What was initially a 21-day lockdown, which businesses could plan around, has become an open-ended obstacle for many non-essential products and services; leaving SMMEs nervous about what the long-term impact on their companies will be.

Marketing exclusively to local consumers is a great way of testing your business plan and building a brand with relatively small risk, but it also limits your company’s growth.

Although the pretence of a profitable business is simple – buy low, sell high - when it comes to moving goods internationally the math gets tricky.

With all the rules, regulations and restrictions governing the export of products out of South Africa, it’s important that you are quite sure that your business is equipped and ready to start trading outside the country’s borders.

Every major business had to, at some point, get its name. This article explores 5 steps that will help you give your import-export venture the perfect name.

Resourceful South Africans are (and should be) focused on carving out avenues of income in an economy void of employment surety by looking for opportunities in global trade.

This article links to information on the promoting of trade in Africa.

When considering business expansion, you may decide that your business is ready to penetrate international markets.