“I believe profoundly that if you want to create five million
jobs in South Africa by 2020, you have to create one million new enterprises. The whole debate should therefore be
‘how can we create the environment and the space for one
million new enterprises to be created?’” Clem Sunter.
SMME OPPORTUNITY ROADSHOW PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Programme Director: Ashraf Garda (Radio Presenter, SAFM)
07:30 Registration and Exhibition Viewing
09: 00 – 11:00 First Plenary Keynote Address
• Vusi Thembekwayo, Motivational Speaker
• Ethel Nyembe, Head of Small Enterprise, Standard Bank
• Gerswynn Mckuur, National Project Manager, Global Cleantech
• Noluthando Tutani, Project Manager, MEDO
• Sakhumzi Maqubela, Owner & Founder, Sakhumzi Restaurant
11:00 – 11:30 Tea and Exhibition Viewing
11:30 – 12:30 Standard Bank Master Class
• Ethel Nyembe, Head of Small Enterprise, Standard Bank
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch and Exhibition Viewing
13:30 – 14:30 Sales & Marketing Master Class
• Adv. Leslie Sedibe, CEO, Proudly SA
14:30 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 15:45 Human Resources Master Class
• Paul Schonborn, Sales & Marketing Director, PRP Solutions
15:45 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 17:00 Information Technology Master Class
• Fredell Jacobs, Enterprise & Skills Development General Manager,
The Innovation Hub
• Pierre Marais, Executive: Small & Medium Business Services, Telkom
17:00 – 20:00 Cocktail Function