Pavlo Phitidis is a business growth expert and author of
Sweat Scale $ell. Joint headline partners of the Standard Bank
SME Summit include Hewlett Packard Enterprise and SYSDBA. The corporate partners include Adams & Adams, BDO, FPD Business School, Payfast and Santam.
Other confirmed speakers and panellists at the
SME Summit include:
- Dion Chang — founder of Flux Trends
- Dominic Gaobepe — author of Change your Story, Change your Life
- Keneilwe 'Kenzy' Mohapi — Host of the Weekends with Kenzy Show on Jacaranda FM
- Phumi Mashigo — MD of Ignitive
- Jonathan Smit — founder and MD of PayFast
- Rapaleng Rabana— founder of Rekindle Learning
- Ernest North— co-founder of Naked
- Pierre Cassuto — global CMO and CEO for Africa at Humanz
- Verushen Reddy — head of digital strategy at Promise Group
- Brett St Clair — digital disruptor and co-founder of Teraflow
- Tshibvumo Sikhwivhilu — CEO of Lamo Solar
- Lynette Magasa — CEO of Boniswa Corporate Solutions
Fifty copies of Phitidis's book
Sweat Scale $ell, which is described as "a playbook on how any business owner can find growth in a low-growth economy" will be given to the first 50 tickets purchased in January.
For more information, visit
www.smesummit.co.za. You can also follow the
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