• Research or Advisory Service Provider
The South African Black Entrepreneurs Forum (SABEF) is a non-profit organization, under section 21 registered companies (2002/012592/08) whose mission is to promote, inspire and grow entrepreneurship. SABEF is an entrepreneurs' network whose mission is to promote, inspire, grow entrepreneurs. As a broad-based black economic empowerment organization, we believe that entrepreneurship is a solution to poverty alleviation, job creation and economic growth in South Africa. SABEF seeks to facilitate entry of emerging entrepreneurs into prominent sectors of the mainstream economy, through access to markets, networking, lobbying and advocacy, and by implementing solution-focused development and networking programmes aimed at ensuring the growth and sustainability of the emerging business sector in South Africa.
  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic
  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Talent development/HR (including leadership)
  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers