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<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class=" wp-image-828 alignleft" src="http://www.taranisco.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/African-Summit-Logo1-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="364" height="364" />The inaugural <span style="color: #333399;"><em><strong>African Summit on Government Support Programmes for Small Business Development</strong></em></span> will take place on 12-14 November 2018 during this year's edition of the<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333399;"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: #333399;">Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) </span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">and it will<strong><em> </em></strong></span>afford both government and private sector stakeholders the opportunity to partner this auspicious occasion, which will create an interactive platform to debate the real impact of the support rendered to the continent's small business segment.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Summit will cover the essential issues pertaining to the challenges facing government small business support programs and more in particular a discussion that will centre on forging closer cooperation with civil society and corporate stakeholders.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Summit will aim to ensure that this sector of the economy indeed receive its fair share of growth opportunities through sustainable interventions leading to much needed growth in GDP coupled with the key priority economic challenges faced by the continent as a whole.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The first ever <span style="color: #333399;"><em><strong>African Small Business Development Awards</strong></em></span> will also form part of the Summit and stakeholders will receive recognition for their unselfish passion and commitment towards the developmental needs of small businesses in general. Awards will handed out in three different categories inclusive of government, business support organisations and corporate enterprise development programmes respectively.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong> Schedule:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Monday 12 November 2018: </strong><span style="color: #000000;">African Summit on Government Support Programmes for Small Business Development &amp; Awards </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Tuesday 13 November 2018: </strong><span style="color: #000000;">African Summit on Government Support Programmes for Small Business Development  </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333399;"><strong>Wednesday 14 November:</strong></span> Masterclass: Designing and Implementing Sustainable Small Business Development Programmes <span style="color: #333399;"><b>  </b></span></p>
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