Projects
SAB Foundation Programmes
The long-term vision behind the SAB Foundation’s programmes is to ignite a culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa.
Research has shown that South Africa lacks a critical mass of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It also shows that South Africa needs entrepreneurial role models and that our culture of innovation remains largely untapped.
The SAB Foundation aims to contribute towards nurturing a South African culture of entrepreneurship by supporting the growth of a critical mass of SMEs, developing entrepreneurial role models and stimulating and rewarding innovation.
SAB Foundation Innovation Awards
03 November 2011The inaugural SAB Foundation Innovation Awards were introduced in 2011. With a total purse of R2 million the awards aims to promote innovation delivering sustainable solutions to the daily challenges facing persons in low-income areas.
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Investment in micro, small and medium enterprises
03 November 2011The SAB Foundation invests in micro, small and medium businesses through grant capital investment in partnership with Endeavor; ‘benevolent’ private equity capital investment and a business support fund providing grassroots support to non-profit organisations, co-operatives and micro-businesses.
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Tholoana Enterprise Fund
17 January 2012The SAB Foundation manages a small-scale grassroots support for non-profits, co-ops, micro-businesses and other ventures which invest in entrepreneurial development and provide income generation and employment. Focus is on co-ops, and rural, women-owned and youth-owned enterprises.
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Grant capital investment – SAB Foundation Endeavor
28 October 2011In partnership with Endeavor the SAB Foundation provides support and financial assistance to high-impact, black-owned businesses with grant capital up to R250 000. Endeavor is a non-profit organisation dedicated to transforming emerging markets by establishing high-impact entrepreneurship as the leading force for sustainable economic development.
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