Forward Connect Business Networking brings dynamic business people into the same room — deliberately. Not just another network. A real-world network that helps support your business – making a real difference!
Bona-Fide Business Owners
Gauteng •Western Cape • Kwazulu-Natal
By Application only
Membership at Forward Connect is built to earn its place in your calendar. Here’s what that actually includes
Be part of a dynamic and realistic business network, operated and driven by people working in the same environment, with the same challenges. Becoming Forward Connected, your business becomes visible to many who would not otherwise be aware of it — enabling buyers to make properly informed decisions. By association, our members proudly carry and project the Forward Connect brand and image.
Forward Connect is built on intentional introductions, from a knowledge base across many industries and across the regions it operates in.
To be the network through which South Africa’s next generation of business leaders find each other — the one people credit, years later, for who they met and what it led to.
We connect South Africa’s entrepreneurs, executives, and business leaders with the relationships, insight, and access they need to move their businesses — and the country’s economy — forward.
Every introduction should have a reason. We need to know who’s in the room, we assist with introductions, and we support good business procedures from then on.
Membership scales with what your business needs from Forward Connect — from Blue through to Gold — so the benefits and support match your level of involvement and need.
(Basic Package) Attend monthly network meetings, put your company logo in front of the room, and have regular sales & marketing discussion with fellow members — plus introductions at SA’s top expos and trade shows. (Add-on services are available)
(Full Package) All Blue benefits, plus weekly meeting attendance, a quarterly market overview, leadership visits and co-visits, company presentations, marketing assistance, radio interview & promotion, and an invitation to the Directors’ Table.
Fees fund network meetings, member support, and the services below. Payment follows invoicing — settle via EFT, debit order, or card transaction at a venue.
Payments follow invoicing, via EFT, debit order, or card transaction at a venue (Yoco receipts are emailed). Please always use your invoice number or company name as reference.
Membership scales with what your business needs from the room — from Blue through to Gold — so the benefits and access match your level of involvement.
Tell us who you are and what you’re building. Existing members can nominate you directly, which moves you straight to review.
A short conversation with our membership committee — not a background check, a real discussion around your companies requirements and what you need from networking.
Once approved, you will receive an invoice to settle via EFT or card payment at a venue, and you are welcomed in as an active Forward Connect member!
Attend the weekly / monthly meetings on Thursday mornings, as per blue or gold tier.
Schedule strategic and marketing meetings with Forward Connect leadership.
Ensure you / or your colleagues regularly attend Forward Connect network meetings for best results
Forward Connect is built on intentional introductions, from a knowledge base across many industries and across the regions it operates in.
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Full membership applications — including company details, business type, and your reason for joining — are handled on our dedicated application page. General questions, franchise Opportunities, enquiries, and media requests can go straight to the admin team below.
Fill in the full application online, or download the form to complete offline and send it back to us.
