"My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours. We belong in a bundle of life. A person is a person through other persons."

Archbishop Tutu on Ubuntu

SOUTH AFRICA – CONTEXT

52 MILLION PEOPLE

15 MILLION ON

SOCIAL GRANTS(SAPA, Feb 2012 )

1.2 MILLION taxpayers

(Budget Review, 2012)

25%UNEMPLOYMENTrate (STATS SA 2013)

ANOTHER

BRIC IN THE WALL

Source: GEM-SA report 2011

Total early stage entrepreneurship

activity (TEA)

Total established business

ownership rate

2006 2011 2006 2011

Brazil 11.6 % 14.9% 12.1% 12.2%

South Africa 5.3% 9.1% 1.7% 2.3%Russia 4.8% 4.6% 1.2% 2.8%

India 10.4% N/A 5.6% N/A

China 16.2% 24.0% 8.9% N/A

HOW DO WE TACKLE THIS?

BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD

do GOOD, have fun AND THE MONEYwill come

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FinancialGrowing business and generating wealth

CustomerAchieving excellence in product and service offeringsto customers and expanding the customer base

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CORPORATE SOCIAL INVETSMENTVirgin Unite Africa, is aregistered NPC and PBO with

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