Monday 4 September MSME Conference (Day 1)
8:00 am Arrival & Registration
9:00 am National Anthem, Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30 am Session #1 - Sustainability
- Powering the energy transition in an era of resource nationalism - whither ‘responsible’ mining and the resource curse?
- Going green: enabling the circular economy transition
11:00 am Ministerial Keynote (MSME)
Tea Break/ Tour of exhibition
11:30 am Roundtable: enhancing (local) value and resilience across the critical minerals supply chain ​
- Headline & lead presentation/case study (to be confirmed)
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Session #2 - Local Empowerment
- Indigenisation and citizens economic empowerment
- CDF & preferential procurement: regulation, policy and practice
Tea Break
3:30 pm Session #3 - Impact Investing
- Leveraging sustainability reporting to improve performance and drive impact
- Gender lens investing for MSMEs to support the SDGs
5.00 pm AccessAbility
- Matching platform for exclusive pre-booked side meetings
- Pre-registration required
Tuesday 5 September MSME Conference (Day 2)
8:30 am Opening Remarks & Recap
9:00 am Spotlight on The Sustainable Hundred
9:30 am Session #4 - Digital Innovation
- RegTech: current landscape and trends
- Accelerating digital (payments) innovation for the smart economy
11:00 am - Masterclass: ESG and the law: pre-empting and resolving claims
Tea Break
11:30 am Roundtable: Leveraging community outreach and stakeholder engagement for partnerships and impact
- Headline & lead presentation/case study (to be confirmed)
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Session #5 - Inclusive Business
- Enabling financial inclusion and access
- Inclusive innovation for agricultural and rural development
Tea Break
3:30 pm Session #6 - Good Governance
- Understanding the importance of (corporate) anti-corruption reporting
- Reporting beneficial ownership for legal persons
5:00 pm AccessAbility
- Matching platform for exclusive pre-booked side meetings
- Pre-registration required
5.30 pm Art Exchange | Cocktail Reception
Wednesday 6 September Small Business Skills Clinic (Workshop)
8:00 am Arrival & Registration
9:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30 am Regulation and Compliance
- From idea(s) to reality: starting a business
- Imagination in action: registration requirements, procedures, and documents
- Tax registration and compliance
11:00 am Tea Break
11:30 am Access to (Affordable) Finance
- Closing the credit gap for MSMEs
- 5 Cs of credit: funding requirements and terms of financial services provision
- Investor readiness: what’s the lean canvas got to do with it?
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Pillars of MSME Sustainability
- Good governance
- Organisation and structure
- Strategic planning
4:00 pm Tea Break
4:30 pm Fireside Chat: mentorship & coaching
5:00 pm Drinks Reception (in association with Nsapato & Co.)
Thursday 7 September Asset Protection Planning (Seminar #1)
8:00 am Arrival & Registration
9:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30 am Strategies for Asset Protection
- Rationale and principles of asset protection
- Future-proof legal techniques and methods to protect assets
- Beyond asset protection: succession planning and wealth management
11:00 am Tea Break
11:30 am Entity Selection and Governance
- Legal forms of enterprise organisation
- Building structure (and operating systems)
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Regulatory and Other Key Considerations
- Efficient tax planning and structuring
- Maximise and optimise: leveraging insurance, pensions, equity release, etc.
3:30 pm Tea Break
4:00 pm Closing Session: meet the experts
4:30 pm End of Seminar
Friday 8 September Philanthropy for Development (Seminar #2)
8:00 am Arrival & Registration
9:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:30 am Setting the General Context
- The role (and limitations) of philanthropy in development
- Regulating philanthropy: registration and reporting requirements
- Taxation of the social sector
11:00 am Tea Break
11:30 am Sector Spotlight
- Breakouts: social, education, and health sectors
- Philanthropy as a job creator: focus on corporate foundations and CSR funds
1:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Big Philanthropy
- Understanding venture philanthropy
- Leveraging philanthropy as a vector for policy transfer: serving whose interests?
- The role of philanthropreneurs in democratic governance
4:00 pm Tea Break
4:30 pm Announcements/ Concluding Remarks
5:00 pm Drinks Reception
Saturday 9 September AfRise Invitational
7:00 am Arrival & Registration (Chainama Hills Golf Club)
7:30 am First Tee-Off
10:00 am Refreshments
1:00 pm Lunch/ Prizes
Proceeds to benefit the Wayiwayi Creatives Village Club (Livingstone)
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NB: Programme subject to change.
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