2021 Building Better Businesses Symposium

Purpose of the Symposium:

To empower small business entrepreneurs based in Townships across South Africa by providing them with the necessary skills to sustain and grow their businesses as they continue to be the key contributors to socio-economic development in South Africa.

Speaker Sessions:

Siphiwe Moyo – My journey in life (Part 1)

Siphiwe Moyo is a sought after and top-rated International Keynote Speaker, Facilitator & Author. He studies, teaches and speaks on employee ownership & accountability, leadership, personal & organisational change/transitions, personal development, employee motivation and team effectiveness.
Find out more about Siphiwe here

Adriaan van Niekerk – Registering a Business

Adriaan is the director of Mac Roberts Attorneys. They have over one hundred & fifteen years of experience. Their head office is based in Pretoria but they have offices all around South Africa. You can find out more about them here

Efnasi Ndlovu – Business Loans

Efnasi has worked his whole life in banking and helping many business owners reach their goals through business loans. He works for Standard Bank and talks us through a few SMME support options they offer.

Nikki Quinn – Get your Gravitas on

Nikki is a strong leader with excellent presentation and communication, leadership & team-building skills, change management expertise & the ability to get things done.
Extensive experience in marketing research industry managing operations, projects, and client relationships. Strong experience in delivering outcome-based solutions and transferring data into actionable insights.
Find out more about Nikki here

Alex Granger – How to Overcome Fear & Fuel your Success

Alex Granger is considered one of the top leadership, personal mastery, and high performance speakers in Africa. His work is embraced by business leaders of blue chip companies, associations, institutes, and leaders in government.
Find out more about Alex here

Kerileng Sibisi – Telling my Story

Kerileng attended the previous symposium in 2019. She owns a bakery called Prestigious Creations. She kindly accepted our request for her to come and share about how her business has grown since attending the symposium.

Adriaan van Niekerk – Legal Matters for Your Business

Adriaan is the director of Mac Roberts Attorneys. They have over one hundred & fifteen years of experience. Their head office is based in Pretoria but they have offices all around South Africa. You can find out more about them here

Faith Ramusetheli – How to Manage Your Finances

Faith is responsible for driving business transformation at Sage South Africa, including compliance with the broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) codes and regulations. She oversees a range of B-BBEE initiatives for the company, including ownership, preferential procurement, enterprise & supplier development, management control, skills development programmes and socio-economic development.

Jabulani Zwane – Mindset Development

Jabulani is a Mindset Development Specialist and Global Speaker, with over 15 years experience in human development in various industries. He specialises in Key Note Addresses, Facilitation, Training and a Theology teaching.
Find out more about Jabulani here

Bernard Serote – How did I succeed

Bernard is the chief commercial officer of a tech start up and shares how he has found starting a business and the lessons he has learnt up to this point.

Siphiwe Moyo – My journey in life (Part 2)

Siphiwe Moyo is a sought after and top-rated International Keynote Speaker, Facilitator & Author. He studies, teaches and speaks on employee ownership & accountability, leadership, personal & organisational change/transitions, personal development, employee motivation and team effectiveness.
Find out more about Siphiwe here

Andrew Tsuro – Does your business have a backbone

Andrew is one of the 2020’s 50 Under 30 Emerging Leaders (ZW) and 2018’s Top 10 Global Young Future Leaders.
Described as “an enthusiastic entrepreneur and pacesetting leader who thrives in performance and excellence,” In addition to Corporate Training, Andrew is the Chief Executive of The eHub, an entrepreneurs hub that helps professionals transition from corporate to entrepreneurship with mentorship in order to alleviate the plight of the African.
Find out more about Andrew here

Celeste Diale – Using Social Media to Market my Business

Celeste is a business-mined creative with a harvey model of leadership, a zeal for both people and visual communications. A Brand Architect and Concept developer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Design (2016); her work has served the United Nations Women on the South African National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2020-2025.
Find out more about Celeste here

Prof Ivan Mkomazi – Branding your Business

Ivan has 14 years’ experience in the broader Marketing Communications fraternity. He started his career in broadcasting before moving to marketing communication agencies, then to a state department and he is now full time in academia. He holds a Masters in Communication Management (UP), Hons BA & BA in Communication (UNISA) and is currently enrolled for a PhD in Brand Leadership at Vega School.

Cyrus Rogers – Competitive Edge for Your Business

Cyrus, best known in South Africa as the man with the ‘velvet voice’, has been celebrated for years as an impressive Keynote Speaker, Master of Ceremonies and Program director. Cyrus wrote and published his first book Competitive Edge in 2020. The book is a winner’s guide to success and how anyone can get to that gold medal and also stay ahead of the chasing pack.
Find out more about Cyrus here.

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Purpose of the Symposium:

To empower small business entrepreneurs based in Townships across South Africa by providing them with the necessary skills to sustain and grow their businesses as they continue to be the key contributors to socio-economic development in South Africa.

Speaker Sessions:

Siphiwe Moyo – My journey in life (Part 1)

Adriaan van Niekerk – Registering a Business

Adriaan is the director of Mac Roberts Attorneys. They have over one hundred & fifteen years of experience. Their head office is based in Pretoria but they have offices all around South Africa. You can find out more about them here

Efnasi Ndlovu – Business Loans

Efnasi has worked his whole life in banking and helping many business owners reach their goals through business loans. He works for Standard Bank and talks us through a few SMME support options they offer.

Nikki Quinn – Get your Gravitas on

Alex Granger – How to Overcome Fear & Fuel your Success

Alex Granger is considered one of the top leadership, personal mastery, and high performance speakers in Africa. His work is embraced by business leaders of blue chip companies, associations, institutes, and leaders in government. Find out more about Alex here

Kerileng Sibisi – Telling my Story

Kerileng attended the previous symposium in 2019. She owns a bakery called Prestigious Creations. She kindly accepted our request for her to come and share about how her business has grown since attending the symposium.

Adriaan van Niekerk – Legal Matters for Your Business

Adriaan is the director of Mac Roberts Attorneys. They have over one hundred & fifteen years of experience. Their head office is based in Pretoria but they have offices all around South Africa. You can find out more about them here

Faith Ramusetheli – How to Manage Your Finances

Jabulani Zwane – Mindset Development

Jabulani is a Mindset Development Specialist and Global Speaker, with over 15 years experience in human development in various industries. He specialises in Key Note Addresses, Facilitation, Training and a Theology teaching. Find out more about Jabulani here

Bernard Serote – How did I succeed

Bernard is the chief commercial officer of a tech start up and shares how he has found starting a business and the lessons he has learnt up to this point.

Siphiwe Moyo – My journey in life (Part 2)

Andrew Tsuro – Does your business have a backbone

Celeste Diale – Using Social Media to Market my Business

Prof Ivan Mkomazi – Branding your Business

Cyrus Rogers – Competitive Edge for Your Business

What Business Owners have to say about us and our ‘Building Better Businesses’ Symposium

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Alex Granger is considered one of the top leadership, personal mastery, and high performance speakers in Africa. His work is embraced by business leaders of blue chip companies, associations, institutes, and leaders in government.
Find out more about Alex here

Jabulani is a Mindset Development Specialist and Global Speaker, with over 15 years experience in human development in various industries. He specialises in Key Note Addresses, Facilitation, Training and a Theology teaching.
Find out more about Jabulani here