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TerraConsulting (Pty) Ltd is a young wholly black—owned organisation founded in 2001.  The company offers business consulting services for the Enterprise Development Services market, to facilitate sustainable SMME growth and development. The company has managed to grow in size, in its client base and service offering.  The company has a team of six young, dynamic individuals, all skilled in their specific areas of expertise.

TerraConsulting is led by a managing director, an office manager and a team of skilled and dedicated young business consultants, well equipped to provide services in enterprise development. The team comprises of a larger number of women over men, making TerraConsulting an equitable employer.

Terraconsulting (Pty) Ltd is growing every day.  The team is young, talented, bright and keen in helping established businesses and budding SME’s equally in reaching their fullest potential. We have recently expanded our geographical reach, and opened an office in Cape Town. This is an exciting period in the company, a growing phase.

Our Vision

We will fulfil the role of an advisor, strategist and facilitator.  This will have a positive impact on organizations/clients and hence allow them to grow.

• Our vision is to provide quality financial support services to growing businesses that will enable them to compete in today’s highly competitive markets.

• TerraConsulting enters into contracts with clients to transform, manage and improve their business processes such as finance, administration, and business strategy as well as the use of information technology.

• We will provide entrepreneurs with solutions that meet the specific needs of their organization.

• We aim to bridge the gap between financiers and business developers, particularly with black business developers.

• We aim to take part in the transformation of the present economic landscape by providing entrepreneurs with relevant business analysis and information.

• We will build partnerships based on excellence in order to ensure that today’s small and medium businesses become the base of a new African-led economy.

• Our aim is to be the leaders when it comes to marketing and strategic consulting in the region.

Our Services

TerraConsulting offers the following services;

• Business Planning
• Company Registration
• Business Mentorship
• Feasibility Studies
• Marketing Plans
• Tender Advice
• BEE Transactions
• Business Valuation
• Business Sales

• Accounting and Internal Control Systems

We advise on effective Accounting Systems and related Internal controls Systems. These internal controls are viewed to asses any weakness and were necessary any improvements to system. This ensures that your Accounting records are as fairly presented as possible.

• Statutory Returns

Registering clients with the relevant bodies and completing and submitting returns for all tax and applicable levies.

This includes personal and business tax solutions, and all district / magisterial levy submissions.

Enterprise Development

In the eight years we have been in business, we have managed to acquire a number of reputable clients in both the public and private sector, and are working towards adding more clients from each sector to our database.

In the process, we have managed to acquire valuable skills and competencies ranging from business process to financial analysis.  We have also done a significant amount of work within the public sector, having gained numerous SME clients involved in the services, retail and manufacturing sectors.  Our private sector work has ranged from start-ups and mentorship, business planning and SME development and financial services.

The following represents TerraConsulting’s key clients;

1. Small Enterprise Development Agency

TerraConsulting is an affiliate of the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). We are a SEDA Enterprise Information Center (EIC). The program allows us to assist SMME‘s with business advice, general business information and other business tools offered by SEDA.

2. Umsobomvu Youth Fund Business Development Services

The company has been accredited as a service provider for the (Umsobomvu Youth Fund-Business Development Services Voucher Programme) UYF-BDSVP programme to assist young entrepreneurs with basic business support services and advice. The company is also tasked with the development of business plans, marketing and strategy formulation plans.

3. Eastern Cape Development Corporation

We are service providers for the Eastern Cape Development Corporation’s Enterprise Development Services Unit. We provide business planning services for emerging and existing SMME’s.

4. Khula Enterprise Finance Limited

TerraConsulting is an accredited Mentorship provider for Khula Enterprise Finance Ltd. The program allows TerraConsulting to formulate business plans for Khula clients to obtain financing for business ventures for business loans from R 50 000 up to R 5 million. We also provide operational and management related solutions on an on going basis under the Thuso mentorship program.

