The Project will be hosting a series of Small business Information Day events between May and June 2009 in the City of Ekurhuleni. The objective of these events is to create awareness, inform and educate small businesses on ways to grow their businsses. This initiative came as result of a survey conducted by Swisscontact during February 2009 to establish what are the information needs of SMEs and their preferred channels of dissemination and so forth.

The findings proved that one of the reasons outlined by SMEs as a stumbling block to growth, is information asymmetry. To curb this challenge, we decided to take the information right to the doorsteps of small businesses in the townships. These events will see financial institutions specializing in SME funding; SME support programs; BDS service providers; private sector companies commited to enterprise development and value chains as well as other role players in the SME sector, all present and showcasing their services and presenting opportunities to small business owners attending.

The events will take place as follows:

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