The concept of Havilah has evolved over a number of years, with the growing certainty amongst the founders (individually and corporately) that economic growth in a prosperous nation cannot exist if any sector of the economic active population is practically excluded from entry to the economy.
Limiting factors may have been/are/might be:
Race
Access to education
"Academic achievement" in the traditional sense
Gender
Poor socio-economic environment
No, or limited financial track record, that makes access to capital impossible
Access to land
In the developed world, the interaction possibility between corporate business and SME's is navigable to ordinary citizens. There is a myriad of social, economic and educational reasons that enable this. The current world economic view that "SME's drive the economy" is built on this very principle.
In South Africa, (and in the emerging economies) the gap between SME's and the formal economy is a chasm, with very limited chance of breaching. Especially if one's background falls within the "limiting factors" parameters.
Havilah will close that gap. We will provide the Technical Training and Enterprise Development as part of our package, together with an integrated technology environment that will support and enable ordinary people over a period of time, to achieve extra ordinary things in their own lifetime.
Corporate business can only thrive in a vibrant and peaceful economic setting. Our business model is unique in that:
It interacts on corporate level with corporate grade systems and guarantees.
The person (people) who do the actual work are turned into an SME with a quality supply chain, cash flow management, full financial systems, reporting and income tax compliance.
The lion's share of the income will go to the person who does the actual work. Our model enables quality and productivity to be encouraged and rewarded.
We will empower marginalised people to gain self-respect, and build a future.
The social responsibility of corporate citizens has (in recent years, and rightly so) achieved a far more important status than purely the primary "return on equity" goal. Most corporate citizens nowadays have a Corporate and Social Responsibility department that deals with Enterprise Development, Training and other interventions.
We at Havilah will work with you to provide market related services to your business in your Supply Chain, whilst we work with your Enterprise Development and Training departments to give you maximised return on your BBBEE scorecard. You can contact with us by clicking on info@havilah.africa and sending us a mail to get more information. We would love to hear from you.