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Global Entrepreneurship Festival Showcases Innovation Opportunity And Global Collaboration
Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN)Ref: https://tikzn.co.za/2025/11/24/global-entrepreneurship-festival-showcases-innovation-opportunity-and-global-collaboration/
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Collected on 28 July 2026
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What this means
This document is a news-style web page from Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) about the Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF) held in Ghana. It reports that a KwaZulu-Natal delegation of 10 local entrepreneurs showcased made-in-KwaZulu-Natal products to thousands of attendees from over 70 countries, and describes networking, sales, and international market exposure outcomes. It also states that participation was part of a pipeline including selection during the GEF Durban Summit and preparation through a targeted exporter training programme facilitated by TIKZN, with the festival held over three days during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEF 2025).
Facts
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KwaZulu-Natal, eThekwini
Reference
https://tikzn.co.za/2025/11/24/global-entrepreneurship-festival-showcases-innovation-opportunity-and-global-collaboration/
Key Takeaways
- Event: Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF) 2025
- Location: Ghana
- Duration: three days during Global Entrepreneurship Week
- Scale: more than 10,000 participants; attendees from over 70 countries
- KwaZulu-Natal delegation: 10 local entrepreneurs
- Keynote: delivered by City Manager Musa Mbhele (eThekwini Municipality)
- TIKZN representation: Export Executive Manager Claude Moodley; Export Promotion Manager Matome Kgomommu
- Pipeline: entrepreneurs selected during the GEF Durban Summit
- Training: targeted exporter training programme facilitated by TIKZN
- Outcome examples: successful sales and new supplier relationships (including Ghanaian fabrics)
- Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN)
- Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs
- eThekwini Municipality
- Musa Mbhele
- Claude Moodley
- Matome Kgomommu
- Uthando Glow Beauty & Wellness (Thando Chisana)
- Mangala Kreationz (Lusanda Linqe)
- Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF)
- Global Entrepreneurship Week
- KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)