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Competitive Strategies for Manufacturers Masterclass

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Course Overview In an era of worldwide economic instability, the survival and competitiveness of manufacturing companies depend on their practices and capabilities to adapt to external environments, which are attributed to changes in customer preferences, government regulations, technology and competitors. This strategic alignment of internal resources and external market requirements enables not only survival, but […]

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Lean Supply Chain Management

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

How Lean Is Your Supply Chain?   Course overview: The Lean Supply Chain Management Executive Short Course focuses on the extension of lean management philosophies and practices through manufacturing supply chains. The course considers how advanced manufacturers (and their major customers) position their supply chains for competitive advantage and optimise them through the application of […]

African Trade and Industrialization Executive Short Course

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Course Overview This course explores the key role of African trade and industrial development for the future of South African - based manufacturers and prepares course participants to take advantage of emerging regional opportunities through the application of a selection of strategic approaches to African expansion. It starts with a focus on continental economic and […]

MBA Open Evening 2024

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Join the GIBS and TWIMS teams at our MBA open evening on the TWIMS Campus on the 12th of September 2024. The University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has once again solidified its place among the world's leading business schools for executive education, as per the UK's Annual Financial Times Executive Education […]

TWIMS Breakfast Seminar – Thailand’s recent automotive value chain developments

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Guest speaker Prof. Kriengkrai Techakanont, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand Seminar context Thailand’s automotive industry has experienced substantial growth over the last two decades. From being similarly sized to South Africa’s automotive industry, it now produces three times more vehicles, and has substantially deepened its value addition. Thailand’s automotive manufacturing value chain consequently […]

Breakfast Seminar – Thailand’s recent automotive value chain developments – PE

The Beach Hotel Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Guest speaker Prof. Kriengkrai Techakanont, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand Seminar context Thailand’s automotive industry has experienced substantial growth over the last two decades. From being similarly sized to South Africa’s automotive industry, it now produces three times more vehicles, and has substantially deepened its value addition. Thailand’s automotive manufacturing value chain consequently […]

Lean Leadership: Building Collaborative and Psychologically Safe Teams

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Lean Leadership: Building Collaborative and Psychologically Safe Teams   Course Overview: The Lean Leadership Masterclass was designed to elaborate on the various facets underpinning lean leadership behaviours and skills within the manufacturing sector. It positions this leadership stance as an imperative skill for managers leading within this space, now more than ever. With the rise […]

Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Masterclass overview: Although intra-African trade is still low, Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world and the push for intra-African trade is advancing through the likes of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The […]

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Sustainable Finance

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Course OverviewGlobally organisations are being forced to disclose and report extensively on their triple bottom line which has given rise to the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) reporting frameworks. This framework is based on the ideology of organisations that prioritise sustainability as being more resilient in the long term. The Sustainable Finance Executive Short Course […]

TWIMS Breakfast Seminar – Unlocking regional opportunities in agriculture and agroprocessing

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Join us for an insightful breakfast seminar on 21 November from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM at TWIMS (74 Everton Road), featuring Gavin Dalgleish, former Managing Director of Illovo Group, and facilitated by Mbongeni Ndlovu, TWIMS Head of Trade & Industrialisation. This seminar will delve into the regional opportunities in agriculture and agroprocessing across the […]

TWIMS Breakfast Seminar – Balancing Import Substitution, Export Promotion & Green Growth

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

Join the TWIMS Industrial Policy Roundtable: Shaping South Africa’s Industrial Future TWIMS invites you to an exclusive Industrial Policy Roundtable on Wednesday, 19 February 2025, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM, hosted at our state-of-the-art auditorium in Durban. Topic: Balancing Import Substitution, Export Promotion, and Green Growth This thought-provoking discussion will bring together leading experts, […]

KwaZulu-Natal Book Launch: Rising from the Township – Inspiring Stories of South African Entrepreneurs

TWIMS Campus 74 Everton Road, Everton, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

TWIMS & eThekwini Municipality invite you KwaZulu-Natal Book Launch: Rising from the Township – Inspiring Stories of South African Entrepreneurs Guest speaker: Dr. Steven Zwane (GIBS) & Yamkela Khoza-Tywakadi (Blank Page Books) "Rising from the Township" by Dr. Steven Zwane and Yamkela Khoza Tywakadi is a significant contribution to South African business literature, focusing on […]