1Where the numbers come from
Real numbers from every business, every month.
Each business tells Mothusi how its month went: money in and out, people hired and lost, projects finished, what it needs. The totals by industry and village add up as the check-ins come in, so there is no survey to send.
September check-ins · Meridian network
September, added up
Product UI · illustrative data
2Movement
Prove what changed, and see what did not.
Every business is read through the same standard, so every programme can say who advanced, who stalled and who went backwards, with the evidence and the review decision behind each one.
Levers strengthened, blockers cleared.
No verified change since the last review.
Levers weakened or new blockers.
Lesedi GreensAdvancedMonthly financials verified, three months running. Now Operating.Progress and distress are recorded with equal clarity. That is what makes the movement numbers worth trusting.
Women in Business, month 12 · 60 businesses · illustrative data
3Stage and outcome
Finishing a programme is not the outcome.
A business can attend every session and still be stuck. The report keeps the programme’s own stages and the business’s movement side by side, so a funder sees both, and never mistakes one for the other.
Mokoena ConstructionConstruction · PhokengProgramme stages track delivery. The Growth Standard tracks the business.
Women in Business · illustrative data
4Financials
What was set aside is printed beside what was counted.
Every figure is computed from the check-ins, never written by AI. What a report leaves out is counted and named on its own page: who did not report, months too thin to use, test entries. A change from last year appears only when last year is comparable.
Figures are the members’ own monthly check-ins. 214 businesses back them with bank statements or invoices.
IN THIS DOCUMENT · What the numbers say · Over time · By industry and village · Cross-cuts · Coverage and confidence · Reference
What the numbers say
Coverage and confidence
July to September 2025 had 188 reports, below the floor, so no prior column is printed.
Report pages · illustrative data
5Jobs
Every job created, and every job lost, month by month.
Each check-in records who was hired, who left and why. The jobs report counts them by month, village and type of work, and shows the people who left as plainly as the people hired.
Meridian network · January to September 2026
Jobs kept, by village
The kind of work
Why people left
Product UI · illustrative data
6Findings
Mothusi writes what the numbers show, never a number of its own.
Every figure is computed first. Then Mothusi writes short findings in plain words, names the businesses and villages behind them, and adds one check you can do this week.
What the numbers say
Food businesses grew 40% because of the new supplier programme.
The tables hold no growth figure and no cause, so the sentence never reaches the page.Report page · illustrative data
7Across the network
Where the whole network is stuck, by village, sector and tier.
Built continuously from the records, added up and de-identified, so no single business is exposed. Programme decisions move from assumptions to what is happening now.
Open blockers by village · Meridian network
| Monthly books | Business bank account | Tax compliance | A paying customer, proved | Permits and licences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phokeng | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Chaneng | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Kanana | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Luka | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mogwase | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Monthly books holds 39 businesses across the network, 14 of them in Phokeng.
The same records also show
Product UI · illustrative data
8Reports you can ask for
Ten reports, one set of rules, your logo on the cover.
Each one is a branded PDF made when you ask for it, from the same records, on the same rules. Ask in a sentence, or pick it from the list.
Who advanced, stalled or went backwards from the starting record to the review, with each decision.
Every requirement done, signed off or open, and the one document that would move each business.
Income, costs and profit by industry, region and village, month by month, down to each business.
Hires and leavers by month and region, the kind of work, and why people left.
Every member by tier, what holds them where they are, who is waiting and who joined when.
One business’s whole record: its tier, its standing against peers, money, people, offer and documents.
One industry against the network, by village and region, with a summary in plain words.
What members are asking for, grouped by need, with the members who could supply each one.
What members sell, by category and village, the top storefronts and how listings are priced.
Finished projects and milestones with photos, values shown as bands or exact figures.