2009 AFRICA SMME AWARDS COMPETITION
NOTE: Just passing this along - not the contact. - NN
Press Release: 22/5/09
2009 AFRICA SMME AWARDS COMPETITION
Africa Small Businesses are invited to enter for the 2009 Africa SMME Awards Competition. YOUR BUSINESS MIGHT BE THE 2009 AFRICA SMME OF THE YEAR.
The Africagrowth Institute is inviting Small Business to enter for the 3rd Africa SMME Awards Competition.
Do you own/manage an established small, medium or micro enterprise (SMME)? Is the business older than two years, is the business idea original and do you contribute positively to the image of business in Africa? If so, you may be in line to be honoured as the top SMME in Africa. The awards, which are organised every year, will highlight and acknowledge the vital role SMMEs play in Africa’s development in the areas of poverty alleviation. The awards seek to recognise outstanding achievement in a range of practices relating to SMMEs operations.
There are 6 categories an SMME can enter for.
WHO
IS ELIGIBILE TO ENTER?
To
be eligible, your business must satisfy all of the following
criteria:
• Employ less than the full time equivalent of 200
persons and must have a turnover ranging between R40 000 and R10
million,
• Registered in Africa
• In active operation for
at least two years;
• Be resident in Africa;
• Not be a
branch of another business.
The awards will take place with a glamorous gala evening on the 15th of October 2009 at the Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
Closing date for entries: 31 July 2009
For more information, please contact:
Dina Potgieter, Telnr. (021) 914 6778, Fax (021) 914 4438,
Email: dina@africagrowth.com or visit our website: www.africagrowth.com
