Silver Sponsor

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is one of several development finance institutions in South and Southern Africa. Its purpose is to accelerate sustainable socio-economic development by funding physical, social and economic infrastructure. DBSA’s goal is to improve the quality of life of the people of the region.

The Bank plays a multiple role of Financier, Advisor, Partner, Implementer and Integrator to mobilise finance and expertise for development projects.

Bronze Sponsor

Softline Pastel is South Africa’s leading developer of accounting, ERP and business software solutions for small, medium and large enterprises. Founded in 1989, Softline Pastel has been the trusted name in business software for over 20 years and is recommended by 9 out of 10 Accountants. While Softline Pastel is South African-born, it is used by 200,000 businesses worldwide and is currently sold in over 50 countries through a network of more than 4,500 Business Partners. Follow the mainstream and let us take your business beyond Accounting.

Safika Asset Finance specialise in offering innovative asset finance solutions for government departments, parastatals and corporates. Some existing major clients currently include City of Johannesburg, BHP Billiton and Department of Health.

Oxford University Press Southern Africa is one of the leading educational publishers in South Africa, producing a wide range of quality curriculum-compliant educational material.

Our range includes books from Grade R to Grade 12 as well as higher education textbooks, general literature titles, dictionaries and atlases.

We are committed to the growth of South Africa and its people through the provision of excellent educational materials and support based on the demands of South Africa, its learners, students, teachers and lecturers.

Winner of the 2009 Sefika Publisher of the Year Award! (And Best Academic Publisher 2006 & 2008).

LexisNexis is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions to professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance assessment.

The South African LED Network is an association for Local Economic Development (LED) practitioners in South Africa. The organisation is dedicated to the promotion of good practice and dialogue in local economic development as well as connecting and networking practitioners.

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) is an organization mandated by the new South African Constitution to assist in the wholesale transformation of local government in South Africa from the pre-1994 regime to the new dispensation under the country's first democratically elected government. The Constitution envisages an important role for organized local government in the new South Africa, with a unique focus on developmental service delivery. As such, SALGA plays a core role in a variety of areas related to local government transformation and as a national representative of the local government sector and its employees. The new SALGA strategy responds to the challenges facing organised local government, addresses past weaknesses and drives forward the process of consolidating the transformation process of local government.