KwaZulu-Natal Small Business Fair
Metropolitan SMME Portal exhibits at the KwaZulu-Natal Small Business Fair at the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC).
Here are what some of our visitors had to say:
| Sindi - Umzvimbe Municipality |
- This is a good idea. Please come to my municipality to tell the community. |
| Sandile - Inkezo Productions |
- Awesome service! Should also target townships and rural areas. |
| Thando - Zinomsoco Co-Op |
- What a good initiative! |
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Strengthening SMMEs in the Eastern Cape - NPA
The Port of East London, along with the Metropolitan SMME Portal and several of our strategic partners in the Eastern Cape, has held a series of business imbizos in the province’s impoverished rural areas to promote entrepreneurship and business skills development.
Part of the port’s Corporate Social Investment initiative, the outreach also achieved the dual objective of expanding TNPA’s footprint in the rural areas, and sharing with these communities the role than TNPA plays in the local, regional and national economies of South Africa.
Underscoring the principle that empowerment and economic transformation are processes, not events, the business imbizos are seen as vehicles that bring initiatives, opportunities and information to regions which have previously been economically marginalised.
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Company Spotlight - Aziye Travel Agent
Company Background
Aziye Travel Agent is owned by young black entrepreneurs. We are small enough to ensure that you receive specialised, individual attention, yet. We are big enough to offer you peace of mind about all your travel requirements.
These young entrepreneurs took the initiative to organise themselves, after identifying an opportunity of being part of South Africa's growing economy, by providing an effective yet professional tourism and travel service and at the same time creating job opportunities.
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Company Spotlight - Lunii Projects
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Lunikolwethu Trading Enterprise is a 100% Black owned company. The company was established in 2007 by Malibongwe Eric Xaluva. Lunii Projects has interest in construction, distribution, building, maintenance and civil construction, plant hire services etc.
Lunii Projects is committed to community development and black economic empowerment, targeting mainly public sector, parastatals, IDZ’s and government as key agents whilst SMME’s and big corporate businesses also form part of our clientele.
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Company Spotlight - Seed Time and Harvest Marketing
Company Background
Seed Time and Harvest Marketing is a marketing company that specializes in business coaching within the smme market of the previously disadvantaged communities. The smme sector is crucial in addressing unemployment and poverty and interventions such as coaching are necessary. Leadership development is the vehicle that brings about stable and thriving smme's. The outcomes that we aim at with coaching include:
- productivity
- employee satisfaction
- cost reduction
- decision making
- team performance
- motivation
- sales volume
- employee retention
- customer satisfaction
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Our Competition Prize Winners
Congratulations to the following people:
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First Prize - Pastel Invoicing
Arthie Govenders - Gandhi Govender Construction
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Second Prize - Bitdefender 2009 Anti-Virus Software
Bongani Mbatha - Silver Stars Trading
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Third Prize - One Month's Free Advertising on the SMME Portal
Jabulani Hlatshwayo - Aziye Travel |
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