Learning
Export Development & Trade Facilitation Programme
Practical export-readiness support that helps South African small enterprises build capability, compete globally and grow into local and international markets.
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Assessment
Export-readiness assessment
An assessment is conducted on the interested enterprise to determine its export readiness and assist SEDFA in providing the assessed enterprise with relevant interventions to become an exporter.
What's included
Workshops & training
- International Trade Workshops
- Doing Business in Africa Workshops
- Export Awareness Seminars
- Export Orientation Courses
- Pre- and Post-Exhibition Training Courses
- Sector-specific training focusing on industry regulations as and when needed
Workshop formats & reach
How the training runs
Workshops run in a range of formats: two-day international market and business linkages workshops with embassy representatives from SADC and BRICS countries, two-day Doing Business in Africa workshops, half-day export awareness seminars, an eight-week Export Orientation course, and one-day pre- and post-exhibition courses, supporting entry into SADC, BRICS and wider African markets.
Assistance
Export development assistance
- Product development
- Productivity improvement
- Quality improvement
- Marketing plan
- Access to incentives
Criteria
Client selection criteria
- Product/services should have a niche or competitive edge
- A market match should exist for the product/services
- Enterprise must be committed to develop an export market
- Enterprise should have access to finance
- Enterprise should have internal capacity for additional markets
- Business Advisor should recommend participation based on his/her own experience and assessment