This year’s 14th annual Absa Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) Expo, held alongside the 19th annual Smart Procurement World Indaba,

A record 3,200 delegates attended the annual Smart Procurement World Indaba in Johannesburg to learn, share insights, and network. Among

South Africa is at a critical fiscal crossroads. Budget deficits are widening, debt service is consuming more public funds than

Procurement fraud, tariffs and ethical sourcing are among the topics topping the agenda at the upcoming 19th annual Smart Procurement

Too many corporate enterprise and supplier development (ESD) initiatives focus on compliance rather than real results. For long-term success and

The Public Procurement Act will have major implications not just for the public sector but also for the private sector

This year’s 18th annual Smart Procurement World Indaba, which takes place in Gauteng from 9 to 12 September 2024, is

The development of small businesses can help to fight unemployment in South Africa, which has soared to a record 33.5%,

Small Business Development minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will discuss enterprise and supplier development (ESD) and black economic empowerment (BEE) in a

Reflecting its commitment to helping South African SMMEs (small, medium and micro enterprises) to grow and prosper, Absa will once

The 17th annual Smart Procurement World Indaba, South Africa’s largest, longest-standing event for procurement and inbound supply chain professionals, will

Procurement myopia can be a death sentence for an organisation. This has never been more true than in today’s fragile,

Localisation and the development of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are key to the growth of African economies, including