FASA is proud to present their annual conference which will take place on the 9th April in Sandton just prior to the IFE which takes place from the 10 – 12th April and makes up a week devoted to the success of franchising. The Convention will have as its keynote speaker Alec Hogg who will look at how global economic developments are affecting us. Other areas of focus include learning from the experts on the effective application of Google, saving on energy consumption in your business and updates from Eugene Honey of Adams and Adams on the Industry Code Accreditation and how it will affect everyone in franchising and from Derek Smith of Hot Dog Cafe on the ground-breaking funding opportunities from the Jobs Fund for franchisors and franchisees.

Key industry players, from Ian Lourens of OneLogix, Peter Forsyth of True North Franchising and Manny Nichas of Ocean Basket will share their challenges and solutions to the future growth of franchising in South Africa and successful franchisees from DIY and CTM will share their success secrets. Details of the conference will be posted on the FASA website.

Reference: The Franchise Association of South Africa – www.fasa.co.za.