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EC Development Corporation has supported small businesses with R106m in loans

The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) says it disbursed R106 million in loans and financial incentives to 529 small businesses in the 2022/23 financial year. Announcing the development financier’s annual...

Mobile network operator plans to up ESD commitment by R4bn over two years

MTN South Africa’s enterprise supplier development (ESD) programme, MTN Xlerator, plans to increase the company’s procurement spend with majority black-owned SMMEs by R4 billion...

Work, wonderful work!

THE Coega Development Corporation added a remarkable 15,222 jobs between April 2022 and March 2023. The organisation is certainly delivering on its vision to...

Adelaide-based sewing business seizes opportunities

SMALL and rural towns all across South Africa have yet to recover from the fallout of the pandemic, and some have been battling for...

A day to nurture small businesses in ‘The Bay’

THE Ibhayi Small Business Chamber is hosting a Business Expo aimed at small to medium businesses in Gqeberha on August 19, 2023. The Ibhayi...

A day to nurture small businesses in ‘The Bay’

THE Ibhayi Small Business Chamber is hosting a Business Expo aimed at small to medium businesses in Gqeberha on August 19, 2023. The Ibhayi...

ECDC launches innovative digital platform for SMMEs

THE Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has unveiled an online platform that will transform the way small and medium businesses in the region access...

New Youth Employment Services candidates welcomed at Kariega plant

YOUTH development and job creation are essential elements in fostering economic growth, social stability, and the overall wellbeing of a society. Volkswagen Group South...

Circular entrepreneur services rural EC with prosthetics

NCEDO Ludada, a circular entrepreneur, has developed an innovative solution to increase access to orthotics and prosthetics in an affordable and eco-friendly way, helping...

Bank creates green energy subsidy for qualifying SME customers

ABSA’S energy subsidy is the only grant of its kind providing some much-needed support to small business customers to finance solar installations and keep...

ECDC fund will support export-ready MSMEs

THE Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), in line with the Eastern Cape Export Strategy, has set up an Export Market Access Fund to support...

EC fish farm leads the way with high-quality species

KINGFISH Enterprises is leading the way as the largest land-based marine fish farm in the country. Located in the East London Special Economic Zone,...

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SA’s new transmission company lays out ambitious grid plans

AT the official launch of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) on Monday, 7 October, the company outlined the key focus areas developed...

R11.4bn development of off-grid EV charging stations launched in the Eastern Cape

ZERO Carbon Charge, in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), together with the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, broke ground on...

Relocated carbon black oil tank farm starts operations

AFTER breaking ground in April 2022, Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC) officially unveiled its Tank Farm Project in Zone 7 of the Coega Special Economic...

SA’s chicken prices fuelled by ‘flawed’ regionalisation and heat treatment policies

OPINION | IRRATIONAL import bans on poultry, South Africa’s favourite source of protein, are inconsistent with global best practice, leading to unnecessary price inflation,...