British Council’s Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) program, in partnership with Simayne and Social Enterprise UK, recently published a survey on creative and social entrepreneurs in South Africa.
Some of the key findings from the report:
- Many of the barriers highlighted by creative and social enterprises are related to funding
- Creative and social enterprises are highly inclusive, employing higher numbers of women and youth
- Leaderships skills are important to creative and social enterprise success
- Both creativity and innovation were extremely important to their business
- Creative and social enterprises are working towards a range of the SDGs and other impact and creative goals but are particularly focused on gender equality
- The majority of social enterprises, and almost half of creative enterprises are measuring their impact
Check out the report here!
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