Siza Enterprise Development Fund

ESS

ESS was a privately owned and managed entrepreneurship development company. The company catered to the growing demand for practical business solutions designed specifically for SMME's. The business was established in 2002 and was a leading brand in the business development sector.

ESS adopted a holistic view to entrepreneurial development and as such offer a complete range of services in order to deliver a turnkey solution to SMME’s.
These services included:
(i) Business Development Services
(ii) Entrepreneurship Training
(iii) Financial & Accounting Services
(iv) Support Services
(v) BEE Consulting.

The ESS model for business development offered longer term mentoring interventions that linked the entrepreneur with business opportunities, government support programmes and access to funding. The resignation and relocation of Wayne Van der Poll from ESS (Resigned in December 2020) resulted in the end of relationship between Siza and ESS. Therefore, Siza no longer receives business support from ESS.

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	ESS ESS was a privately owned and managed entrepreneurship development company. The company catered to the growing demand for practical business solutions designed specifically for SMME's. The business was established in 2002 and was a leading brand in the business development sector. ESS adopted a holistic view to entrepreneurial development and as such offer a complete range of services in order to deliver a turnkey solution to SMME’s. These services included: (i) Business Development Services (ii) Entrepreneurship Training (iii) Financial & Accounting Services (iv) Support Services (v) BEE Consulting. The ESS model for business development offered longer term mentoring interventions that linked the entrepreneur with business opportunities, government support programmes and access to funding. The resignation and relocation of Wayne Van der Poll from ESS (Resigned in December 2020) resulted in the end of relationship between Siza and ESS. Therefore, Siza no longer receives business support from ESS.		SEKELA Sekela is an SA Homeloans Enterprise and Supplier Development programme that supports entrepreneurs and their businesses in their quest to grow and be sustainable in the long term. The programme is designed to provide a support structure for entrepreneurs at varying levels of growth, and offers the following benefits: Engaging business development workshops Focused business mentorships and coaching Access to supplementary business services e.g. accounting, legal, etc. Access to working capital or asset acquisition finance The program offers a pool from which Siza ED Fund can screen for potential beneficiaries.

	IMBEWU CAPITAL PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT TRUST Imbewu Development Trust was established in 2005 by Imbewu Capital Partners ("Imbewu") as a vehicle to contribute constructively towards building and enhancing the quality of life of underprivileged Black children and youth primarily residing in KwaZulu-Natal. Imbewu is a black owned and controlled private equity and investment holding company with a portfolio of acquired value in excess of R1.5 billion. Imbewu invests, structures and raises funding for management buy outs, leveraged buy outs and strategic BEE transactions in partnership with management teams and shareholders. The executives of Imbewu have experience in private equity, corporate finance, project finance, business strategy, implementation of corporate governance and transformation strategy and have built an extensive business network over the years.		IMBEWU CREDENTIALS Member of the South African Venture Capital association of South Africa Investment portfolio under management exceeding R4 billion Recipient of the uMyezane Business Award 2010/11, the KZN Provincial Government business award for black owned enterprises that have made significant progress in their business operations Investment partnerships with leading financial institutions, including Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Investec Limited and Nedbank Limited.