The Pilanesberg Tourism Incubator Visiting EICT, the service provider of the Incubator program that focuses specifically on start-ups and SMEs in Tourism in the Moses Kotane region. I am in a beautiful lodge of one of the participants in the incubator program in Mogwase, a small quiet town close to the Pilanesberg National Park. It…

Fair Trade Tourism (FTT) has partnered with enterprise development agency EICT, to provide training and mentorship services to SMMEs adjacent to the Pilanesberg National Park involved in the Pilanesberg Tourism Incubation Programme. The Pilanesberg Tourism Incubation Programme is the first tourism incubator of its kind in South Africa. Furthermore, EICT is a black youth-owned consultancy…

The Tourism Transformation Fund (TTF) is a dedicated capital investment funding mechanismn established by the Department of Tourism in collaboration with the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and focuses specifically on financial support for black investors and communities investing in capital projects in the tourism sector. The Fund aims to drive transformation in the tourism sector…

Get Funded Where and how to apply for funding is one of the hardest challenges facing the SMMEs. EICT works with financial institutions to provide holistic financing solutions to SMMEs in various sectors. The following types of loan can be accessed by qualifying enterprises for cash-flow management, business acquisition/expansion or asset acquisition at attractive rates…

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The Department of Tourism will be implementing a transformation plan, developed under the guidance of the Tourism Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter Council, Tourism Minister Thokozile Xasa announced in Parliament today in her Tourism Budget Vote Speech. The plan includes leveraging SA Tourism marketing to position black enterprises, providing access to finance for black owned…

The role of National Central Government in unlocking tourism potential in secondary cities in unlocking regional economic growth.