is already live<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe department said the new shops will help boost support for Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and locally manufactured goods and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This in turn will help boost job creation in the country, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese platforms are meant to provide a seamless and centralised portals that will make it easier for consumers and procurement officers to source locally manufactured products and services and to meet their localization targets,” DTIC minister Parks Tau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The e-commerce platforms should also enable local manufacturers to claw back some of the ground they have lost to cheaper imports, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The department noted that over 1,700 locally made products will be housed in the platforms covering all sectors in South Africa. “There will be something for everyone,\u201d said Tau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to CEO of Proudly SA, Eustace Mashimbye, the MAP platform is a response to cries from many large corporates operating in South Africa who have mentioned that they don\u2019t have access to locally made products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MAP aims to plug the gap between corporates and suppliers, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMAP is a database of reliable, local manufacturers and service providers from which businesses that have undertaken to increase their uptake of local products and services, can procure,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In essence, the database is a source of local content and quality vetted companies. Members of Proudly SA are automatically eligible to be enlisted on MAP as suppliers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Procurement officials from corporates using MAP will be able to list their tender opportunities and be \u201cmatchmade\u201d to listed suppliers in accordance with their own preferential procurement goals, Mashimbye said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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