South African Business 2018 edition
Welcome to the sixth edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa, supported by an e-book edition at www.southafricanbusiness.co.za. Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. Feature articles on topical issues such as sustainability and African trade provide unique insights, together with an interview with the newly elected chairman of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers, Mr Thomas Schaefer. Another special feature focusses on an exciting project to transform South Africa’s small harbours and coastal properties. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. The e-book editions can be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa, supported by an e-book edition at www.southafricanbusiness.co.za Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. Feature articles on topical issues such as sustainability and African trade provide unique insights, together with an interview with the newly elected chairman of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers, Mr Thomas Schaefer. Another special feature focusses on an exciting project to transform South Africa’s small harbours and coastal properties. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. Visit www.globalafricanetwork.com for more business and investment news, opportunities and events.
Welcome to the sixth edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa, supported by an e-book edition at www.southafricanbusiness.co.za.
Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. Feature articles on topical issues such as sustainability and African trade provide unique insights, together with an interview with the newly elected chairman of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers, Mr Thomas Schaefer. Another special feature focusses on an exciting project to transform South Africa’s small harbours and coastal properties.
South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. The e-book editions can be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com.
First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa, supported by an e-book edition at www.southafricanbusiness.co.za
Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. Feature articles on topical issues such as sustainability and African trade provide unique insights, together with an interview with the newly elected chairman of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers, Mr Thomas Schaefer. Another special feature focusses on an exciting project to transform South Africa’s small harbours and coastal properties.
South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. Visit www.globalafricanetwork.com for more business and investment news, opportunities and events.
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FOCUS<br />
Positive change<br />
through enterprise<br />
development<br />
The Masisizane Fund’s new CEO, appointed in mid-2016, has pledged to continue<br />
the work of the Fund in contributing to positive change in <strong>South</strong> Africa.<br />
Zizipho Nyanga, the new CEO of the Masisizane<br />
Fund, has 10 years’ experience in business support,<br />
entrepreneurship, deal making, financial management,<br />
auditing, risk advisory and internal control<br />
improvements in fast-paced organisations.<br />
Promoted to the position of CEO in October<br />
2016, she initially joined the Masisizane Fund in<br />
2014 as the Head of Post Investment Monitoring<br />
and <strong>Business</strong> Support.<br />
During this time she also served as the Alternate<br />
Chairperson of the Executive Committee Credit<br />
Review and a Member of the Enterprise and<br />
Supplier Development Committee (Mutual & Federal).<br />
“Institutions like ours have a very important role to<br />
play in creating access to funding for small businesses,<br />
therefore we need to work closely with those that<br />
have a similar mandate to us in order to make meaningful<br />
impact. Maintaining strong and effective partnerships<br />
with institutions like SEFA, Productivity SA,<br />
SEDA, SAICA and Department of Rural Development<br />
is very important in ensuring this," Zizipho says.<br />
Zizipho holds a BCom Accounting from the (former)<br />
University of Transkei and a Higher Diploma in<br />
Accounting from Wits University. After graduating<br />
she joined Ernst & Young (EY) as a Trainee and later<br />
qualified as CA (SA).<br />
EY’s global footprint provided her with an international<br />
opportunity while she was seconded to<br />
the San Jose office in California. During her time<br />
there she was exposed to the entrepreneurial culture<br />
in small businesses and her passion for rural<br />
development and economic transformation was<br />
born. “I learnt that the only way to truly bring about<br />
economic transformation is to walk a journey with<br />
the business and assist them to grow into a thriving<br />
enterprise rather than to just give them money,<br />
waiting for them to pay back and hoping for the<br />
best. Growing and assisting a business successfully<br />
can only be done through establishing good and<br />
trustworthy partnerships,” Zizipho says.<br />
It is evident from her career history that<br />
Zizipho has the skills and experience necessary to<br />
continue building on the good work of the Masisizane<br />
Fund. The Fund is an Old Mutual initiative set up as<br />
a non-profit funding company to provide financial<br />
and non-financial support to small, medium and<br />
micro enterprises.<br />
Zizipho Nyanga<br />
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