Tag: small business

The first SME Indaba organised by AHI South Africa discussed why big and small businesses should work together. Melissa Javan Pay invoices on time, AHI South...

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Women took the lead at the annual Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in South Africa, with four companies owned by women taking awards....

South Africa's high rate of unemployment, poverty and extreme inequality call for bold and far- sighted interventions, Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu told the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Milan, Italy, last week.

The Small Business Finance Agency, a subsidiary of the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation, has approved funding of over R1-billion for small business development in South Africa over the last two years, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Two years ago, a couple found some wood at the side of the road and built a table. They had no woodworking experience, but their friends loved it. Today, Eco Furniture Design has been named fastest growing small business incubatee at the National Technology Awards.

The Gauteng Enterprise Propeller has signed a partnership with the UN Development Programme to help grow the province's economy by increasing supplier links between small enterprises and bigger firms.

South African entrepreneur Gildah Tshukutswane has turned her dream of creating greeting cards in African languages into a successful business.

The 37th International Small Business Congress, taking place in Johannesburg from 15-18 September, will help to chart the way for small business development in South Africa, with a particular focus on emerging industries.

The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses.