• A 80-year-old, not-for-profit organisation • Member of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) • Constituted to promote the economic and business interest of its more than 75 chamber organisations members and thousands of SMEs in the wider economy. • Stands for sustainable, market-led job creation, inclusive economic growth, transformation and ethical leadership • Positioned as the Big Voice for Small Business More than 95% of registered businesses in the world are small in size, employing fewer than 250 people and account for 60%-70% of the entire working population. Not in South Africa. That should worry us and we need to change that. To create employment for over nine million unemployed people, policy makers and regulators must support in practice, an enabling environment for SME to grow and flourish. We must engage on potential solutions in open discussions using facts and evidence.