In a previous post I wrote about the various business linkages platforms in South Africa. In this post I would like to explore what might be missing in these platforms and what the various things are that you might need to put in order to secure business with creditable black owned companies in South Africa. Supplier databases or supplier lists have been …
Supporting your ESD Strategy through Business Linkages
Business Linkages programmes have been one of the major building blocks in many Supplier and Enterprise Development (ESD) programmes. Due to the need for localisation and black owned companies these programmes have been quite fruitful in South Africa with many of these programmes being successful for profit ventures. The goal of a business linkages programme is to create commercial linkages …