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SAITEX explores new trade and investment opportunities Celebrating its 28th year of defining trade opportunities within Africa, leading multi-sector trade show SAITEX opened its doors to public and private stakeholders from across the globe at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg in June 2022.
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o-located with F&B show Africa’s Big 7 and the Halaal International Trade Expo, the event boasted a packed threeday workshop programme dedicated to the revival of the African economy that included an impressive lineup of local and international speakers. It’s a good time to be a township entrepreneur Of great public interest was a 30 Business Events Africa July 2022
stakeholder engagement session focused on rebuilding Gauteng townships as a catalyst for growth, through funding mechanisms such as the Township Economy Partnership Fund (TEPF). The TEPF is a partnership between the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED), Gauteng Enterprise Propeller (GEP) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which supports SMMEs in the township economy of Gauteng in
sectors that include (but are not limited to) manufacturing, the taxi economy, ICT, Backyard Real Estate upgrading and retail. The session was moderated by Jesse Weinberg, executive head: SME customer segment, at FNB South Africa, and speakers included Saki Zamxaka, chief executive officer at GEP and Sonja Loggenberg, head of partnership programmes at the IDC. Ms Loggenberg said that while the IDC www.businesseventsafrica.com
