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Pro-Poor Development at Regional Level - Challenges and Options
On May 11 and 12, 2011, the Southern Africa Trust supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur lnternationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ, held a workshop to identify obstacles of implementing the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) and Inclusive Business concepts that are specifically relevant for the southern African region. Companies actively developed a list of the major hindering factors and recommendations for the implementation of the above concepts based on the current regional integration approach.
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Businesses in southern Africa look at how their core business can boost pro-poor development
Businesses in southern Africa are looking at how to increasingly include low income groups in their business activities thereby improving the livelihoods of the poor. They agreed to develop recommendations on how best to do this during a workshop on Business Development at the Bottom of the Pyramid. More than 20 business leaders from Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe participated in the workshop in Midrand, South Africa, on 11 and 12 May 2011. It was hosted by the Southern Africa Trust and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German government.
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SADC Regional Integration with Dr Prega Ramsamy
The Southern Africa Trust's Business for Development model aims to build a mutually profitable relationship between business, governments and communities in integrated development in the region. Joining ABN on the essence of this model is Dr Prega Ramsamy, Head of Business for Development Pathfinder at the Southern Africa Trust.
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