Opportunity magazine is a niche business-to-business publication that explores various investment opportunities within Southern Africa’s economic sectors. The publication is endorsed by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI).
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PROFILE The South African Chamber of Commerce UK and its Chapters A conduit for trade, community and investment. In a world where trade and people-movement are well and truly borderless (but not seamless), making valuable business connections is more important (but harder) than ever. We have information at our fingertips, making the distilling of information and networks more important than ever, especially when venturing into new markets. The South African Chamber of Commerce UK exists to do just that for its members and partners. It is an umbrella organisation and conduit for trade, community and investment into and out of South Africa and it is a nonprofit, member-funded organisation consisting of individual and corporate members and supported by affiliated stakeholders. The SA Chamber UK is a forum and meeting point for businesses who have an interest in both the UK and South Africa to facilitate the development of business opportunities. The SA Chamber UK values its relationship with SACCI via its Chamber membership. The opportunity to engage with SACCI and the other Chamber members offers a fantastic opportunity to learn about sectors, regions and challenges and opportunities. With this information and collaboration, Chambers can identify opportunities to collaborate to meet mutual goals, adding further value for members. As South Africans and South African businesses continue to go global, we saw a need to support on ground level. This led to the establishment of smaller concentrated Chapters where Chapter leaders are resident and have granular market knowledge and networks. The Chapters are touchpoints to embed the SA Chamber UK members’ offering in the following ways: offer advice to members; provide a united voice; provide training opportunities; provide a central body for the administration, research and lobbying; provide a forum to promote business opportunities; provide proactive facilitation of business introductions. The SA Chamber UK brings under one management structure activities offered by the SA Business Club, the Breakfast Indaba, trade missions, SA Business Awards, Mamba Mentors, board member events, white papers, research and open letters to government, training activities and various ad-hoc activities and events. The setup of the SA Chamber UK has been ratified by the South African government and the SA High Commissioner in London. We also are proudly supported by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) and the UK’s Department for Business and Trade South Africa. The Gauteng Chapter recently hosted an event at the residence of UK Trade Commissioner for Africa John Humphrey where the topic of discussion was “Unleashing South Africa's economy through infrastructure”. Minister Dean McPherson and a panel of industry experts left guests excited about the country's future. The Northumbria University SME Commonwealth Conference in Newcastle was an occasion to promote collaborative relationships between the university, the private sector and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Northumbria University has since offered to do coding and technology creation for other South African-linked organisations. The SA Chamber UK believes in doing business for good and that a thriving business environment can be an incredibly powerful force to unite people across borders, contribute towards global betterment of society and drive a better future for all. Reach out to our regional Chapter Heads if you would like to connect: Western Cape, Natalie Naudé; KwaZulu-Natal, David White; Gauteng, Sean Godoy; East of England, Tania Verdonk; Isle of Man, June Whiteman; South-west England, Anette Christie; Jersey, Timothy Townsend; Global SA Chamber UK Administrator, Annette Christie. Website: www.southafricanchamber.co.uk 14 | www.opportunityonline.co.za
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