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DBSP Success Statistics - How have we done in South Africa. |
The DBSP started training in August of 1996, when it piloted its first training intervention - the Dynamic Business Start-Up Programme (DBS Programme). During 1996 and the first part of 1997, the DBSP refined this programme. Since mid 1997, the DBS Programme has been upgraded 3 times and has been translated into Zulu and Afrikaans languages. In 2000, Hi-Eye-Q Training developed and piloted the DBSP's 2nd training programme, the Micro Business Start-Up Programme (MBS Programme). This programme was upgraded in 2007. It is more advanced than the DBS Programme and is aimed at people with a better education, or that have achieved a higher level of schooling. So whereas the DBS Programme can be run with people who have extremely little, or an elementary level of eductaion (primary school), the MBS Programme is for those that have completed, or are nearing the end of their high school studies. The MBS Programme is available in English and Afrikaans. Plans are afoot to translate both Programmes into all 9 official languages of South Africa and, as the opportunity presents itself, into languages for use in other African Countries.
The two programmes have similar outcomes, and it is the level of business that the learner wants to run that determines which programme is to be run. The DBS Programme is for those learners who are happy just to start up and run a business that will meet their basic needs for food, clothing, schooling for their children and a roof over their heads - in other words a Survivalist type of business. Generally, these businesses will be sole traders and will remain unregistered. The MBS Programme , on the other hand, is for those learners who want to start up a business that they will want to grow, register and develop the capacity of, as time goes by. These businesses could ultimately position themselves to take advantage of tenders and government and/or business contracts.
The statistics quoted below are from 1996 to the end of June, 2008.
| Area | Number | Percentage |
| Total number of learners trained | 4,184 | - |
| Number of areas in which we regularly train | 16 | - |
| Number of Provinces in South Africa in which we regularly train | 5 | - |
| Number of male learners trained | 1,538 | 36.8% |
| Number of female learners trained | 2,646 | 63.9% |
| Number of young people trained between the ages of 15 and 35 | 2,949 | 70.5% |
| Number of learners between the ages of 36 and 50 | 762 | 18.2% |
| Number of learners between the ages of 51 and 80 | 180 | 4.3% |
| Number of learners that started up a business after the training | 2,971 | 71% |
The following table highlights statistics on the follow up work from 1996 to the end of June, 2008.
| Area | Follow Up Number 1 | % | Follow Up Number 2 | % | Follow Up Number 3 | % | Follow Up Number 4 | % | Follow Up Number 5 | % |
| Number of learners trained | 4,184 | - | 4,184 | - | 4,184 | - | 4,184 | - | 4,184 | - |
| Number of learners followed up | 3,548 | 85% | 2,908 | 70% | 2,465 | 59% | 2,020 | 48% | 1,242 | 30% |
| Number of learners who are running a business | 2,357 | 66% | 2,203 | 76% | 1,946 | 79% | 1,668 | 83% | 1,053 | 85% |
| Number of learners who have not started a business but are making some money | 154 | 4% | 175 | 6% | 216 | 9% | 98 | 5% | 62 | 5% |
| Number of learners who have found employment | 233 | 7% | 219 | 8% | 183 | 7% | 169 | 8% | 91 | 7% |
| Number of learners who are doing nothing | 803 | 23% | 312 | 11% | 122 | 5% | 85 | 4% | 36 | 3% |
In 2005, 2 studies were undertaken to determine how the businesses the learners had started are surviving after a number of years. 2 Areas in KwaZulu Natal Province were studied. These were the Pietermaritzburg area and the Bergville area. The following 2 tables summarises the findings of both studies.
| Area | Number | Percentage |
| Number of programmes run | 15 | - |
| Number of learners trained | 271 | - |
| Average age of the learners trained | 28 | - |
| Male learners trained | 90 | 33% |
| Female learners trained | 181 | 67% |
| Number of first follow up visits done | 186 | 68% |
| Number of second follow up visits done | 233 | 86% |
| Number of third follow up visits done | 183 | 68% |
| Number of fourth follow up visits done | 162 | 60% |
| Number of fifth follow up visits done | 102 | 38% |
| Learners in business at Follow Up visit 1 | 137 | 74% |
| Learners in business at Follow Up visit 2 | 131 | 56% |
| Learners in business at Follow Up visit 3 | 136 | 74% |
| Learners in business at Follow Up visit 4 | 134 | 83% |
| Learners in business at Follow Up visit 5 | 87 | 85% |
| Total number of learners in business at the latest Follow Up visit | 184 | - |
| Number of people from the community that have been employed by these businesses | 160 | - |
| Total number of jobs created | 344 | - |
| Number of learners that have been employed in the formal sector | 35 | - |
Over the period February 2001 to August 2002 the DBSP trained 413 learners in Bergville. In June 2005, we conducted a special follow up visit to assess how many of these learners were still in business, between 34 and 52 months later. These are the results of our findings :
| Area | Number | Percentage |
| Number of learners trained | 413 | - |
| Number of learners that initially started up a business | 370 | 89.5% |
| Number of learners we located in June 2005 | 408 | 98.7% |
| Number of learners that have died | 13 | 3.1% |
| Number of learners we were able to find and follow up | 395 | 95.6% |
| Number of learners that are still in business | 357 | 90.4% |
| Number of learners that have found formal employment | 13 | 3.3% |
| Number of learners that are studying | 1 | 0.2% |
| Number of learners that are too sick to run their business | 2 | 0.5% |
| Number of learners that are not doing anything after the training | 16 | 4% |