{"id":5794,"date":"2026-04-30T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=182367"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:17:05","slug":"join-leaders-shaping-sas-inclusive-economy-cade-summit-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/join-leaders-shaping-sas-inclusive-economy-cade-summit-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Leaders Shaping SA\u2019s Inclusive Economy \u2013 CADE Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summit brings together leaders to transform marginalised business models into drivers of employment and wealth creation<\/em><\/p>\n

Across South Africa, thousands of cooperatives, community property associations and small enterprises have operated for decades on the margins of the formal economy.<\/p>\n

Now, Kagiso Trust and the Centre for the Advancement of Dynamic Enterprises (CADE) are bringing together leaders from government, business, academia and civil society to chart a way for these \u201cdynamic enterprises\u201d to drive inclusive growth and dignified job creation.<\/p>\n

The inaugural CADE Summit in Pretoria on 4\u20135 May will address a fundamental question: how can these marginalised enterprises become competitive, scalable businesses?<\/p>\n

Madumezulu Girlie Silinda, Executive Director of CADE and founder of Arche Advisory, says the challenge is not a lack of demand, policy intent or capital availability, it is the absence of a coherent enterprise architecture capable of translating opportunity into sustainable economic participation at scale.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa has land, infrastructure, procurement budgets and market demand, yet the enterprise layer that should be absorbing and multiplying these resources remains weak, fragmented, and lacking in governance,\u201d says Silinda, who has a strong background in rural enterprise revitalisation and economic justice advocacy.<\/p>\n

<\/span>From market failure to economic opportunity<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The CADE Summit at the CSIR International Convention Centre, featuring a keynote address by Bidvest and ArcelorMittal chair Bonang Mohale, responds to what Silinda describes as this structural market failure.<\/p>\n

Dynamic (or collective) enterprises \u2013 defined as cooperatives, communal property associations, SMEs, family businesses, and other entities operating outside mainstream business structures \u2013 often struggle to transition from survival to competitiveness despite serving real needs in agriculture, property, manufacturing and services.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, municipalities are asset-rich but cash-constrained, lacking mechanisms to stimulate sustainable local enterprise activity that strengthens revenue generation and improves payment culture.<\/p>\n

Quinton Naidoo, Kagiso Trust\u2019s Head of Socio-Economic Development, says collective enterprises are potential catalysts for meaningful economic participation and local wealth creation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also recognise that igniting human capacity requires more than good intentions \u2013 it requires the systemic conditions, enterprise architecture, and patient capital that enable communities to build competitive ventures capable of sustained participation in the economy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Repositioning dynamic enterprises<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The summit theme, \u201cReimagining and repositioning dynamic enterprises as engines of inclusive growth and dignified employment\u201d, signals a shift from treating these ventures as social welfare instruments to building them as competitive economic actors.<\/p>\n

Key questions to be explored include:<\/strong><\/p>\n