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Enterprise and supplier development is a journey, not a checklist. We share what we learn along the way: bold thinking, practical tools and honest reflections from more than a decade of working alongside SMEs and corporates across South Africa.
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Zevoli Growth Partners Launches SharedImpact to Facilitate Meaningful ESD Programmes for Mid-Sized Corporates and MSMEs
Zevoli Growth Partners, a leading South African Enterprise and Supplier Development service provider, today announced the launch of SharedImpact, an innovative online... Read more
Unlocking Long-Term Transformation: Strategy Harmonisation for Sustainable SME Growth
In South Africa's corporate engagement with rural and peri-urban communities, a recurring challenge persists: a bias towards non-core ESD programmes and short-term... Read more
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Why MSME Development Must Reflect Where a Business Comes From
Mpopi Khupe is the Managing Director of Zevoli Growth Partners. With over two decades of experience working with MSMEs across South Africa's... Read more
From For-Profit to Force for Good: Our Transition to a Social Enterprise
Mpopi Khupe is the Managing Director and co-founder of Zevoli Growth Partners. She has led the organisation's evolution from a for-profit ESD... Read more
Finding the Right SMMEs: Why Recruitment Is the Foundation of Every ESD Programme
Before we can develop a single business, we first need to find the right businesses to develop. It sounds straightforward. In practice,... Read more
Branding and Marketing Are Not Luxuries for SMMEs — They Are Survival Tools
Many of the SMMEs we work with are genuinely competitive. Their products and services meet quality standards. Their pricing is fair. Their... Read more
How Small Businesses Can Leverage Community Data to Refine Their Value Proposition
In today's fast-paced business environment, MSMEs can no longer rely entirely on intuition. Data-driven decision-making — particularly using insights from local communities... Read more
How ESD Supports MSMEs for the Future
Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) has always served as a strategic tool for equitable economic growth — building supplier capabilities, fostering innovation,... Read more
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