Enterprise Alliance Strategy (EAS) can be applied to transform rural areas of Africa (Zimbabwe as a case study) into industrial areas. In this article, I shall explain (EAS).
Enterprise Alliance Strategy (EAS).
This is when organisations come together to create scalable projects through partnerships with those who cannot implement value innovation to their local resources.
For instance, some parts of Chipinge district in Zimbabwe still contains under-utilised rivers and mountains which can be used to produce Agricultural raw materials for industrial purposes. If three small companies adpot EAS in this district, they could successfully transform this area from being rural into industrial zones.
From my own case study in Chipinge district, I have realised that entrepreneurs requires capital for borehole drilling, fancing, solar systems and inputs.
So if the following companies agreed to adpot EAS in this district, they could create a billion dollar company.
1. Borehole drilling.
2. Solar systems.
3. Fancing.
But how could they create such an organisation?.
Take for instance, after drilling a bore or installing solar systems to a farmer, these services providers they do claim one time payment. But if they could claim ownership (some shares), What it means is, they could be earning some shares Everytime a certain farmer produce something from their land.
Now take for instance, if company A manage to install 100 systems with an intention of claiming some shares, maybe 20% at the end of each and every project, they could generate 20% × 100 systems in 2 months time if it beans.
In one year, Famers can purse 4 to 6 projects, assuming 6 projects in one year, company A could claim 20% × 100 systems × 6 in 1 year, that is being scalable and this could benefit company A for the entire life span.
This strategy doesn't create the rich and the poor because this is project networking, almost everyone in the society could benefit from the deal as long as they agree on percentage of Ownership, division of profit and loss as well as length of the Partnership.
This idea is scalable in the sense that network farming is contained, project networking is contained as well as consumer networking.
Assuming full employment of local resources without securing your own shares in local resources, how could you survive as an organisation?, the other thing is, waiting for those who are willing and able to hire you for the services might slow down your business growth and it might contribute to cash flow problems.
We have a lot of under utilised land because farmers can't afford to hire you, then just go to those farmers, sign up partnership deals and transform rural into industrial areas.
EAS is one of my own experimental strategies, I didn't learn it from university or college, I'm a self taught entrepreneur.
This a very interesting line of thought. I have been racking my brain as well about how to transform rural areas into intense industrial zones, its nice to see that im not the only one thinking about it.
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