OPENING SESSION

Small business sector and industrial policy Neva Makgetla (TIPS) Presentation

SESSION 1:
THE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR, INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY

• Understanding the small business landscape in South Africa through data, Lesego Moshikaro- Amani Presentation | Paper
• What contribution do SMMEs really make to the South African economy? An exploration of spatial tax data, Justin Visagie and Prof Ivan Turok Presentation by Justin Visagie Presentation
• Relationship between industrial policy and small business development in South Africa, Godiragetse Sithole

SESSION 2:
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS: SKILLS TRAINING AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES

• Cultivating entrepreneurship through TVET Curriculum, Lusanda Bantwini Presentation | Paper
• A skills ecosystem mapping of township-based installation, repair and maintenance SMMEs, Kate Mlauzi, Clinton Nesigani and Pontsho Gwanga
  Presentation by Kate Mlauzi Presentation | Paper
• What are the key contributors to the successes of the City of Cape Town’s three-year Entrepreneurship Trainee Programme? A Leadership and Institutions’ perspective: Lessons for Building and enabling a small business ecosystem, Masibulele Zonyana

SESSION 3:
IMPROVING SME PARTICIPATION AND ADAPTION

• A little bit of design thinking could go a long way (in catapulting our SMME support system), Erica Elk Presentation
• Are South African businesses adapting to the demands of the carbon tax policy – A case of Distell, Dale Trimble
• The Green Revolution: How sustainable reporting fuels financial performance for Kenya's manufacturers, Ndirangu Ngunjiri Presentation

SESSION 4:
THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE POLICIES IN SHAPING WOMEN-OWNED ENTERPRISES

SESSION 5:
BRIDGING THE FINANCING GAP IN THE SME SECTOR DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE

• Investigating the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) finance landscape and the financial gap in South Africa, Luthandolwethu Zondi and Saul Levin Presentation
• Leveraging corporate ecosystems to drive small business development and inclusive growth, Dumisani Mkhonza Paper
• Is bank inefficiency Transient or Persistent? Evidence from Africa, Dzingirai Canicio and Tendai Gwatidzo Presentation by Dzingirai Canicio Presentation
• Social Connections and Small Business Financing in South Africa and Kenya, Kefa Simiyu, Beatrice Mbinya and John Nyawa Presentation by Beatrice Mbinya Presentation | Paper

SESSION 6:
GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SMALL BUSINESS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE

• Fostering Inclusive Green Growth: SMMEs Participation in the Just Transition, Michael Hector and Elize Hattingh Presentation | Paper
• How the Future WEEE Policy and the Operational and Technical Norms and Standards for WEEE Management Create an Enabling Environment for Small Business Support and Inclusive Growth in South Africa’s WEEE Value Chain, Susanne Yvonne Karcher, Paul Jones and Aysha Lotter Presentation by Paul Jones and Aysha Lotter Presentation
• Township SMMEs in the green economy: Understanding barriers, growth, and job creation, Abigail Khuluse and Lulamile Makaula Presentation by Abigail Khuluse 
• Empowering the Greenpreneur: Promoting green industrialisation among small businesses in the construction sector, Maphefo Sipula, Nozipho Ziqubu and Nokwanda Motsitsi Presentation by Nokwanda Motsitsi and Nozipho Ziqubu Presentation | Paper
• Promoting increased small medium and micro enterprise (SMME) participation in the ocean’s economy, Odwa Mtati, Nondumiso Mfenyana, and Lwandile Socikwa Presentation by Lwandile Socikwa Presentation | Paper

SESSION 7:
UNLOCKING SME POTENTIAL: LEVERAGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING

• Economic freedom and private domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ibrahima Dia [online] Presentation | Paper
• Government support to small business in South Africa: Insights from a transversal budget analysis, Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen Presentation
• The impact of financialisation on the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in South Africa since 1994, Itumeleng Mokoena Presentation | Paper

SESSION 8:
EMPOWERING SMES IN INDUSTRIAL PARKS AND SEZS

• South African small businesses located in industrial parks and special economic zones: challenges, opportunities and risks, Vuxaka Mashau Presentation
• The Atlantis Greentech SEZ: Lessons and experiments from SMMEs within our zone 1 civil works and beyond, Hardley Smith Presentation | Paper
• The need for a preferential public procurement regime for small and medium enterprises for the promotion of industrial development in Southern Africa, Angelo Macuacua Paper
• Inclusive Development of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises around SEZs in SADC: Nacala Special Economic Zone Case Study, Mozambique, Amelia David Machava Presentation | Paper

SESSION 9:
INNOVATION PATHWAYS FOR SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRISES

• Strengthening the distributed technological intelligence of industries in South Africa, Shawn Cunningham Presentation | Paper
• Innovation in business development services: Transforming from “growing concern” to “going concern”, Muimeleli Ivan Mutangwa, Rendani Mamphiswana and Saurabh Sinha Presentation by Muimeleli Ivan Mutangwa
• Unlocking entrepreneurial growth through digital progression: Lessons from the DigiBiz Coaching Programme and Small Business Survey 2023, Christoff Oosthuysen Presentation
• The effects of cross-industry collaboration (linkages), and workforce/employee participation on innovation performance- Evidence from micro and small enterprises in Johannesburg, South Africa, Anele Slater [online] Paper
• Determining factors of eco-innovation adoption: an empirical study of micro-and small enterprises in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kiru Sichoongwe Presentation | Paper

SESSION 10:
INDUSTRIAL POLICY, TRADE INTEGRATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH

• Exports, Imports and Economic growth asymmetric Trilogy in Namibia. Do African Regional Trading Blocs Matter? Dzingirai Canicio Presentation
• Enhancing economic resilience: Assessing South African trade and industry integration into regional value chains within the Southern African Development Community, Wade Henckert [online] Paper
• Are there any industrial policy success in Africa? A review of key success stories, Rex Asiama
• Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and global trade in Africa, Charles Turay [online] Presentation | Paper
• The interplay between structural transformation and poverty alleviation in SADC, a value-added analysis, Freeman Mateko