Client: South Africa Department of Trade and Industry
Duration: 2010-2011
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Country: South Africa
Solutions: Economic Growth
South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry-commissioned Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP) was a capacity-building program to address the constraints that many black-owned small enterprises faced in participating in the mainstream economy. Designed as successor to the BBSDP I program, which operated from 2001 to 2009, BBSDP II worked to mainstream small, medium, and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs)—formal and competitive—with good potential for growth. The project fostered linkages between black-owned and managed businesses with large and established corporations, enabling black business to take advantage of South Africa’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policy and to close the equity gap for businesses requiring finance.
RELATED CONTENT:
The Trade and Investment Facilitation Activity works to boost the exports of Lebanese goods and services, facilitate investment in Lebanese enterprises, and improve the business and investment enabling environment in Lebanon.
Read More