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Tokafala

In August 2017, Debswana along with other partners (Government, De Beers and Anglo American) officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Tokafala Enterprise Development Programme.

The Tokafala Enterprise Development Programme began as a pilot in January 2014 in an effort to capacitate Small, Micro and Medium sized business for increased economic growth and reduced unemployment.  The programme has since been implemented in phases. Building on the learnings of the first two phases, Tokafala III (2022-2025) applies a more targeted value-chain approach, with the aim of unlocking entrepreneurship in the country while focusing on the inclusion of women and youth in economic activities. The three-year programme supports selected strategic sectors – mining, manufacturing, agro–processing and tourism – and drive youth businesses into the target sectors. Activities are being implemented in eight locations (Francistown, Gaborone, Jwaneng, Kasane, Letlhakane, Maun, Orapa, and Selebi Phikwe). 

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The national programme has since delivered significant results (Phase 2: 2019 -2022) as demonstrated in the table below.

ED	3 Year Target	Y1 Results	Y2 Results		Y3 Results	Cummulative
			SDP	Tourism		(2019-2022)
ED Enrolment	330 SMMEs	130 SMMEs	100 SMMEs	74 SMMEs	66 SMMs	370S MMEs
Advisory Training Graduation Rate	90%	98%	92%	91.8%	90.9%	95%
Female Economic Inclusivity	40%	55%	31%	43.9%	48.5%	45.1 %
Access to finance	P16.5 million	P4.6M	P5.3M	P11.2M	P1.9M	P23.0M
Jobs supported	3040	898	1954	676	691	4219
Jobs Created	300	91	330	39	275	535
Impact and Revenue growth	50% Micro 40% Small 25% Medium	152% 40.5% -27%	119.6% 54.5% 24.6%	N/A	59.8% 54.1% -1.7%	124.9% 48.1% 19.2%

STRYDE	3 Year Target	C1 Results	C2 Results	C3 Results	C4 Results	Cumulative
STRYDE Enrolment	500 (300 Female)	200(137 Female)	100(73 Female)	120(78 Female)	80 (60 Female)	500 (348 Female)
Graduation Rate STRYDE	90%	93%	94%	91%	96%	94%
Female Inclusivity	60%	69%	69%	65%	75%	70%
Newly economically active youth through enterprise or employment	200	62	55	69	49	235
Youth who graduate to ED activities	30	12	6	4	3	25

The Tokafala programme continues to create impact in both the SMME and youth development by improving employability and opportunities for females and youth. The pull factor is underpinned in the identification and development of strategic partnerships.

Enterprise Development 

Below are the results of Year 1 of Phase 3 of the programme   (Year ended April 2022) 

Enterprise Development	3 Year Target	Y1 Targets	Y1 Results		Cummulative
			SDP Mining	Tourism
ED Enrolment	370 SMMEs	160 SMMEs	116 SMMEs	62 SMMEs	178 SMMEs
Advisory Training Graduation Rate	90%	90%	91%	94%	92%
Female Economic Inclusivity	40%	40%	61%	54.8%	59%
Access to finance	P27 M	P12.5 M	P2.57 M	P99.9 K	P3 M
Jobs supported	4500	1674	1512	384	1896
Jobs Created	660	285	328.5	45	373.5
Revenue growth	90% Micro 40% Small 25% Medium	90% Micro 40% Small 25% Medium	273% Micro 53% Small 15% Medium	203% Micro 44% Small -34% Medium	253% Micro 49% Small 0,7% Medium

Youth Development	3 Year Target	Year 1 target	C1 Results	C2 Results	Cumulative
YD Enrolment	500 (300)	200	128 (91 Female)	236 (166 Female)	236 (166 Female)
Graduation Rate	90%	90%	95%	98%	96%
Female Inclusivity	65%	65%	71%	69%	70%
Newly economically active youth through enterprise or employment	250	100	36	32	68
Youth who establish an income-generating business:	50	20	1	3	4

Horticulture Programme

The Tokafala Board has approved a three (3) year horticulture programme which will be demand driven and will be implemented across three (3) clusters namely, Gaborone and surroundings including Jwaneng, Selebi Phikwe area, and the Boteti region. Below are the key performance impact indicators;

Indicator	LOP target
Farmers trained	150
% of farmers graduated and GAP certified	70%
Farmers who are women	40%
Farmers who are youth	25%
Total jobs supported	2,100
New jobs created	840
Full-time jobs	1,680
Part-time jobs	420
Planting area for offtake (ha)	150
Total planting area per year (ha)	420
Total revenues sustained / year (US$k)	5,238
Total revenue growth / year (US$k)	1,455
Total Budget	$3.3m
Cost per Job	$1571.43

Tokafala is currently setting up and developing cropping plans. The programme is expected to start first phase of implementation in 2024 year subject to each partner having contributed P4 million annually  (2024-2026).

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