Finance & Market Access
For Small, Micro, Medium Enterprises (SMME’s) & Smallholder Farmers
- 8 & 9 November 2023
- Indaba Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre
Our Sponsors
SME.TAX provides a single point of entry from which to transfer knowledge and empower entrepreneurs, helping to grow our economy. From conception to success, SME.TAX’s objective is to be the ‘unseen hand’ that guides entrepreneurs to get the best out of their respective businesses, SME.TAX has been providing business and accounting solutions since 2016.
Overview
Smallholder Farmers
Smallholder farmers in Africa have historically been precluded from the mainstream agricultural markets owing to various factors, chiefly, a non-existent enabling environment and lack of support from the government and/or relevant agencies. The post-1994 changes in the South African economy, and in particular in the agricultural industry, brought about the phenomenon of preferential procurement and contractual arrangements in agricultural value chains.
Small, Micro, Medium Enterprises (SMMEs)
The Small business sector is the backbone of many emerging economies, contributing massively to their gross domestic products (GDPs). However market access remains the biggest snag in the development of small businesses.
"Small businesses are agile and resilient. They are used to fending for themselves and if their potential is truly unleashed, they can take South Africa's growth to a whole new level. Small businesses are tough, flexible and hardworking."
Viresh Harduth – Sage Accounting
ABOUT THE EVENT
This 2 day event seeks to:
- Discuss models in improving access to market for Small, Micro, Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) and smallholder farmers.
- Delve on markets entry, product pricing, sales strategies, market assessments, payment solutions, route-to-market strategies, agricultural technology, e-commerce platforms connecting consumers directly to producers and the agricultural value chain.
- Look into business growth and transformation.
QUESTIONS?
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