Adesh wins 2012 Seda Small Business Stars national business plan competition

We also spoke to Adesh Naidoo - Owner of Clean Street Trading and Distribution. Adesh is the 2012 Seda Small Business Stars national business plan competition winner. The winners were selected after 180 finalists – drawn from more than 5,500 entries, presented their business concepts to 18 provincial judging panels, who selected a total of 11 national finalists. His business is a special green-friendly litter bin that provides advertising revenue for the city, to every municipality in South Africa. The judges believe that Adesh has the drive and business acumen to launch this product, even in the highly competitive media sector and unanimously gave him their highest score. He says his current challenge is getting municipalities to buy into the concept but he had some promising interest from Maputo in Mozambique. For further information you can visit www.cleanstreet.co.za