AfriSam empowers local entrepreneurs | Roodepoort Record

 

AfriSam (a provider of development supplies) made available absolutely free company skills training to 24 nearby business people. Their graduation ceremony was held on Friday, 28 June at the AfriSam Small business Improvement Centre.

As aspect of the company’s Business Growth Programme, the graduates correctly finished a four-months enterprise abilities programme created to support entrepreneur and business entrepreneurs near to its Roodepoort and Eikenhof operations in Gauteng.

“At AfriSam, we have an understanding of that growing little, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) is very important for broadening economic participation and offering on our country’s economic progress objectives” reported Jabu Motlhako, Company and Provider Advancement Qualified at AfriSam

In accordance Jabu, AfriSam’s Company and Supplier Progress Programme identifies, empowers and boosts the capacities of black-owned SMMEs that operate in close proximity to the company’s functions. A further critical aim of the programme is to give the entrepreneurs with the important assistance and establish them to develop their corporations and in the long run be incorporated in AfriSam’s databases of registered suppliers.

AfriSam selected 24 black SMMEs from communities near to its Eikenhof and Roodepoort operations for the schooling programme. The business people have been from different industries ranging from catering, construction and assets development.”The teaching was incredibly useful to me for the reason that it protected a range of subjects these types of as commencing a business enterprise and preserving it, as nicely as dealing with the funds. I have also learnt how to do my company profile. I will be capable to go back to my community and make use of the unemployed youth,” reported Bram Fischerville entrepreneur, Peter Molete. The corporation will also be assisting 5 of the graduating SMMEs with business area for among 12 and 36 months at its Enterprise Growth Centre.