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Participation in Regional and Pan-African Fora
ASCCI is the founder of SADC Business Forum member and
its immediate Past-President Dr Martin Kansichi was the first
chairman of The Southern Africa Business Forum (SABF), which
is a regional business forum that is set up by the private sector
Sectorial associations to address the mutual benefits for the
private sector in Southern Africa.
Founding members of SABF are:
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Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(ASCCI).
- Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa (MIASA).
- SADC Bankers Association (SBA).
- SADC Employers Group (SEG).
- Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions
(SACAU).
- Southern African Enterprise Network (SAEN.
- Southern African Railways Associations (SARA).
- Small Enterprise Promotion Advisory Council (SEPAC).
Mr Harrison Kalua, Dr Coholo (SADC Secretariat) and Minister
Buyelwa Sonjica.
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Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Foreign Affairs (RSA).
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SABF offers the possibility to serve as another formal outlet
to the region’s private sector engagement with the paragovernmental
SADC Secretariat of the SADC Member States.
ASCCI CEO, Sipho Mseleku.
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Equally the forum is seeking engagement with the SADC
Secretariat to channel the participation and input of SADC
Business in the implementation of the SADC’s Regional Indicative
Strategic Development Programme (RISDP), as well as carrying
the regional representation of business in the newly conceived
/ created EU-SADC Business Forum.
SBF focuses only on the Macro-policy issues affecting all its
members in the region and as a result does not compete with
ASCCI but enhances the policy and advocacy function in the
region.
Executive Major of
Johannesburg,
Mr Amos Masondo.
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Executive Director Small
Business Nedbank
Mr Sibongiseni
Ngudze. |
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