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Co-founder Western Cape Economic Development Partnership (EDP) Yumnaa Firfirey, founded the Economic Development Partnership (EDP) together with Andrew Boraine. The EDP is a cross-sector collaborative organisation, which was launched in April 2012. This organisation was established after more than a … Continue reading
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2. What is the best function and structure of a Western Cape Economic Development Agency in order to achieve higher economic growth.
Synopsis: The Western Cape economy has not been operating at full throttle over the past seventeen years since 1994 and before then. The Provincial Government has embarked on a number of studies with recommended interventions to accelerate the tempo of … Continue reading
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1. Assessing the Efficacy of a major South African retailer’s Supplier Development Initiative.
Synopsis: While the major South African retailers are thriving, they operate in a country with severe income disparities, reflected in a Gini-coefficient of 0.679 (Presidency, 2009). An additional economic onslaught has been the recent, destructive global economic crisis, further slowing … Continue reading
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