{"id":74652,"date":"2025-08-18T04:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74652\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T04:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:08:20","slug":"free-township-sme-training-looks-to-boost-digital-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74652\/","title":{"rendered":"Free township SME training looks to boost digital skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A digital transformation and financial education training programme for township-based micro enterprises will take place in Katlehong on 26 August 2025 and Daveyton on 23 September 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/783208-700x467.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Source:\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The full-day workshops, running from 8am to 4pm, aim to equip over 350 young entrepreneurs with practical digital skills to enhance business operations.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on digital skills for township businesses<\/p>\n<p>The training sessions, organised by Visa in partnership with the Township Entrepreneurs Agency (TEA), focus on three key areas: digitising payments, marketing, and business processes.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will learn to implement secure digital payment methods, leverage social media for business growth, and adopt simple digital tools for stock and customer management.<\/p>\n<p>Inclusive approach for formal and informal enterprises<\/p>\n<p>The programme targets both CIPC-registered small and micro-enterprises (80%) and informal traders (20%), recognising the significant role these businesses play in employment and community resilience within townships.<\/p>\n<p>Application details<\/p>\n<p>Who can apply: entrepreneurs and small business owners operating in any township in Ekurhuleni. Applications for the training close on 20 August 2025. Interested entrepreneurs can apply via: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hnwnExgSfAYGg4U69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/hnwnExgSfAYGg4U69<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A digital transformation and financial education training programme for township-based micro enterprises will take place in Katlehong on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,4203,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-74652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}