{"id":15477,"date":"2026-10-06T01:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/?post_type=event_report&#038;p=15477"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:13:29","slug":"executive-summary","status":"publish","type":"event_report","link":"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/event-report\/post-event-report-2026\/executive-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15477\" class=\"elementor elementor-15477\" data-elementor-post-type=\"event_report\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6fc90e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6fc90e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\"> \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed31b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ed31b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1445f03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1445f03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8407567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8407567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SPW-2026-GP_Logo_Annual_white.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15760\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SPW-2026-GP_Logo_Annual_white.png 1000w, https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SPW-2026-GP_Logo_Annual_white-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SPW-2026-GP_Logo_Annual_white-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/smartprocurementworld.com\/indaba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SPW-2026-GP_Logo_Annual_white-600x212.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9b734 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d9b734\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d018ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d018ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c024f8 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1c024f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-calendar-1\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">14-17th September <\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-push-pin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, JHB<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-squares\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">2750sqm Show Size<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-User\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">2821 Attendees<\/span> 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\"> \t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\"> \t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\"> \t\t\t\tIncorporating\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t\t\t<\/div> \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba7c6f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba7c6f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2101bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2101bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\"> \t\t\t\t<div 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