Photos: 2013 EOY Cape Town launch
Can entrepreneurship help solve the unemployment crisis in SA? What do the experts say about unlocking entrepreneurial talent as a solution to address our unemployment crisis? Are we celebrating entrepreneurship and acknowledging entrepreneurs as the heroes of our economy? These questions and other issues affecting entrepreneurial growth in South Africa will be discussed at the […]
Top SA entrepreneur encourages next generation of entrepreneurial leaders
An entrepreneur is not a risk free B-BBEE shareholder, a Tenderpreneur, or the survivalist selling goods along the side of the road to make a living. This is according to Mark Lamberti, well known entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer of Transaction Capital Limited and founder of Massmart, who was speaking at the recent launch of the […]
2012 EOY launch in Cape Town
The topic of conversation at this years launch was “How will the 2012 budget affect your business going forward?” This question and other issues affecting entrepreneurial growth were discussed at the Kelvin Grove Club on 9 March 2012 during the official Cape Town launch breakfast of the Sanlam / Business Partners 2012 Entrepreneur of the […]
2012 EOY launch keynote address
The 2012 budget and its impact on South African entrepreneurs: Prof Matthew Lester Lester, whose credentials include a BCom CTA (Rhodes) and H Dip Tax Law (Wits), is a tax professor at Rhodes University and the winner of the Vice-Chancellor’s award for distinguished teaching in 2001. He also won the SAICA Southern region Honours Tie […]
Photos: 2012 Cape Town launch breakfast
The topic of conversation at this years launch was “How will the 2012 budget affect your business going forward?” This question and other issues affecting entrepreneurial growth were discussed at the Kelvin Grove Club on 9 March 2012 during the official Cape Town launch breakfast of the Sanlam / Business Partners 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year® […]
Photos: 2012 Johannesburg launch breakfast
The topic of conversation at this years launch was “How will the 2012 budget affect your business going forward?” This question and other issues affecting entrepreneurial growth were discussed at the Hyatt Regency in Rosebank on 7 March 2012 during the official Johannesburg launch breakfast of the Sanlam / Business Partners 2012 Entrepreneur of the […]
Tax relief welcome but still not enough incentive for SA small businesses
Although Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has given further tax relief to small businesses and micro-enterprises in his 2012/13 Budget, there still remains very little incentive for small businesses to start up and flourish in South Africa. Professor Matthew Lester, speaking at the launch of the 2012 Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year ® […]
Competition to boost SA entrepreneurs
In an effort to boost the level of entrepreneurship in South Africa, Sanlam and Business Partners have announced the launch of the 2012 Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition. This initiative, widely considered to be the pre-eminent competition of its kind in South Africa, has served as a springboard for past finalists […]
Photos: 2010 EOY launch
The Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year® competition was officially launched on 25 March 2010 at the Hilton Hotel, Johannesburg. Nazeem Martin, Managing Director of Business Partners Limited and Jan Steenkamp, Executive Head, Sanlam Cobalt shared the vision of the Entrepreneur of the Year® Project. MC and Project Ambassador for the event was Doreen Morris.