gold-youths-Microbusinesses-Summary-2023.pdf

A summary of business related information fpr youth owned enterprises.

1. gold Youth Development Agency
Opportunity to collaborate to demonstrate proofs of concept for scale up of youth-driven microbusinesses
Youth- led change across Africa-Microbusiness Development Focus

2. “Honestly, this is a huge opportunity for me
because we have the chance to uplift the
standard of living in my community and it is
also going to be an example for other young
entrepreneurs in my community that it is
possible for them to run a business to generate
an income and that it's not always about
looking for a job… you can create a business
that will generate an income for you.”
Harris Makhabane–gold Chickens,
Mpumalanga, South Africa (poultry)
From the ground: Harris Makhabane, gold Grad

3. gold-youth’s Mission
Through the goldPeer
Education Model, we are
embedding peer leaders and
their mentors into schools and
communities, developing young
people from being passive
recipients of negative norms to
proactive agents of positive
change, who are empowering
themselves and their peers to
become the ethical and
economically independent
leaders of tomorrow.

4. Proprietary, gold Peer Education Model
Tested, grassroots
cluster blueprint

5. Sites Coordinator: GrassrootsLeader,
selected to start a goldCluster in three high schools and/
or communities- they supervise out-of-school youth
Facilitator Interns.
Youth Facilitator Interns: Role Models, mentors and
education support agents; employed to train and mentor
teenage Peer Educators andensure the network is
connected and thriving.
Adolescent Peer Educators: taught to model positive
decision-making and educate their Peers and younger
children to make positive choices, strengthen their numeracy
and literacy and maximize their impact on their communities.
goldPeer EducationModel: Cluster Team Roles
gold Grads: Our alumni (out-of-school youth) are part of the gold Gradscommunity for life and are
inspired as nation builders. They are further skilled and connected to opportunities in 1) further
education, 2) workplace internships, 3) entry- level jobs, and for those that are enterprising, 4)
scalable entrepreneurial ventures as Microbusiness Coordinators.

6. gold-youth is an 19-year -
old award-winning non-profit
with registered entities in
South Africa, Zambia,
Botswana, Zimbabwe and
Rwanda. Through an
evidence-based youth peer
education model,
gold-youthhas measurably
reached 101,445 young
people in 6 countries and
seen concrete results in
social behaviour change,
improved education and
job creation.
gold-Youth Enterprises,
100% owned by gold -youth,
has established itself on
gold-youth’scredible
foundation, leveraging the
strong research and best
practices of the goldModel
to provide youth-led
solutions in emerging
markets. It does this through
for-profit ventures that tap
into the community access
and human capital created
through gold-youth’swork
on the ground.
gold-youth’s Hybrid Structure

7. Hybrid Structure-Strategic BBBEE framework: SA
NPC
(PTY) LTD
Pty Limited EME 95%
black owned and 60%
black women owned
•Level 1/2 contributor
•Procurement recognition
level of 125%
•Empowering Supplier
•Qualifying ED beneficiary
with more than 51% black
owned
•Consumer Education
Financial Education
Service Provider
Broad based ownership scheme that can contribute 95% black ownership and 60% black women ownership
•Level 1 contributor
•Procurement recognition
level of 135%
•Empowering Supplier
•Qualifying SED
beneficiary with more
than 75% black
beneficiaries
gold-youth is the 100% owner of
gold-youth Enterprises. (This intentional hybrid
structure allows us to maximize the benefits of the non-profit as well as the for-profit vehicles to achieve
maximum social impact sustainably).

8. Microbusinesses Development is…
1: The selection, entrepreneurial development and financing of
enterprising youth and goldGrads (alumni) as gold
microbusiness owners and agents.
2: The collaborative testing and incubation of youth-led sustainable microbusinesses as a scalable job creation platform across gold- activated communities; testing solutions (e.g. food security, power security and digital inclusion) and strengthening micro-economies, ground up.

