Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, will be in the Eastern Cape on Thursday and Friday as part of her ongoing nation-wide programme to support small businesses and informal traders.
Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams will hand over the much-needed business equipment to several small businesses in Makana and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela local municipalities as part of the department’s Informal and Micro Enterprises Development Programme (IMEDP). IMEDP seeks to grow informal and micro enterprises to their full potential. It is also an intervention that helps address challenges relating to sustainable livelihoods, unemployment and inequality.
Minister will launch the Crudastar Incubator in Makana Local Municipality on Thursday, 2 November 2023. The department seeks to create an enabling environment for the growth and development of small enterprises with a bias towards rural and township-based start-ups owned by women, youth and persons with disabilities.
Minister will later on preside over the finals of the Eastern Cape Pitch for Funding competition. Pitch for Funding is a platform for SMMEs to showcase their ideas, innovations, and business cases to the DSBD family and its partners. It facilitates their access to both financial and non-financial support.
Minister Stella Ndabeni’s Eastern Cape programme will unfold as follows:
Thursday, 2 November 2023
8:30 Minister will participate in a walk-about at the Exhibition Center (Civic Centre) ahead of the Annual Stakeholders Forum hosted by the Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda).
10:00 Launch of the Crudastar Incubator in Makana Local Municipality
14:00 Hand-over of business equipment to small businesses at Titi Jonas Multi-Purpose Centre, Port Alfred
15:00 Pitching for Funding Competition Finals at Royal St Andrew's Hotel
Friday, 3 November 2023
09:00 Minister to deliver keynote address at RUCC Farmer's Day at Glengazi Farm, Ndimakude, Port St John’s
14h00 Minister to hand over business equipment at Winnie Madikizela Mandela Municipality
Enquiries:
Cornelius Monama
Spokesperson: Ministry of Small Business Development
Tel: 082 578 4063
Email: cmonama@dsbd,gov.za / cmonama@gmail.com
Twitter: @cmonama
