is not a seasonal crop

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

We will we water from the river and if the is alot of funding we can also do a borehole which the will be lots of water

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

All proper measures will be taken into place to make sure we don't affect the land in any way but make sure that the land is always healthy for use

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

We will make sure that fare system are put in place and no one is being under paid so that everybod ly is happy

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

The land is already thee the systems are all in place the only thing that is missing is the equipment with the equipment the project will be implemented immediately

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

3

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

5

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

05.08 Justification

We will be planting mazie, the is always demand for mazie because of the many fields it supplies

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

In engcobo we have no competitors as it is a rural area and the are land that is not used it's not luke the city

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

No