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THE AFRICA MARKETING INITIATIVE

GROWS WINGS

ringing about the South African Community of
creation of an efficient SMEs
BSouth African business TAMI is a South African
ecosystem has been at the Chamber of Commerce United
heart of The Africa Marketing Kingdom (SACC UK) and KZN
Initiative’s (TAMI) purpose and Growth Coalition initiative, with
vision. Business ecosystems are a desired intention to make it
essential for the development easy for foreign organisations to
of thriving micro and macro communicate and gain access to
economies, and in particular business linkages and business
for the creation of growth and knowledge in South Africa, and
opportunity for organisations to create a local South African
within the SME sector. community of small and medium
A business ecosystem is typically enterprises (SME) wishing to
a network of business partners identify and service customers in
that combine their resources to foreign markets. Sharon Constançon, SACC UK Moses Tembe, KZN Growth Coalition David White, TAMI
support the creation and delivery Leading the strategy in the initiative
of products and services into creation of TAMI has been support from professional South African SME entrepreneurs mentoring specialist company
new markets. Business partners Growth Coalition CEO and functional area specialists, and business leaders could benefit BusinessFit, who provide
within an ecosystem include business mogul Moses Tembe,
professional functional foundation SACC UK Chairman Sharon and in developing trade and considerably through joining a structured approach to
building confidence and
the TAMI Circle network, and
networking partners.
suppliers, distributors, customers, Constançon, and SACC UK being exposed to international efficiencies within growing
competitors, supply chain experts, South Africa Chapter Leader Sharon and David opted to keep networks, business knowledge SMEs. BusinessFit thus helps
government agencies, and David White. The process TAMI under wraps during its
professional networkers. of linking together service initial creation. Sharon shares and influencers, and trade and SMEs to establish solid business
principles and an engaging
investment opportunities.
A business ecosystem is a providers and network partners that there were many dots to join organisational staffing culture
purposeful business arrangement to ensure the efficiency of to make sure each of the business Networking Link to drive quality assurance and
ecosystem components were
between two or more entities to TAMI, as a central business suitably established, to ensure The SACC UK is the central predictable outcomes.
support the creation of shared ecosystem, has taken time United Kingdom networking
collective value for the benefit to establish itself, and for it that each foreign business would link for TAMI, who over the BusinessFit helps SME
to a common group of service to mature to the point where gain value through using the past years have brought together entrepreneurs and business
leaders build sustainable
TAMI portal, and so that local
providers and customers. it is now capable of gaining businesses and business organisations through the
leaders to create a forum and creation of a bespoke Business
meeting point for organisations Blueprint, aimed at ensuring
interested in trade intelligence components such as leadership,
and networking opportunity functional foundation
within the UK and South effectiveness, measurements
Africa. TAMI also has other and metrics, and engagement
international networking are considered and addressed as
support partners including the critical success factors.
Commonwealth Entrepreneur
Club and Invest Africa, and BusinessFit has established
South African based service itself as a pivotal entity in South
providers such as Innovate Africa, committed to enhancing
Durban, SmartXchange, the business sector through
Standard Bank, DRG, Vega application of a scientific
School, and others. business development approach,
tailored for entrepreneurs and
In South Africa TAMI business leaders within the
has gathered appropriate SME sector.
service providers in each of
the functional foundation As we look toward the future,
disciplines such as human TAMI’s objective is to extend
resources, financial governance, its reach and deepen its impact
legal compliance, operational across the African continent,
support, black economic the United Kingdom, and
empowerment strategy, supply Commonwealth countries.
chain management, forex, TAMI’s impact on the South
recruitment, and other. African economy, society, the
daily lives of business executives,
Build Better Businesses and its continued evolution will
A core component of TAMI’s likely shape the future of effective
business ecosystem and business ecosystems supporting
network facilitation process is the growth and development of
to enable SMEs to ‘build better foreign organisations entering
businesses’ through following South Africa, and South African
the BusinessFit governance SMEs trading in new markets
framework. Growth in any and across borders. 
business needs to beå planned
and managed in such a way that For more information
new opportunities for growth W: www.tami.org.za
do not stifle cash flow, capacity
availability, and applied quality
assurance effectiveness.
TAMI engaged in a supply
relationship with SME

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