Gauteng Enterprise Propeller: Programme Impact Assessment

Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) is a Gauteng provincial government agency established under the auspices of the Department of Economic Development to provide support to small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and co-operatives in Gauteng. To determine the sustainability of this support GEP commissioned Mthente to assess and measure the effectiveness and impact of their support programmes over the period 2012 – 2016.

The focus of the impact assessment was on two key GEP initiatives: the Investment Management Programme and the Business Development Support Programme. The focus of the assessment was to determine the contribution of these programmes to SMME sustainability, the indirect benefits to communities and the level of customer satsifaction.

The methodology informing the assessment included key stakeholder and expert interviews and 442 semi-structured interviews with Gauteng based SMMEs and Cooperatives that had been supported by GEP.