MEC for Finance Ms Barbara Creecy will be a guest speaker at the Vumela Enterprise Development Fund on Wednesday, 17 September 2014.

The Vumela Enterprise Development Fund was first capitalised by FirstRand in 2010 to provide finance for early stage, high-potential SMEs that are unable to secure capital from traditional providers. The Fund is managed by FNB in alliance with Edge Growth.

To date, the Vumela Enterprise Development Fund has created over 300 jobs.The Fund also supports 501 jobs and forecasts creating a further 370 jobs from the current portfolio.

The Gauteng Provincial Government is committed to partnering with activities such as the Vumela Enterprise Fund to help fund and support growth in the SME sector in the Province.

Details of the event are as follows

Date : Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Time : 07:30-10:00
Venue : The Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel
Sandton
Johannesburg