Limpopo Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province. Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province.
Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
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INTERVIEW<br />
Seda <strong>Limpopo</strong><br />
Koenie Slabbert is the Provincial Manager for Seda<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>, which provides business development<br />
and support services for small enterprises.<br />
Koenie Slabbert<br />
BIOGRAPHY<br />
Koenie Slabbert is the Provincial<br />
Manager of Seda <strong>Limpopo</strong>,<br />
having previously been<br />
the Chief Operations Officer<br />
of Seda’s Enterprise Development<br />
Division. His previous<br />
work experience includes being<br />
responsible for implementing<br />
the South African government’s<br />
national manufacturing<br />
programme in <strong>Limpopo</strong>, as well<br />
as being the General Manager<br />
and an Industrial Advisor for<br />
Limac, assisting and developing<br />
small and medium enterprises<br />
in the manufacturing sector in<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> province.<br />
What is Seda <strong>Limpopo</strong>’s competitive advantage for your<br />
target market?<br />
The scope of our work is non-financial support in all sectors through<br />
the entire business life-cycle (360-degree). Our competitive advantage<br />
is our ability to comprehensively diagnose businesses and ideas in<br />
order to provide holistic guidance towards sustainability and growth<br />
interventions in all stages of business, from informal, survivalist, micro,<br />
small to medium businesses. Secondly, to bring expertise through<br />
seasoned professionals to enterprises which, under normal circumstances,<br />
would not have afforded or realised the value thereof. Seda<br />
provides business development services to small and medium enterprises<br />
throughout the province, with a network of branch offices in<br />
all five districts of the province, in partnership with other role-players.<br />
We also implement programmes targeted at business development<br />
in areas prioritised by government.<br />
In what ways does Seda <strong>Limpopo</strong> help clients with their<br />
specific business needs and objectives?<br />
To assist our clients, we have created a number of key programmes<br />
that are tailored to guiding smaller businesses through their individual<br />
problem areas as well as giving them support for growth and<br />
advancement.<br />
For instance, our Franchise Support Programme promotes franchising<br />
businesses to new and current entrepreneurs, offering them advice<br />
about potential franchisee and franchisor opportunities, while our<br />
Export Development Programme plays a key role in helping to develop<br />
export-ready small enterprises that are globally competetive and are<br />
thus able to grow local as well as international markets.<br />
We have a Trade Fair Programme that forms part of a wider network,<br />
and this is aimed at helping local small and medium enterprises to<br />
participate in global trade.<br />
Our Seda Technology Programme seeks to stimulate economic<br />
growth and development through facilitating technology transfer, in<br />
addition to increasing the access to and use of technologies, as well<br />
as offering technical support to small enterprises.<br />
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