SBAB

SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY BUREAU

OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY BUREAU (SBAB) SPECIALISED UNIT

The SBAB is a non-profit, service organisation for all small, medium, and micro-enterprises.

The NWU Business School embraces the various needs of the small business sector through an entrepreneurial focus in a developing country context; therefore, we have the Small Business Advisory Bureau (or SBAB), a non-profit service organisation for small, medium, and micro-enterprises, as part of the Business School.

The SBAB, established in 1970, is the oldest and largest tertiary small business institute in Southern Africa, with the primary aim of promoting the establishment of new small businesses and improving the efficiency of existing SMMEs in Southern Africa.

The SBAB operates countrywide from its head office in Potchefstroom with a staff of management consultants and trainers. It is a prerequisite that the SBAB consultant, apart from being academically qualified, have practical small business experience, consequently offering authoritative advice and training to almost any SMME.

SERVICES

All the SBAB’s services are interdependent and complementary to one another and can be divided into three main categories:

  • TRAINING MANAGEMENT
  • CONSULTATIONS AND ADVISORY SERVICES
  • RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

PROGRAMMES

SBAB offers short courses:

SHORT COURSE IN ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS

SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMME IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

SHORT LEARNING PROGRAMME IN SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTANCY

Introducing Naledi Ringrollers

This was an initiative by Naledi Ringrollers to fund young, upcoming entrepreneurs who can help address socio-economic issues such as unemployment, inequality, and poverty by imparting entrepreneurial skills and education.

The program was for 6 months, and selection criteria are based on the entrepreneur’s impact on the community, local economy, growth potential, creativity, and academic performance. This initiative was to encourage and motivate other young people to understand the importance of self-determination, shift the value chain from being consumers to producers, and ignite the spirit of entrepreneurship and job creation within the local economy.

MANAGER: SBAB

Oarabile Manyaapelo

Admin support

Otsile Marumo

Administrator

Otsile.Marumo@nwu.ac.za

018 389 9018

 

Sentle Phawe

Administrator

Sentle.Phawe@nwu.ac.za 

018 299 2174

 

Tshohana Mokhothu

Administrator

NALEDI RINGROLLER: SPORTISTIC_SA

Sportistic_SA is an exciting entrepreneurial initiative that benefited from the NWU Business School’s SBAB’s (Small Business Advisory Bureau) Entrepreneurial Skills course and a Naledi Ringrollers Entrepreneurial Bursary. Take a moment to listen to Busang O. Molekane from Sportistic_SA as he discusses the impact of this course and how the NWU Business School and Naledi Ringrollers’ support has empowered and inspired Sportistic_SA and the business initiative’s expanding influence within local economies.

NALEDI RINGROLLER: AARIF RASOOL

Meet entrepreneur, manufacturer, and experienced NDT technician, Aarif Rasool. Aarif is one of the young entrepreneurs who completed a short course in Entrepreneurial Skills at the NWU Business School’s SBAB (Small Business Advisory Bureau) with a bursary from Naledi Ringrollers, one of the largest forging companies in the southern hemisphere. This Naledi Ringrollers initiative provides funding support to young and upcoming entrepreneurs like Aarif Rasool, who are making a difference by addressing socio-economic issues such as unemployment, inequality, and poverty by imparting entrepreneurial skills and education in our country.

NALEDI RINGROLLER: KGOSI POULTRY

This was an initiative by Naledi Ringrollers to fund young, upcoming entrepreneurs who can help address socio-economic issues such as unemployment, inequality, and poverty by imparting entrepreneurial skills and education.

NALEDI RINGROLLER: AYANDA MAJOLA (YANDA COSMETICS)

We are wrapping up our Naledi Ringrollers video series with Yanda Cosmetics. Yanda Cosmetics, started by skincare entrepreneur Ayanda Majola, is another exciting entrepreneurial initiative that benefited from the NWU Business School’s SBAB’s (Small Business Advisory Bureau) Entrepreneurial Skills course and a Naledi Ringrollers Entrepreneurial Bursary.

Ayanda has won multiple awards for her innovative, accessible, and affordable skin care, including a Women of Wonder Award from Panache International. We at the NWU Business School and Naledi Ringrollers are very excited to see this range expand and to see Ayanda and all our young entrepreneurs continue to grow! Have a listen to Ayanda’s entrepreneurial journey and the impact of the NWU Business School here.