Contact Details

TerraConsulting (Pty) Ltd

58 Devereux Avenue

Vincent

East London

5247

Telephone: 043 – 726 4272

Facsimile: 043 – 726 5467

Email: terraconsulting@telkomsa.net

Unathi Kunene – Managing Director 
Cell:  082 565 6212
Email: unathikunene@telkomsa.net

Ntsiki Njamela – Business Consultant
Cell:  072 245 8696
Email:ntsiki.terraconsulting@telkomsa.net

Nomazulu Sibanda – Business ConsultantCell: 083 769 2115
Email: nomazulu.terraconsulting@telkomsa.net

Smartel is the only BBBEE, virtual telecoms company, providing voice and data services to the Southern African markets. Smartel Communications aims to provide cost-effective, innovative telecommunications solutions to end user consumer and business customers whilst ensuring the delivery of outstanding customer service. With branches in Cape Town and Gauteng, and growth plans to expand to Durban and Port Elizabeth in the next 6 months, Smartel Communications will be able to reduce clients’ communication costs by re-routing their voice, fax and data calls through alternative, cost-effective local, global and wireless communications networks.

Smartel Communications’ singular focus is to provide our corporate clients with efficient, cost-effective communications solutions
We offer a “one stop” solution that includes a range of Least Cost Routing & VoIP technologies, bulk and corporate SMS products and a real-time call cost management system. The qualified technician that belongs to our consortium has a presence throughout the country and has a wealth of LCR & VoIP experience to draw from.

As such, Smartel Communications is uniquely positioned to understand the unique challenges of the industry, and has a history of success in meeting these challenges. In order to pre-empt potential problems and to ensure peak efficiency of each solution, our advanced in-house management platforms monitor all LCR & VoIP installations daily, while our countrywide dedicated technical team ensures immediate on-site problem response and resolution. All clients of Smartel Communications enjoy complete turnkey solutions that are managed in real time, giving them complete peace of mind and significant savings on their communications costs.

Commitment
We produce and deliver high quality South African products and services, and encouraging the wider use of these.

Quality
Providing high quality products and services to our customers, to a process of continual quality improvement in all aspects of our activities.

Human Resources
We employ fair labour practice in our organisation, to a process of continual improvement in our labour policies and practices.

Environment
We commit ourselves to employing sound and responsible labour practices in our organisation, constantly improving our environmental policies and practices.

Our Market Segments
Smartel has standing relationships and a performance history within various sectors.

Background
Traditional enterprise management software such as SAP and Oracle is based on predefined practices and processes that are shaped essentially by computer programming. It is currently widely recognised that such enterprise software is rigid, expensive and scales badly to complexity. Many are seeking solutions to these problems and numerous concepts have been introduced to address these issues, for instance SOA, BPM etc.

However, it is now recognised that the future lies in semantically based technologies. Such technologies, rather than expressing transactions and steps needed to be executed to update databases, allow for pure expression of meaning/knowledge and the resultant transactions/steps are automated. This results in a vast reduction in complexity and allows one to “talk” to a computer in more human terms. One should note the DIKW hierarchy.

Semantic technology allows one to move from information technology to knowledge technology. Also note the current interest in SBPM (Semantic Business Process Management) and more broadly the semantic web.  SAP and Oracle are investigating these trends. Nine years ago we recognised that IT was missing this semantic aspect and proceeded to research and develop entirely semantically based enterprise management software. Furthermore, internationally, there is a very strong trend towards internet based systems that deliver software as a service. ThoughtExpress is a vehicle to deliver Orfeo semantic enterprise management on the internet.

Business Benefits of Semantic Technology

The most important difference between traditional systems and semantic ones is that one can express precisely the operations/business rules of an enterprise directly in business terms rather than having to convert these to computer programs.

• The system moulds to the business rather than the business having to change its practices as a result of system constraints.
• Extremely rapid development process – new products and changes can be introduced in a fraction of the time.
• Semantic technology is self-healing: it is simple to recover from errors and disasters.
• Quality assurance is almost automatic as one is able to model past, current and future behavior of changes before they are committed.
• Since knowledge of the business is fundamentally and unambiguously incorporated, one can very precisely model future behavior of the enterprise.  The combined effect of these is that the enterprise management can be achieved at a fraction of the cost, with much greater agility and precision.

