MEDO and Tsogo Sun partner to support entrepreneurs

MEDO (the Micro Enterprise Development Organisation) is proud to announce a partnership with Tsogo Sun that will see the two parties coming together to facilitate entrepreneurial development in South Africa.

As a strategic advisor and on-the-ground implementer of sustainable micro and small enterprise development, MEDO not only helps to secure supplier relationships and expand trade within and outside South Africa but the organisation’s vast cumulative knowledge and experience in Enterprise Development ideally positions it to assist corporate clients with their ED strategies and BBBEE point accrual.

In support of entrepreneurial development in South Africa, Tsogo Sun will be supplying venues and accommodation to MEDO to further enable the delivery of the enterprise development programmes. This is being done specifically to easily facilitate business trips and meetings outside the entrepreneurs’ frame of reference, helping them to expand their businesses.

MEDO will be assisting Tsogo Sun with their Book-a-Guesthouse programme, positioned within Tsogo Sun’s SunCares sustainability in tourism plan which incorporates entrepreneurial development, community development and environmental management. Book a Guesthouse is a skills-based entrepreneurial development programme that provides support to black South Africans, particularly women, who operate their own guesthouses. With 60 entrepreneurs at various phases of development within the programme’s three year model, Book a Guesthouse has been instrumental in creating 258 jobs, while it supports over 2 000 jobs in the value chain.

“We are delighted to have partnered with MEDO who we believe will add even more value to the programme’s beneficiaries through the delivery of specialised business skills by the organisation’s professional team,” said Candy Tothill, Group Internal Communications and Special Projects Manager at Tsogo Sun. “We are also looking forward to extending our support to entrepreneurs in other industries in South Africa through our wonderful new partnership with MEDO, she added.

Tsogo Sun’s commitment to entrepreneurial development aligns them perfectly with MEDO, which has also recognised the need to assist organisations to develop winning Enterprise Development (ED) strategies, operational roll-out plans and other related advisory services to support their BBBEE and broader investment priorities and has developed a robust Supplier Development Programme to prepare for the revised BBBEE codes due this year.

“Tsogo Sun realise the value it can add to the industry, being the most dominant player in the industry. The view is that if small businesses can grow, the overall sector grows and our country benefits in the long run. It’s a progressive and abundance mentality view that drives the Book a Guesthouse programme,” added Judi Sandrock, Joint CEO of MEDO.

Together, Tsogo Sun and MEDO are working to create a sustainable future for entrepreneurship in South Africa.

To apply, and for more information on MEDO, visit www.medo.co.za

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