Managing Business Edge Solutions in a Middle Income Economy : The Case of South Africa

Supporting the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a strategic pillar of International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) private enterprise partnerships (PEP) for Africa initiative, which coordinates advisory services efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. In partnership with business development service providers (BDSPs), PEP Africa provides business edge's (BE's) methodology, tools, and content, and also trains trainers and consultants. Three years after the establishment of BE in South Africa, IFC approached the country s finance and accounting services sector education training authority (FASSET), to secure a training accreditation for BE. Currently Tushiyah is focusing on business development, and is also discussing the possibility of increasing the number of trainers and of becoming the country s master franchiser.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Gomes, Mario Joao
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-08
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING SERVICES, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, BUSINESS PARTNERS, COMPANY, COMPETITIVENESS, CORPORATIONS, ENTREPRENEURS, FIRMS, LICENSE, LICENSE FEES, MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, RESULTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SME, SME DEVELOPMENT, SME SECTOR, TRAINING MATERIALS, VALUE CHAINS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/23940448/null https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21468
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