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BusinessFit SA helps organisations ensure they are commercially fit and ready to trade
across boarders (and locally). Thus, prequalifying companies as ethical and effective
organisations, meeting governance and legitimacy requirements, and reaching ‘Good
Corporate Citizen’ status and eligibility to trade / receive support.

Growth Gateway
Growth Gateway is a UK Government initiative, focused on global prosperity through
trade and investment. The service is intended to promote and support two-way trade
and investment between the UK and developing countries and deliver commercial
benefits, development impact, and climate adaptation and mitigation.

Growth Gateway provides three forms of advisory support to business:

§ General guidance on trade and investment for businesses through extensive digital
resourcing and advice
§ Industry analysis and insights in a selection of sectors and countries to help unlock
trade and investment opportunities
§ Tailored business advisory to support African businesses that meet Growth Gateway
criteria

For organisations looking to export to the UK, Growth Gateway will provide:

§ UK market information – export opportunities
§ Regulations guidance – tariffs, taxes, documentation
§ Export readiness assessment – self-service tool

§ UK partners repository – buyers, custom agents

For organisations seeking investment from the UK:
§ Finance Guides – eligibility and approach for BIP financers

§ HMG Financing – UK government development finance opportunities
§ Investor repository – database for relevant sectors

Commonwealth Entrepreneurs Club

The CEC is a private sector initiative and progressive global network of distinguished
individual experts and decision-makers, numbering several thousand members in
Commonwealth countries.

The CEC and Global Economic Forum (GEF), have, since their inception in 2019, focused on
understanding exactly what is needed to help ensure that SMEs are more successful in the
Commonwealth and global economy.

The Africa Marketing Initiative
TAMI is an inbound business portal where international organisations interested in
trading in South Africa can interact with relevant service providers and/ or professional
in-country facilitators. TAMI provides a networking platform for South African

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