The Big Break Legacy is back with a R5 million investment prize

21 August 2012 - 13:44 By Times LIVE
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TV show 'The Big Break Legacy' is back for its second year with organises promising ‘more’.

The prize money is a R5 million investment towards the winner’s business.

This year’s production promises to engage, empower and unleash the true meaning of entrepreneurship, and to nurture promising entrepreneurs from all backgrounds.

“This programme will accept individuals who have developed a business concept that is innovative, commercially viable, scalable and that will have a social impact,” says Ezra Ndwandwe, founder and Chairman of The Big Break Legacy.

“The primary consideration will be the ability to take a business idea or existing business into a giant industry.

“South Africa has an urgent need to work with people who are ready and willing to take the entrepreneurial journey.

Ndwandwe cautions that this programme will not be a “drive-through” churning out business start-ups ill-prepared to deal with the harsh reality of the competitive business world.

The mechanism to achieve this goal will take the form of a business incubator linked to the programme to allow the trainees practical experience while they gain the theoretical know-how.

Ndwandwe says the programme will be flexible, providing both full-time and part-time streams. Programmes will run for an average of two years.

The Big Break Legacy will now be broadcast to 48 other African countries.

To stand a chance to win the R5 million investment into your business SMS your name, surname, South African identity number and your home province to 35383.

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