Aspiring ENTREPRENEURS who are eager to grow their businesses will have the opportunity to be enriched with what they need to do to find an opportunity to succeed when they attend the annual Durban Business Fair (DBF).
This business advertising exhibition which will be held at the Durban Exhibition Centre, Durban, from April 30 to May 2, will be hosted by Business Indaba and will be held at the ICC, on April 29 at 9 am, where business growth strategies will be discussed.
This year is the 28th edition of this business event, whose theme this year is Enabling SMME Growth Through Funding, Compliance, Market Access, and Strategic Partnerships – which means that budding entrepreneurs will be helped with business support opportunities, finding customers and the importance of working with others.
Among the speakers will be the CEO of Proudly SA, Mrs. Happy Khumalo-Ngidi, the director of the Transport and Trade of Goods Unit in the Municipality of Thekwini, Ms. Sbo Ncube, a member of the National Tax Agency SARS, Ms. Wandisa Madyibi and one of the managers of SEDA, Mr. Thula Mkhwanazi.
These speakers will be discussing key topics including the steps to be followed by budding entrepreneurs to help them get funded, problems of lack of money, the negative impact of rising property prices, the main steps to be followed by those who have businesses, especially those who have just started and strategies to help them grow.
The business exhibition will be officially opened on April 30, by the Minister of Small Business Development, Mrs Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, who will also inform about her Department’s plans to develop budding entrepreneurs.
The chairman of the Committee for Economic Development and Planning in the Municipality of Thekwini, Councilor Thembo Ntuli, said that this exhibition is very important to help emerging businesses with opportunities that will be presented to them separately.
“This opportunity brings together different agencies and is the key to the development of budding entrepreneurs, where they can find opportunities, strategies and tools to help them develop their businesses, which helps to develop our economy,” said Ntuli.
Those who wish to attend this business consultation meeting, organized by the Municipality of Thekwini – are requested to send an email to: (email protected)