Limpopo Jewellery Business Incubator (LJBI) is a jewellery design and manufacturing business incubator that increases access to youth employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for previously disadvantaged communities in Limpopo. LJBI was established in 2009 to contribute towards economic opportunities and supporting emerging jewellery businesses in the province.<\/p>\n
Legal Status and Governance of LJBI
\nLJBI is a non – profit organization registered in terms of the NPC and operates from its main incubation centre in Seshego, Polokwane. The organization has a current staff component of 13 employees and an active board with financial, economic development and industry expertise. The board meets quarterly and provides strategic guidance while the day to day operational of the centre relies on centre management.<\/p>\n
Years in Operation 10 years<\/p>\n Registration Details CK Registration Number: 2009\/006992\/08 Wish List -Own premises Online Platforms Facebook link : https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Seda-Limpopo-Jewellery-Incubator-305656686241043\/<\/a> Cause Highlights Since inception, LJBI has been seen multiple successes, which include:<\/p>\n -Winning the Botswana International Small Business Award in 2012 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Limpopo Jewellery Business Incubator (LJBI) is a jewellery design and manufacturing business incubator that increases access to youth employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for previously disadvantaged communities in Limpopo. LJBI was established in 2009 to contribute towards economic opportunities and supporting emerging jewellery businesses in the province. Legal Status and Governance of LJBI LJBI is a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-organisations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nPBO Number: 930039784
\nNPO Number: 074-327 NPO<\/p>\n
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\n-Own transport
\n-Office furniture
\n-Jewellery technological equipments\/tools & Machinery
\n-Funds to run operation of the Centre
\n-Information system support \u2013 installation of payroll system.
\n-Quality support \u2013 QMS auditing & certification (ISO 9001:2015).
\n-Staff development \u2013 training on fundraising, monitoring and evaluation.<\/p>\n
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\nWebsite link : http:\/\/www.slji.org.za\/<\/a>
\nInstagram page: limpopo_jewellery_incubator<\/p>\n
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\n-Ten learners and four SMMEs won awards at the Thuthuka competition under the themes Shoellery, Heroes and African Beads
\n-A learner was sent to Italy to train as a Goldsmith
\n-Four SMMEs and a learner received jewellery skills training offered by Hunan International Business Vocational College
\n-18 SMMEs have graduated from the programme
\n-144 learners graduated with MQA accredited certificates
\nLJBI has also exhibited SMME designs at various exhibitions which include:
\n-Jewellex Africa
\n-China International SMME Fair
\n-Bangkok Gems & Jewellery Fair
\n-JIS Miami
\nIn additional LJBI partnered with Miss Bachelorette South Africa to create the winner`s crown, SMME products featured on Skeem Saam, an SABC1 soapie.<\/p>\n