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SUPPORTING THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT

AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SMES

David White, DRG SA website, www.businessfitsa. Kingdom (SACC UK), who are
Outsourcing CEO, co.za. Over the next few months, particularly passionate and well
BusinessFit SA BusinessFit and the Northumbria geared towards supporting trade
Chairman
University will work together to in and out of South Africa. The
ince complete the electronic version SACC UK chair the SA Foreign
attending the of the methodology and make Chamber Council, which is
SNorthumbria it available as an easy-to-use made up of twenty-one foreign
University application for global SMEs to use chambers. The SACC UK is
Business, themselves at no cost. deeply entrenched in SME
Accademia, and Building businesses networking and development, and
Commonwealth monthly hosts a no cost Ubuntu
Conference in BusinessFit’s mission is to Networking Session, where SMEs
Northumbria support business leaders in from all over the world can gather
in October building businesses that are to listen to a keynote speaker, ask
2024, confidently able to engage in questions, share stories, interact
BusinessFit has taken a mighty business ecosystems with intent with international business
leap forward in meeting its and purpose, and to meet market, leaders, and pitch their product
milestone in creating technology customer, and service delivery and service offers. Please join
to support the growth, expectations. us at one of these networking
development and sustainability There are two basic components sessions, through registering
of SMEs. within an effective SME business on the SACC UK website
https://southafricanchamber.uk/
BusinessFit’s global SME ecosystem. The first is assurance
network partners are also excited that quality products and Business ecosystem
at the creation of the BusinessFit services are being produced by Further, the SACC UK has
Blueprint technology, which will the enterprise, that meet local created TAMI, whose aim is to
help ensure that SME business and international legislative support the creation of an effective
leaders and their teams build requirements, is productive and foreign chambers’ business
businesses that meet market financially sustainable, manages ecosystem, linking together South
expectations, are governance risk and has adequate controls African chambers and their
and sustainability aligned, and systems to ensure quality members from across the world,
and are in a strong position assurance, and has ethical and to encourage transfer of business
to support local business effective leadership and enterprise knowledge and opportunity, and
development, growth and ensure culture. The second component to promote business development business and South African are desperate to develop and
effective cross border trade. being where the SME has access linkages through an efficient foreign chambers. TAMI links grow their SME sectors, and
to quality networks and support together high-quality functional to encourage them to engage
SME governance, sustainability partners, who can introduce integration and networking
and success is at the heart of all relevant opportunities, and platform. South Africa is the foundation service providers in cross border trade. Such
BusinessFit’s endeavours. The support the business process in central theme of TAMI, and its from South African chambers initiatives are essential in
BusinessFit Blueprint technology providing high-quality outcomes. pursuit is in establishing trade from around the world, thus creating healthy economies
forms part of the organisation’s and investment relationships into creating opportunity for business and local employment
existing five stage quality BusinessFit now has local and out of the country. TAMI communities outside of South opportunities. This is where
assurance BusinessFit App, which presence in three countries, South recognises that exceptional Africa to engage with in- BusinessFit and their many
is available on PlayStore or Apple Africa, where it originated in business opportunities exist for country functional foundation network partners are stepping
Store, as Android or iPhone 2012, the United Kingdom since international organisations in professionals, and to receive local up to help fill deficits in
downloads. 2018, and Ireland since 2024. The South Africa, and that through its business understanding, support competencies and linkages,
BusinessFit team realised that knowledge base and networking and guidance. Please register and to create a business
The BusinessFit Blueprint it is essential for good business platform, these linkages can be a TAMI circle member on the ecosystem that not only
methodology mimics a round coordination and linkages to have realised. website www.tami.org.za supports introduction to new
table enterprise development a local presence in the countries opportunities, but also helps
meeting that a business leader where we are most active. TAMI operates as an More recently, and since the to transfer essential knowledge
will typically have with their intercontinental business Northumbria Conference, and confidence to help SME
BusinessFit mentor. The BusinessFit’s biggest network networking portal, supporting BusinessFit and the business leaders build robust,
methodology is available as a partner is the South African economic development Commonwealth Secretariat compliant, and ready to trade
free download on the BusinessFit Chamber of Commerce United linkages between South African have entered into a relationship, businesses.
for the BusinessFit Blueprint
technology to be made available South African SMEs are
across the 56 Commonwealth particularly well positioned to
countries. The Commonwealth benefit from the BusinessFit
Secretariat also recognise the Blueprint technology, to take
importance of developing SME advantage of the SACC UK’s
sectors across their member TAMI and Ubuntu networking
countries, and the necessity platforms, and to benefit from
for these enterprises to have Commonwealth generated
quality assured governance opportunities. 
and sustainability foundations
prior to them focusing on and Please contact Lindiwe Bhadi on
discovering new growth and lindiwe@businessfit.co.za to engage
trade opportunities. with BusinessFit SA directly.
In this past month, BusinessFit
has been introduced to the
Commonwealth Youth Council
chairman, stationed in Ghana.
Ghana is also wanting to develop
their SME sector, and to effect
positive trade with South
Africa and other high-quality
Commonwealth networks.
Governments across the world

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