Across South Africa, township entrepreneurs and university students have the drive to build something better –  with a determination that pulses through every township, suburb, and university campus, with the willingness to work hard and the hunger to create better lives for themselves, each other, and their communities.

But many of them are held back – not by lack of determination, but by lack of access to the knowledge, tools, and networks that help them spot opportunity and go after it.

The single mother who wants to start a catering business to feed her family but doesn’t know how to write a business plan. The young person who needs to earn an income but has no understanding of how to register a business or manage cash flow. The business student who’s got the degree and the will to work, but who needs work experience to land a job. That’s why Phaphama exists: To help South African entrepreneurs and students level up.

Because we believe that access shouldn’t be a privilege, but a starting point. Whether its knowledge, tools, resources, or networks, we work to break down barriers, so that every entrepreneur and student in South Africa has a fair shot at spotting, creating, and go after opportunities to grow and thrive.

Like building the skills that make them bankable, growing the knowledge that makes them confident, or connecting them to the networks that open doors they can open themselves.

We act as a catalyst, an instigator, a launchpad, increasing people’s access to the knowledge, tools, resources, and networks that unlock opportunities to grow and thrive. One entrepreneur at a time. One student at a time. One family at a time. Towards a more economically inclusive and socially prosperous South Africa.

Phaphama. Your launchpad to opportunity