Strategic Fundraising as a Catalyst for ESD and “Sponsor a Black Industrialist”
Decusatio and Uzenzele Holdings invite corporate sponsors, DFIs, and Black Industrialists to a focused event on how strategic funding drives transformation within South Africa’s Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) landscape. The session highlights how aligned, incentive-backed funding and targeted business readiness support can unlock capital, reduce investment risk, and promote measurable, inclusive industrial growth - including through the innovative Sponsor a Black Industrialist initiative.
Decusatio and Uzenzele Holdings are proud to host an in-depth conversation on how funding readiness and targeted support can create high-impact outcomes within South Africa’s Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) landscape. This event is designed to engage DFIs, corporate sponsors, and Black Industrialists in advancing inclusive industrial growth by aligning funding strategies with empowerment goals.
Two key topics will be explored:
1. Strategic Funding as a Catalyst for ESD
Strategic funding, when aligned with Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) objectives, enables long-term transformation by helping businesses move beyond compliance checklists into high-impact outcomes. ESD-focused funding builds resilience in the value chain, promotes Black-owned manufacturing, and empowers historically disadvantaged individuals to access markets and scale. The Uzenzele approach focuses on readiness - ensuring businesses are structurally, financially, and operationally prepared to secure growth capital that delivers measurable empowerment outcomes.
2. Sponsor a Black Industrialist
Sponsoring a Black Industrialist isn’t just a procurement action, it's a strategic commitment to South Africa’s inclusive growth. Through incentive-backed funding and targeted ESD support, sponsors can enable transformation with measurable economic returns. Uzenzele facilitates these collaborations by identifying investment-ready Black Industrialists and matching them with sponsor partners to unlock capital, reduce risk, and deliver sector-wide impact.
This event aims to establish thought leadership on the role of readiness and structure in enabling access to funding, raise awareness of the Sponsor a Black Industrialist initiative as a key ESD strategy, and strengthen cross-industry collaboration toward building a more sustainable, inclusive, and empowered industrial economy in South Africa.
Strategic Fundraising as a catalyst for ESD: 20 August 2025Time: 13:00 - 16:00
Venue: 116 Oxford Road, Rosebank
Cost: R1250
Contact: Jade Hurst
Company name: Decusatio
Telephone number: 0768081556
Email address az.oc.oitasuced@edaj
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