Leading on change. Leading on Impact.
At Simanye they are passionate about creating impact as well as driving profitable businesses – and they believe these things go hand in hand in the globalized world. Through their work they develop integrated and inclusive strategies that help your business grow while also helping your customers, employees, and community prosper right along with you. Given the current global context, including new ways to share information, high levels of global inequality, the strain on resources, and highly competitive markets; they believe that a revolution is coming and that the future of successful business looks different. They can help you get there.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
They are experts in B-BBEE, economic development, and social enterprise - with two main arms to their business that help complement each other:
CONSULTING & VERIFICATION
Their consulting and audit business offers a range of specialized and expert services in B-BBEE, economic development, social enterprise, research, impact assessment, and related areas.
IMPACT INVESTING
Their impact investing arm funds innovative and mainly for-profit impact enterprises, with a focus on high-risk, early-stage investments which often struggle to find funding
WHERE THEY WORK
SOUTH AFRICA BASED
Simanye originates in South Africa, and while their offices are based in Johannesburg they work across the country
AFRICAN FOCUS
They do work in Africa more broadly and have a good understanding of the regional context as well as localized players
GLOBAL NETWORKS
Their partnership with Impact Hub allows them to access networks of impact practitioners from across the globe and over a 100 countries.