Contact Details

Suite 202 | 2nd Floor De Oude Schuur | 120 Bree Street | Cape Town
Tel: 021 422 39 89| Fax: 086 511 3152 | Cell: 083 700 6605
Mail: ssamuels@smartelcom.co.za
Website: www.smartelcom.co.za

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CIRCLE SEVEN TRADING 994 CC is a small company specializing in provision of variety of technical services for a wide spectrum of clientele including corporate entities, public institutions as well as commercial and non-commercial buildings.

These services consist of these areas of work:

• Printing and stationery supply
• Electrical services
• Landscaping
• Road works
• Building Contracting

CIRCLE SEVEN TRADING 994 CC is a registered organization in a form of a close co-operation.

Co. Reg. No. CK 2006/034215/23 runs by passionate entrepreneurs namely Ms Lindiwe Cele, Muzomuhle Molefe and Ntokozo Cele. Ms L. Cele comes to business with huge management experience; she has Business Management Program from Technikon Natal (Business Studies Unit).

She is currently studying towards a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. She is hands on in the business and she has provided leadership on all the projects the business has sought.

Muzi Molefe has experience in Design, Layout and Scanning. He has experience of more than 10 years working for well known corporate companies. His expertises are designing billboards, brochures, pamlets, menus, business cards, scanning general printing,

Ms N. Cele takes care of the marketing side of the business, she is a marketing director. However her work includes administrative activities. Ms N. Cele has a Diploma in Hospitality Management from The International Hotel School and she has also done Computer Reservations Course. Ms Cele has enviable expertise on areas of planning, co-ordination and management of events.

Over the past years, our entity has been involved in number of commercial projects and business initiatives intended to assist and facilitate the professionalization of technical industry. The company at the moment does not have full time personnel, it brings on board relevant expertise as and when a need arises. Fundamentally, most employees on the payroll of the company are on non- permanent basis .However the company has an objective to grow to a point of being able to employ people on full time and or permanent basis.

Contact Details

Contact Persons      :           Lindiwe Cele                                                Muzomuhle Molefe

Telephone no.          :           0723427403                                     0730967826

Fax. No.                     :           086 65 88446                                    0866588446

E-mail                         :           lindiwe.cele@webmail.co.za

Cell. Number                        :           072 342 74 03

Postal Address:

P. 0. Box 101370

Scottville        T

3209

FF Business Consultants

Azile Financial Services T/A FF Business Consultants is a newly established company that was registered in January 2006.The business is 100% owned by a previously disadvantaged individual, a black female South African professional woman who has been motivated by the prevailing social and economic ills of the country where many people still live below the poverty line and the unemployment rate is still very high. The business therefore operates within the social and economic developmental sphere in an attempt to assist in achieving the developmental targets of all the three spheres of government.

Mission
To facilitate and promote the creation of jobs and income generation through entrepreneurship and skills development with specific focus to the youth, women and people living with disabilities.

Aims and Objectives

• To play a role in the success of the business
• To make a meaningful contribution to the business and the economy.
• To communicate and share all relevant information with the clients
• To provide an exceptional quality and services
• To provide total customer satisfaction
• To show respect, honesty, integrity and confidentiality in all our dealings
• To contribute positively to the communities we serve

Target Groups
Our prime target groups are the following:

• Small business community with specific focus to in and out of school youth, young women, people with disabilities both in rural and urban settlements
• Community groups who want to participate on income generating activities
• National , Provincial and Local Government
• Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
• Not for Profit making Organisations (NPOs)
• Co-operatives.

Area of Operation
The business is operating from No 10 Mountain View Flats, Fortgale Mthatha in the Eastern Cape under King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in OR Tambo District. It therefore services the area and surrounding towns within the district.

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