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Not a directory of who joined. A live view of what each business you back needs, can credibly offer, and did after each introduction.

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2,850SMEs and farmers reached
700+in one live deployment
35industries
29villages

For agencies, chambers, banks, corporates and community networks that support businesses.

1   Open the door

One address to join by. The rules stay yours.

Your network goes live at its own address with one line and a Join button, and you set the rules: who may join, what each business must show, and when it becomes visible to buyers and partners.

A network's public page: the organisation's name, one line, who it is for, one Join button

2   Join the network

The business brings its proof. Nothing is rebuilt.

Thabo Mokoena's request arrives with what is already known about Mokoena Construction, his registration, tax clearance and three of seven first-stage requirements signed off, so you accept or decline in one view and he fills in only what your network adds.

Thabo Mokoena's membership request: his file came with him, three of seven first-stage requirements signed off, documents current, the existing record reused and not rebuilt, buyer visibility set to matching opportunities only; Accept, Decline, Message

3   Keep it current

Run it on what changed this month, not on an old form.

Monthly check-ins bring in revenue, jobs, current work and needs, and Mothusi reads each one: revenue up 12% but R48,000 overdue makes cash timing the risk, not demand, with the escalation drafted for your yes.

Mokoena Construction's July check-in read by Mothusi: revenue R286,000 up 12%, R48,000 from Sechaba 32 days overdue, current work, needs and an offer, three new documents, the read that cash timing is the risk, not demand, and three actions prepared: Respond, Assign Mothusi, Assign a human mentor

4   Needs meet offers

Mothusi structures the comparison. The member chooses.

When a member needs plant hire, the network's suppliers are screened against the request on price, date and compliance, the exceptions are named, and Thabo appoints the one that meets every requirement.

Four plant-hire offers set against the request on price, date and compliance, one meeting every requirement and the exceptions named; Mothusi structures the comparison and Thabo appoints Meso Plant Hire

5   A buyer's package

Fit decides who bids, and a near miss sees its gap.

An enterprise buyer's R2.4 million package is screened across 124 businesses on capability, location, availability, compliance and customer proof: 34 qualify, 12 bid, one is awarded, and 18 near fits each see the one requirement still outstanding.

Lefika Platinum's R2.4 million civil works package: 124 screened, 34 eligible, 12 bids, 5 shortlisted, one award, and 18 near fits each shown the one requirement still outstanding

6   After the award

A match is not the outcome.

When Thabo appoints Meso Plant Hire both files change, a need closed and R84,500 committed on one, a new order and capacity reserved on the other, and the delivery proof is asked for, never assumed.

Project MOK-0412 after the award: Mokoena's need closed and R84,500 committed, Meso's new order and capacity reserved, the delivery proof requested, and what the network will count once it arrives

7   The whole system

See the gap that repeats, and what cleared it last time.

Across 14 programmes and 1,047 businesses, Mothusi shows who improved and who declined, names the one thing 53 are stuck on, monthly financial records, and recommends the support that cleared it for 41 of 47 in February.

The director's view of 1,047 businesses in 14 programmes: improved and declined per programme, the gap that repeats for 53, and the recommended action with February's precedent, 41 of 47 cleared

8   This quarter

Each figure traces to a business, a document and a reviewer.

The quarter's marketplace report counts 76 opportunities published, 34 awards worth R18.6 million, 28 completed with proof on file and 17 repeat orders, and sharing outside your network stays off until you switch it on.

What the network produced this quarter: 76 published, 34 awards, R18.6m, 28 completed and evidenced, 17 repeat orders, every award one line, where each figure comes from, cross-network discovery off

Networks you can run

A fund or lender

Funds and grants come first: applications land with you and your credit process stays yours.

An incubator or accelerator

Programmes come first, drafted from one line each, and businesses apply with what is already known about them.

A supplier development programme

Partners come first: the buyers and corporates you develop suppliers for get their own address to join by.

A government or development agency

Programmes come first, with a line for the board, funder or department you report to and when each update is due.

An association or chamber

Workshops come first: how often you run them, then the calendar to schedule each one so your members see it.

Run your network on what changed, not on who joined.

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