SME showcase

Phakamani Impact Capital has marked a milestone of more than R1 billion disbursed to South African small businesses, celebrated at The Garden Venue in Northriding and framed as proof of patient capital’s multiplier effect. By Phakamani Impact Capital – BizCommunity CEO Nick van Rensburg traced the journey from a one-person start-up to supporting 1,423 SMMEs,

South Africa’s informal economy is far larger and more dynamic than it’s often given credit for, described as a trillion-rand micro-economy reshaping views on unemployment and opportunity. Street vendors, spaza shops and township entrepreneurs are central to this story. By Marius Fenwick – Moneyweb The article challenges headline unemployment statistics by highlighting activity that falls

South Africa’s food value chains need more high-performing, investment-ready SMEs. The AMIE Academy Fund aims to back them with targeted finance, hands-on mentorship and access to markets across the meat, poultry and wider import–export ecosystem. It’s positioned as a practical route for companies to meet ESD and B-BBEE goals while supporting real enterprise growth and

Cloudy Deliveries has been named overall winner of the 2025 Standard Bank Kasi SME National Pitch Challenge, taking home R200 000 at the national finals held in KwaZulu-Natal on 27 August. The competition, now in its third year and expanded nationally for the first time, drew more than 850 applications from township entrepreneurs across all

Phakamani Impact Capital will mark a historic milestone this month—R1 billion in funding facilitated for South African SMMEs since inception—underscoring a long-term focus on building resilient entrepreneurs, backing mining-linked communities, and turning enterprise and supplier development (ESD) into real economic participation. By Phakamani Impact Capital – BizCommunity The organisation says its model combines patient capital,

Anglo American’s Zimele programme, which has supported SMEs in mining towns since the late 1980s, is expanding into tourism to open skills and short-term job opportunities for young people — including chances to travel abroad. By Dineo Faku – Business Live Zimele’s head, Larisha Naidoo, says tourism is creating new pathways for youth in mining

The Standard Bank Kasi SME National Pitch Challenge Summit 2025 brings 18 township entrepreneurs to KZN on Wednesday, 27 August, with R500 000 on the table. The top two from each province advanced after a nine-province run of pitches, under the theme “Future-Proofing Kasi Businesses: From Survival to Sustainable Success”. The summit is powered by

AdvannoTech, a 100 percent black-owned IoT solutions provider, is scaling its impact across South Africa through a strategic partnership with Telkom Consumer and Small Business. This collaboration has enabled AdvannoTech to move from enterprise development to supplier development, opening access to national markets and accelerating growth. By Gugu Lourie – Tech Financials AdvannoTech’s flagship IoT