Business breakfast to cement local networking
The only way South Africa will become a world player in economics, is if local companies network and keep business within the country's borders.
This is according to Advocate Leslie Sedibe (CEO of Proudly SA), who was the guest speaker at a recent event organised by the Ekurhuleni Business Initiative (EBI).
The breakfast was organised at the Ebotse Links Clubhouse to launch the Captains of Industry, an EBI initiative, within the Rynfield country estate.
Sedibe touched on recent economic circumstances and pointed out that the attendees were all South African, thus should be proudly so.
“We are here, in South Africa, and we have to work together to make it great,” he said.
“There are several areas we should improve upon, including productivity, infrastructure and taxation.”
Sedibe emphasised the importance of ‘buying local’, a policy aimed at reducing both the deficit created by imports and unemployment in the country.
Chris van Biljon, CEO of EBI, said Ebotse is the first golf estate to join the ranks of the Captains of Industry.
The EBI was founded by Van Biljon in 2001, as an initiative to promote networking between local businesses of all sizes.
“Today the EBI is Gauteng’s largest and most successful business networking organisation,” he said.
“We do about 100 events per year and are also involved with businesses in Russia.”
The EBI’s next event is the Ambassadors Forum, which will be held on November 20.
