This learner-driven, outcomes-based course has been successfully completed by more than 190 000 learners, by community-based trainers in Africa and Latin America.
- The course covers the basic skills needed to start or improve a micro or small business.
- Micro-MBA is currently available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Afrikaans. Indigenous South African languages have proved not to be popular with learners, the greater majority of whom have preferred English.
- Learners work at their own pace through 8 simple workbooks, for either Traders, Producers or Service Providers.
- Learners with a Grade 6 literacy capability will take about 32 hours to complete the workbooks. Some may finish in less time and some will need more.
- The work is always completed in the presence of a trained facilitator.
- Illiterate people are encouraged to bring a literate friend or relative with them to the course. In this way two can be trained for the price of one!