The SEED Initiative – Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development – has launched the report of its 2014 South Africa Symposium, which was rapporteured by Kulima. The symposium took place in Pretoria in March 2014 and had the theme "Advancing the Green Economy: creating jobs and opportunities for innovative green enterprises". The conference addressed success factors of the growth of social and environmental entrepreneurship and also provided a discussion space for 6 priority areas for supporting the growth of social and environmental enterprises in South Africa: namely access to finance, capacity building, legal issues, market information and access, the regulatory environment, and technology and innovation. A short video is also available which covers some of the solutions.
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