The Atlantis Business Chamber is a Community based business chamber who as membership of SMMEs and EMEs. We lobby, network and information sharing. Atlantis is declared a Special Economic Zone (Green Economy), by the DTI and the Western Cape government is the licence holder.
What skills and resources were you able to draw from the community for this project?
Knowledge of the community Community structure involvement Stakeholder support and training
The challenges
Poverty-Through SMME Development and support
Addressing the challenges
Unite the many SMME's under one umbrella body. Make the plight of the SMME's known to the relevant institutions, government
The achievements
Grown database of local SMME's and big businesses Some SMME's gained business training and opportunities on local projects Workshops provided to SMME's by government departments
Johannesburg, South Africa