Awethu Projects

ABOUT US

Over the last seven years we’ve grown from a R60K startup to a company with hundreds of millions of rto invest in our vision.

We've incubated thousands of entrepreneurs and positively impacted the lives of thousands of people. We've been recognised internationally by the Echoing Green Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative, and locally by institutions such as Discovery, and the South African Government, and individuals such as Archbishop Tutu and Nku Nyembezi-Heita.

We’re using entrepreneurship to build the world we all want to live in…a fair country, in which everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential.

All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that all entrepreneurial advice provided on the Awethu Project’s social media pages is accurate and up-to-date. The Awethu Project does not, however, warrant that the content or entrepreneurial advice is always accurate, complete and/ or current. Use and application of the entrepreneurial advice from the Awethu Project is, as such, at the recipient’s own risk, so that the recipient of such entrepreneurial advice assumes full responsibility for the risk or loss resulting from his/ her use of advice so given and his/ her reliance on such advice.

SERVICES

ENTREPRENEURS

Awethu Project App

Access the basic business training, tools, and networks you need to make more money and improve your life

WHAT WE DO

Our mobile Awethu Project App will:

• Train you in basic business concepts
• Support you with business tools
• Connect you to like-minded entrepreneurs

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Download the Awethu Project App! Then:

• Learn
• Plan
• Do
• Review

Repeat...and Grow Your Business!

DOWNLOAD OUR APP

Growth Investment

Are you a Black-owned business in the supply chain of a Top 100, corporate looking for growth capital and support?

WHAT WE DO

• We make equity investments in fast-growing suppliers of Top 100 companies
• We support investees to ensure that they grow and that their growth is funded, that they remain transformed in the spirit of true transformation, and that they deliver on their commitments

HOW DOES IT WORK?

• Awethu is a Black Private Equity Fund Manager, a special designation in the DTI’s B-BBEE Codes
• Funds managed by Awethu are considered 100% Black-owned
• Awethu’s investments enable investees to avoid diluting their B-BBEE status in order to secure growth capital
• Awethu also assists investees to transform across all elements of the B-BBEE Scorecard, which is often an issue for Black-owned QSEs when they become Generics

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Grow your business with the patient capital Awethu provides
• Avoid dilution of your B-BBEE credentials
• Grow your business through the access to markets and post-investment support that Awethu provides

Transformation Investment

Are you a White-owned business in the supply chain of a Top 100 corporate, looking for a B-BBEE partner, growth capital, and support?

WHAT WE DO

• We make equity investments in fast-growing suppliers of Top 100 companies
• We support investees to ensure that they achieve true transformation; that they grow and their growth is funded; and that they deliver on their commitments

HOW DOES IT WORK?

• Awethu is a Black Private Equity Fund Manager, a special designation in the DTI’s B-BBEE Codes
• Funds managed by Awethu are considered 100% Black-owned
• Awethu’s investments enable investees to immediately benefit from being 51% Black-owned
• Awethu also ensures that suppliers ultimately transform across all elements of the B-BBEE Scorecard, in the spirit of true transformation - for example, investees must recruit or promote a “Black Entrepreneur” to lead a business function and apprentice the CEO. This individual will be supported by Awethu and will earn equity in the business through performance

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Realise an immediate return on the effort you’ve invested in your business
• Continue to build your business for the future, by developing a hand-picked Black Entrepreneur as your successor
• Grow your business with the patient capital Awethu provides
• Grow your business with your enhanced transformation credentials
• Grow your business through the access to markets and post-investment support that Awethu provides

Transformation Acquisition

Are you a Black entrepreneur looking to acquire an ownership stake in a fast-growing business in the supply chain of a Top 100 corporate, and to actively manage this business in partnership with existing management?

WHAT WE DO

• We assist high-potential Black Entrepreneurs to acquire transformation stakes in fast-growing suppliers of Top 100 companies
• These Entrepreneurs are immediately responsible for running a function of the business, in addition to apprenticing the CEO
• Entrepreneurs earn a market-related salary, and earn equity over time through performance

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Awethu’s equity investment will enable you to take a stake in a fast-growing business
• Learn from the CEO, an industry expert and entrepreneur with deep industry knowledge
• Earn a market-related salary while benefiting from personal growth, freedom and wealth creation
• Become a role-model and leader for South Africa

HOW DO I APPLY?

• Contact us below, and submit your application
• Selected individuals will be matched with transformation opportunities as soon as they become available
• Alternatively, once selected you can source opportunities and bring them to Awethu for assessment

Incubator

Gain access to corporate customers, growth capital, training, and support for your excellent small business

WHAT WE DO

Our 6-Month Program will:

• Connect you to corporate supply chains
• Link you to funders
• Support you so that you deliver with excellence

HOW DOES IT WORK?

• Application
• Screening
• Selection
• Incubation
• Graduation

Corporates seeking B-BBEE solutions

Transform your supply chain, achieve true transformation, and create jobs…sustainably

Investors seeking social and financial returns

Solve systemic problems in developing country SME ecosystems