The Small Business Growth Conference is being held at three major centres in South Africa this year, bringing under one roof industry leaders in four fields of development together with SA entrepreneurs, small business owners and professionals.
The conference will be held in:
- Cape Town on 24 March
- Johannesburg on 23 June
- Durban on 29 September
The conference will focus on the key areas small businesses need to invest in to grow their businesses:
- Business strategy
- Finance
- Operations and logistics
- Promotion.
SA’s business leaders will convene to brainstorm some of the challenges related to business start-ups and best practices within the SMME sector. These include:
- Marcel Klaassen – Executive: Head of Growth at FNB
- Paul Hobden – Head of Small Business at MWEB
- Catherine Wijnberg – Founder and director at Fetola
- Rebecca Cronje – Founder of Cultivate Communications
- Mike Joubert – CEO of The Brandsrock Group
- Precious Mvulane – Managing director of GAD Consulting Services
- Leon Lategan – Founder of Conversion Camel
- Kgomotso More – Principal consultant at Change Tactics
- Paul Smith / Founder of StartupCherry.