Evidence infrastructure for SME and farmer development

Find the right businesses.
Move them forward.
Prove what changed.

Every business carries one live Growth Record. Institutions see where it stands, what it must do next, and when it is ready for the next programme, funder or buyer.

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2,823 live Growth Records

Built for system-level SME development

A shared view of progress across programmes, regions and sectors.

For agencies, DFIs and funders accountable for SME development at scale, and the delivery partners working on their behalf.

  • Every businesscarries one Live Growth Record.
  • Every programmeadds its evidence and interventions to the same record.
  • Every institutioncan compare who is improving, what is holding progress back and where to intervene next.

Mothusi System View. 1,047 businesses over the last 90 days, viewed by programme across 14 programmes, 9 regions and 6 sectors, sorted by businesses. Contractor Development: 380 businesses, 44 improved, 2 declined; top blocker monthly financial records, 53 affected. Grain Farmer Development: 296 businesses, 36 improved, 4 declined. Tourism and Hospitality SMMEs: 148 businesses, 3 improved, 6 declined. Manufacturing Export Readiness: 63 businesses, 7 improved, 1 declined. Mining Supplier Localisation: 52 businesses, 9 improved, none declined. 9 more programmes, synced 2 minutes ago. Recommended action: route financial-record support to 53 businesses before the July funding review; a similar intervention in February cleared the issue for 41 of 47 businesses.

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Score moved

3441+7

Business profile completed · bank account verified

Current position

Verified tierForming

Levers cleared4 of 7

Latest evidenceBank account verified · K. Molefe · 14 Jul

Priority blockerFirst customer proof

Next action

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Programme signal

The same gap appears across 31 businesses. Sales-readiness workshop · Tue 29 Jul · 12 enrolled.

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The Live Growth Record

One live record behind every business.

Every business has one evidence-backed record of where it stands, what has been verified, what support it has received, what is still missing and what should happen next. Applications, check-ins, documents, mentor notes, interventions and outcomes all write back to the same record.

  • The businesssees its current position and exact next action.
  • The programme teamsees the full history of evidence, support and progress.
  • Funders and buyerssee evidence before review, not claims after the fact.

Mothusi Growth Score

Similar scores should not lead to the same decision.

The score shows current business health. The verified tier shows the maturity foundations the business has established.

Two points apart.

Operating

Mokoena Construction · 61

What has been provenRepeat trading activity and core operating foundations

What changedRevenue has weakened over the last 3 months

Institutional responseStabilisation support

Forming

Puleng Transport · 63

What has been provenBusiness identity, registration and active bank account

What remains openFirst-customer proof

Institutional responseSales support and evidence review

Similar health today. Different maturity. Different intervention.

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Evidence to movement

One closed loop turns business signals into verified movement.

At the business level, each signal becomes a precise next action and an evidence-backed decision. Across the cohort, the same records reveal recurring blockers, guide intervention and show whether the response worked.

The Live Growth Record

The source, lever, action, evidence, decision and outcome remain connected.

Then the cycle continues.

  1. 01Signal capturedA check-in, document, AI conversation, mentor note or field visit is time-stamped and attached to the Live Growth Record.
  2. 02Lever and evidence assessedMothusi maps the signal to the relevant MGS lever, checks its freshness and consistency, and identifies what evidence is still missing.
  3. 03Business guidedThe owner sees what is blocking movement, why it matters, what evidence is required and the next action to complete.
  4. 04Evidence pre-checkedMissing pages, stale documents, mismatched names and unsupported claims are identified before the submission reaches a reviewer.
  5. 05A person decidesAn authorised mentor, field officer or reviewer approves, returns or escalates the submission. Verified gates move only on authorised sign-off.
  6. 06Individual movement recordedThe decision, evidence and reviewer are written to the Growth Record. The verified score or tier updates only where the MGS methodology allows.
  7. 07Cohort pattern surfacesRepeated open levers become named, countable portfolio issues. Thirty-nine of 124 businesses are blocked by the same requirement.
  8. 08Targeted response approvedThe programme manager approves the appropriate response: reviewers for evidence-ready businesses and targeted technical assistance for those that need support.
  9. 09Intervention impact verifiedImpact is measured through verified lever clearance, not attendance. Twenty-nine businesses cleared the requirement; the remaining ten retain a named next action.
  10. Then the cycle continues

Mothusi preparesAuthorised people decideEvidence verifies movement

Proof

One live deployment. Every figure attributable.

Royal Bafokeng Enterprise DevelopmentLive deployment
Businesses and farmers on the platform
700+
Industries represented
35
Villages covered
29

Figures are register counts from this deployment. The MGS methodology is published as a public draft (v0.9); claimed, verified and self-reported evidence are labelled separately.

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