KZN Funding Fairs – Empowering economic development and job creation

17th April 2015

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A unique public/private partnership between the provincial government of KwaZulu-Natal and Deloitte has kick-started business initiatives across the province, providing impetus for job creation in urban and rural areas.

At the heart of the partnership between Deloitte KZN, the province’s Treasury Department and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism is a unique ‘KZN Funding Fair’ that aims to initiate and facilitate face-to-face contact between project promoters, entrepreneurs, business development bodies, venture capital and private equity investors as well as debt funders.

Now in its third year, The KZN Funding Fair has grown to include the Business Funding Fair (originally the KZN Funding Fair), the SME Funding Fair and the Infrastructure Funding Fair.

Project Promoters

Entrepreneurs and project promoters, who will have undergone an initial selection process, will each be given a time slot in which to pitch their business propositions and funding requests to a panel representing major funding bodies.

Projects promoters who meet the initial assessment criteria will be contacted directly and emailed the necessary details to attend the project pitch sessions in April.

Project Funders

Funders and investors are invited to attend selected pitches from entrepreneurs and project promoters at the all KZN Funding Fair. Where funders and investors like the initial pitch, they are able to arrange follow-up one-on-one meetings with the project promoters concerned.

Project Funders partaking in the KZN Funding Fair, will be required to:

Attend selected funding pitches from entrepreneurs and project promoters.
Set up and man a designated stand in an exhibition area for the duration of the funding fair.

There is no charge for the key funding bodies to be present, however costs related to transport, accommodation, setup of the exhibition area stand etc. will be for own account.

If you are a project funder interested in partaking in any of the KZN Funding Fairs, please email: KZNFundingFair@deloitte.com.

General Delegates


Business Funding Fair		General delegates have the opportunity to: Listen to topical business presentations that run throughout both days of the Fair Network with various funding institutions at the Exhibition Due to confidentiality reasons, no delegates are permitted in the pitching sessions.

Infrastructure Funding Fair		General delegates have the opportunity to Sit in on the pitching session Listen to topical business presentations that run throughout both days of the Fair Network with various funding institutions at the Exhibition

SME Funding Fair		This event is not open to the public.

To register as a General Delegate for the KZN Business Funding Fair, click here.

This event is free of charge.

KZN Business Funding Fair		KZN Infrastructure Funding Fair

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Thought Leadership

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Affiliates

If you require further informationregarding the KZN Funding Fair, please email kznfundingfair@deloitte.com.

Guy Brazier
Guy is the OfficeManaging Partner of Deloitte KwaZulu-Natal with responsibility to grow the region by seeking new clients and markets as well as extending additional services to existing clients. Guy is also the partner responsible for a large international internal audit client.

André Pottas
André is a Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory partner and the leader of the Infrastructure Advisory and Debt Advisory practice for Sub-Saharan Africa. He leads the KwaZulu-Natal corporate finance practice. Andre’s current key focus is on project and infrastructure finance fundraising for Sub-Saharan African clients.

Clive Coetzee
Clive is the General Manager of the Infrastructure Management and Economic Services unitat the KZN Provincial Treasury. Hisfocus is on the Economic, Monitoring and Evaluation and Infrastructure function. Clive has more than 15 years of experience in the Economics and Finance arena. He has held professional memberships to a number of different organisations and affiliations such as the Economic Society of South Africa, South African Institute of Security, Financial Planning Institute of SA, Afrikaanse Handels Instituut (AHI), Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business, Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Zululand Chamber of Business.

Liesel Beires
Liesel is the Green Economy Specialist for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Herfocus lies on producing and managing research and strategy development as well as dealing with project development in the Green Economy and Renewable energy field within KwaZulu-Natal. Liesel is the chairperson of the Provincial Renewable Energy Workgroup which has been set up to co-ordinate and assist the development of the renewable energy sector within the province.

Nisaar Mahomed
Nisaar joined TIKZN in 2011 and was responsible for renewable energy investment. He is currently in charge of policy advocacy. Prior to that Nisaar worked for the Department of Economic Development and Tourism for 10 years. His responsibilities involved special projects which included film, renewable energy and research.

Dr Rob Smorfitt
Rob has MBA and PhD (Entrepreneurship). His MBA dissertation focused on SME finance, and since then Rob has done much research in finance, including for USAID.

His PhD dissertation reviewed the critical success factors for SMEs duringstart-up and growth, and the impact of government interventions on SME success. Rob has done SME research in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia and is the author of eight entrepreneurship and project management books.

Rob has worked in various roles for GIBS, UJ, UKZN, DUT and Milpark universities and specialises in finance for small and medium businesses with a turnover from R10m to R500m.

KZN Funding Fair contacts

For further information on the various KZN Funding Fairs, please contact:

KZN Business Funding Fair	kznfundingfair@deloitte.com
KZN Infrastructure Funding Fair	TIM.MADGWICK@kzntreasury.gov.za
KZN SME Funding Fair	rob@smorfitt.co.za

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Upcoming Fairs:

Business Funding Fair	June 2015, Durban
Infrastructure Funding Fair	2 July 2015, Durban
SME Funding Fair	25 February 2015, Richards Bay 27 May 2015, Margate 26 August 2015, Ladysmith 30 September 2015, Pietermaritzburg 28 and 29 October 2015, Durban