Business Skills for South Africa

Building capacity in the SMME sector



	Welcome to BSSA


		The Business Skills for South Africa (BSSA) Foundation is a non-profit, educational trust established in 1994 by PwC and the National Industrial Chamber (NIC). BSSA's mission is to provide business skills training for the benefit of the full range of SMMEs in SA, and to create sustainable jobs and increase wealth through the transfer of practical business skills.
The three market segments BSSA focuses on are: owner-managers of enterprises of various sizes and development; business advisers to SMME’s; and professional staff, including managers of SMME support organisations. To date, more than 30 000 SMME participants have completed modules of the BSSA programme for owner-managers, and 2 000 advisers and professional staff have participated in business adviser training. Read more about BSSA here.

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Earn extra income
Accountants, bookkeepers, business advisers and similar service providers to SMMEs - you now have an opportunity to earn additional income. Read about this and other BSSA news here.
BSSA training a 'watershed experience'
Attending BSSA's course for dti network facilitators changed the way this company owner approaches his customers - click here to read this amazing success story.
News via email
BSSA sends out an electronic newsletter every two months. This publication is crammed with all the latest news, upcoming and ongoing courses, recent success stories and much more. To go to the newsletter archive, click here.
BSSA products and services
BSSA focuses on three market segments: owner-managers of enterprises; business advisers to SMMEs; and support professionals. Read about the wide range of programmes the Foundation offers here.
Want to read BSSA’s latest annual report?
Or are you looking for fast facts about BSSA in a condensed and printable format? The annual report, fact sheet and other publications can be downloaded here.

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Upcoming Courses

Become a successful adviser

Learn everything you need to know to become a successful business adviser and support professional on BSSA's PROCESS course, offered over the next six months.

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