Business in a Box
Everything a new business needs to start trading: a tablet with apps already set up, mobile internet, card payments, invoicing and customer tools, and step-by-step guides. Buy one for your own business, or sponsor one for a start-up.
What’s in the box?
A Rizzen tablet with a protective cover, mobile internet from Rain, business apps already set up, free sign-up on invoicing and customer-management (CRM) platforms, a Yoco online account to accept card payments, guidance on getting a business phone number that works over the internet, a printed guide to setting up business email and a website, and 12 months’ free Gateway for Business membership.
A Rizzen tablet with a protective cover
A rugged tablet, ready to use when you open the box, with your business apps already installed and set up.
Mobile internet from Rain
Get online to trade, send invoices and take payments from day one.
Business apps, already set up
Invoicing, customer management (CRM) and other everyday business tools, installed and ready to use.
Free sign-up on every platform
We register you on each platform in the box, so you start with working accounts rather than a list of websites.
Card payments with Yoco
A Yoco online account so you can accept card payments from customers.
A business phone number
Step-by-step guidance on getting a business phone line that works over the internet, so customers can call your business number wherever you are.
Setup guide booklet
A printed guide to setting up a professional business email address and a simple website.
12 months’ free membership
A full year of Gateway for Business membership for start-ups, with the Business Knowledge Library, templates, masterclasses and invitations to events. Paid membership continues after the first year if you choose.
Who it’s for
What it helps you do
- Send professional quotes and invoices
- Keep track of customers and follow up
- Accept card payments, not only cash
- Have a business phone number, email address and website
- Keep learning through the Business Knowledge Library
The box is built for an owner starting out on their own, so it doesn’t include staff or team-management tools. Those come later, in the Grow track.
Three ways to take part
Sponsor a box
For an entrepreneur you know, a community you care about, or your company’s supplier and enterprise development programme.
Apply for a sponsored box
If you’re starting a business and can’t afford the kit, apply for one funded by a sponsor.
How sponsoring works
One box can get a business online and taking payments. Fifty can change a community’s high street.
Companies can structure box sponsorship as part of enterprise and supplier development (ESD) or socio-economic development. Whether it counts towards your B-BBEE scorecard depends on how it is structured and verified, so confirm treatment with your verification agency. We’ll provide the records and reporting your verification needs.
Choose how many boxes
Sponsor one box, or a cohort for your community, suppliers or programme.
Choose who receives them
Nominate your own entrepreneurs, or let us match your boxes through our outreach and the Growth Assessment.
Boxes are handed over
Recipients receive their box with the setup guide and 12 months’ free Gateway for Business membership.
See what changed
We check in with recipients at 90 days and send you a short report on how their businesses are doing.