"Profit through Partnership"
ENTREPRENEURS & SUPPLIERS
COMPLIANCE (CERTIFICATION)
- Business Registrations
- Business Readiness Assessments
- Supplier Due Diligence
- Business Compliance Support
- SASDC & other Industry-related Certifications
- Supply Base listings
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (CAPACITATE)
- Company Diagnostics
- Business Development Training & Boot-camps
- Strategic Facilitation & Support – Strategy Development Interventions
- Tender Services
- Mentorship & coaching
BUSINESS LINKAGES (CONNECT)
- Supplier Education
- Buyer & Stakeholder Education
- Supplier Capacity Improvement
- Supplier Performance Management
- Supplier Development Program Cost Reductions
- Procurement Events / Meet the Buyer Sessions
- Supplier Matchmaking Events
- Supplier Awards & Recognition
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. A threefold cord is not quickly broken”
(Ecclesiastes)
ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
The Business Associate is an Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) organization established in 2006.
Our aim is to facilitate both demand-side and supplyside interventions to create a more INTEGRATED & INCLUSIVE South African economy.