Mduduzi Elijah Sibande

· Developed long-lasting relationships with clients/Investors.

· Provide support for the advancement of Catalyst projects in the Free State.

· Assist projects were there are bottlenecks hindering the progress.

· Facilitate potential investment opportunities.

· Link projects with relevant financial development institutions.

· Analyze Enterprises proposals and see if it is viable potential investment.

· Support Enterprises with Financial linkages from both the public and private sector.

· Facilitate investor/investment aftercare and stakeholder management.

· Provide advice on appropriate business models.

· Provide support in strategic partnership that might potentially enter the project to the mainstream economy.

· Liaise with Investors and Project owners on investment prospects.

· Conducting compliance site visits on Investors

· Development of reports and presentations for the progress of catalyst projects.

• Implement inward and outward missions.
• Facilitating Export agreements between Free State enterprises and the export market.
• Coordinate International and Local Exhibitions/Marketing Platforms, Inward Round Table meetings, Free State Global Investors Trade Bridge, Business to Business matchmaking, Networking Sessions etc.
• Implement Trade Agreements within the Province and Foreign Countries.
• Support Enterprises with Financial linkages with National Departments, Provinces, Local Governments and Development Finance Institutions and facilitate access to investment incentives.
• Follow up on the relevant matters on specific/relevant industry value chain.
• Facilitate access by Industrialist to the DTI incentives and other Government Agencies.
• Research information relevant to the policy development.
• Facilitate the development of the Free State Export Strategy.

• During my contract at BCC, I was tasked to lecture and facilitate the following programs and levels;
• Office Practice N3, N4, N5 & N6
• Municipal Administration N5 & N6
• Public Finance N5 & N6
• Public Administration Intro, N3, N4, N5 & N6

• Strengthen and expand relationships with clients, maintain contact, and sell upgrades and new products.
• Track performance and client statistics.
• Collaborate with other teams to develop and refine products and pitches about products.
• Promote products and services through targeted outreach efforts.

• Conducted research and provide a report on the landscape of SMME’s in the ICT sector of South Africa.
• Conducted research and provide a report on the centurion aerospace village inclusion in small enterprise development.
• Facilitated small business marketing and trade development.
• Participated in the development of the broadband rollout strategy of South Africa.
• Participated in the development of a strategy on the localization of smartphones, laptops, desktops & tablets.
• Conducted an investigation on the designation of LED acid batteries, insulators, isolators and radar manufacturing.
• Ad hoc duties.

• Render general clerical support services.
• Record, organise, store, capture and retrieve correspondence and data.
• Update registers and statistics.
• Handle routine enquiries.
• Make photocopies and receive or send facsimiles.
• Distribute documents/packages to various stakeholders as required.
• Keep and maintain the filling system for the component.
• Type letters and/or other correspondence when required.
• Keep and maintain the incoming and outgoing document register of the Unit.

• During my contract at Walter Sisulu University as a junior lecturer I was tasked to assist the following subject areas;
• Administrative Management (i), (ii)
• Financial Accounting i
• Management (i) and (ii)