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Senior Specialist

Enterprise, Finance and Agribusiness Development

Tatia Jasina is an enterprise development specialist with expertise at both the operational and policy levels of strengthening micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). During the past 13 years, he has been active in enterprise and private sector development in Lesotho, both as an advisor to SMEs and as a manager of his own small business. Tatia is an experienced project manager; from 1994 to 1997 he served as the Senior Projects Officer at Basotho Enterprise Development Corporation (BEDCO) where he managed SME support programmes, and contributed to the SME support policy dialogue in Lesotho. While at BEDCO, Tatia was also team leader for the implementation of United Nations Development Programme funded Small Scale Industries Project. In 1997, Tatia founded Pioneer Plastics (Pty) Ltd and served as its managing director until 2000. The company grew to employ a staff of 40, and realised R5 million per year in revenue.

Tatia holds an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch.

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