The Entrepreneur Internship Programme is an accelerated learning experience for high potential entrepreneurs who have the capacity to start and grow businesses that can achieve rapid growth in employment size and revenues.
It combines experiential learning with industry exposure, mentorship and networking.Together, these components can help you to catalyse a cycle of personal and business capacity development, confidence and accomplishment that will empower you to translate your ideas into a sustainable business. By the end of the EIP experience, you will be able to develop a detailed “Go to Market” business plan that is implementable and provides the foundation to run a successful business with strong growth opportunities.
Anglo American has a strategic role to play in promoting social and economic development and is committed to supporting the national priority of job creation. The Entrepreneur Internship Programme is designed to create sustainable businesses that can lead to meaningful social and economic transformation. Anglo American is interested in investing in start-up businesses that could, given time, work with its Supply Chain in future to supply a pipeline of products and services.
The application form can be filled in online at the following url: http://www.aurik.co.za/anglo-form/
Kerryn is a director at The African Commons Project. She graduated from Rhodes University having majored in Journalism & Media Studies and English and has since worked in the e-commerce arena before becoming involved in the Commons movement. Kerryn was the lead project manager at iCommons and is now concerned with open content, intellectual property and issues of internet governance. Kerryn completed her Advanced Diploma in Internet Governance and Intellectual Property with the Diplo Foundation. 
This is the final edition of the SAFIPA newsletter. The month of November 2011, marks the conclusion of this dynamic initiative.