9. Our ‘Why’ for Scalable Youth-led Businesses
Economic growth at scale is hindered by the lack of relational capital in
grassroots communities/villages as well as lack of access to quality
grassroots talent. With effective access to these communities and to
their youth talent pipelines, we are fostering entrepreneurial mindsets
and incubation of market-led microbusinesses as a critical job creation
and self-employment strategy in communities where few, if any,
meaningful economic opportunities exist for youth.
We are in the start-up phase of collaborating with industry leaders to
unlock micro- economies across Sub- Saharan Africa by identifying
quality youth and testing profitable business models, opportunities and
African enterprises that provide critical solutions and last mile value to
priority communities.
We are learning from real life testing. As business experiments fail we
learn collectively. We aim to maximize the learning.

10. gold
Model
Community Market Research, gold Grad
Entrepreneurial Pipeline Development
Business Solution Testing,
Microbusiness Coordinator Incubation, MFI
facilitator & connector.
Enterprise Development
Division
Microbusinesses
Development Function
Part of the goldModel in communities, focus on
developing youth-led enterprise readiness in
youth and their communities.
Facilitating the ongoing support services for and acceleration and scale up of sustainable gold
Enterprises and Enterprise Centres in gold
communities in Africa.
gold-youth: Non-Profit gold-youth Enterprises: For- Profit
Division of Social Enterprise Holding Company 100% owned by gold-youthNPC; goldFranchisor of gold
Grad owned and led microbusinesses and enterprise centres, Investor in goldGrad start- ups, Accelerator.
gold
SMEs

11. Pathway for Enterprise and Self-employment
Entrepreneur Selection &
Development
Process of identifying entrepreneurial
inclination, DNA and appetite
1.Entrepreneurial inclination and character
assessments
2.On the job microbusiness training and testing
3.12-month incubation cohort
4.Seed funding for own initiatives and separate
microbusiness cohorts.
Enterprise Selection & Development
Process of selecting, testing and rolling out
market-led enterprises
1.Business Model Feasibility
2.POC
3.Deployment
4.Roll out

12. Microbusiness Coordinator (MBC) Incubation Approach
MBC Employed
and funded by
gold-youth
MBC Employed
and funded by
business revenues
MBC acquires
majority ownership
with minority gold-
youthEnterprises
6 –12 months 6 months Future
Support an additional pipeline of youth entrepreneurs through microfinance and support

13. goldMicrobusinesses- Enterprise Development Stages
Feasibility POC Incubate Roll out
Business and
Model Selection
•Confirm business
concept feasibility
•Apply BE model
with tactical
options explored
•Shortlist industry
partners
•Open funnel for
new concept
testing
Negotiate Industry Partner Package
Deals
•Create
engagement
model that is a
sustainable
microbusiness
and can scale
•Secure funding
model for
scalable
microbusinesses
Conduct POCs
•POC to be
conducted under
gold-youth
ownership
•Only proven
business
concepts to be
taken to
incubation and
deployment
stage
Deploy and Incubate
•Identify gold
Grads for
entrepreneurial
incubation
•Establish
empowerment
parameters
•Secure stream
for gold-youth.
Roll Out Business
Model at Scale
•Copy model -control
key elements
•Location
•Deployment of
teams
•Empowerment
•Customer focused
•Ethical
•Sustainable

14. Proofs of Concept Underway and in Pipeline
•Clean/cleaner energy and power solutions
•Food system solutions
•Education solutions
•Digital literacy and inclusion
We take a deep learning approach learning
from experimental ‘failures’ and expanding on
our proofs of concept.

15. goldChickens
Proof of Concept underway to test last mile poultry farming- Mpumalanga, South Africa and
Copperbelt, Zambia.

16. goldShine
Proof of Concept in motion to begin to test last mile solar conversion and power security
solutions- South Africa.

17. goldDigital Skills Centres
Proof of Concept to begin to test integration of goldModel’s Blended training offering and
digital literacy services-South Africa, Zambia and Rwanda.

18. PayGas operated by gold-youth
Proof of Concept underway to test last mile LPG conversion and cleaner
energy solutions- Western Cape, South Africa.

19. goldGrain-Watch this Space…
Proof of Concept plan to test last mile grain storage solutions- Rwanda.

20. OF
HOPE