SiyaKhulu’s Additional Sponsors
Amakhowa Investments Proprietary Limited
aFRICAS BEST FOODS LTD
Africa’s Best is an exporter of high value food products to Europe and the United States. Africa’s Best not only provides financial support but also technical skills and know-how to Amakhowa’s staff and Siyakhulu’s beneficiaries.
Bluenergy africa industrial pty
Bluenergy is a master distributor of renewable energy solutions from Europe and the United States to the southern African market. Bluenergy provides financial support and sustainability expertise to Amakhowa in order to enable it to develop sustainable development solutions for its processing and operation.
Mediolanum LTD
Mediolanum is a management consultancy firm that provides financial support to Siyakhulu as well as provides the senior and middle management of Amakhowa with substantive management training and guidance in order to empower staff and to ensure stable succession
Chep South Africa
Chep South Africa provides access to their forests for rural women in KZN, Southern Drakensburg to harvest wild mushrooms and sell them to Amakhowe during the rainy season from October to May. In doing so, Chep provides access to the raw material which generates daily income to the communities.
Siyakhulu’s board of trustees comprises senior members of staff of an entity called Amakhowa Investments Proprietary Limited (“Amakhowa”) in which it holds significant shareholding. Amakhowa holds an equity of 24% in Africas Best Foods Ltd which operates the business as a harvester, processor and exporter of wild produce, particularly the wild mushroom known as “Porcini” or “Boletus Edulis”, which are considered a delicacy. A third of all of Amakhowa’s profits are paid directly to Siyakhulu in the form of dividends, and these funds are utilized for the benefit of Siyakhulu’s beneficiaries, the rural previously disadvantaged women that live and work in the area surrounding Amakhowa’s factory in the town of Amsterdam in Mpumalanga.
PRIVATE DONORS
Siyakhulu also enjoys the patronage of a number of private individuals that have the skills and expertise to provide significant benefit to Amakhowa in terms of the training of its staff and related parties.
YORK TIMBERS Mpumalanga (PTY) LTD
York Timbers Mpumalanga provides access to their forests for rural women in the Mpumalanga Highveld to harvest wild mushrooms and sell them to Amakhowe during the rainy season from October to May. In doing so, York provides access to the raw material which generates daily income to the communities.
Sappi Highveld Region
SAPPI Mpumalanga provides access to its forests for rural women in the Mpumalanga Highveld to harvest wild mushrooms and sell them to Amakhowe during the rainy season from October to May each year. In doing so, SAPPI provides access to the raw material which generates daily income to the communities.
BTG PACTUAL
BTG Pactual, one of the largest investment banking and wealth management companies in the world, provides Siyakhulu with exclusive harvesting rights within forests located in the Mpumalanga Highveld Region as well as Kwazulu-Natal. They are also responsible for providing the rental of properties out of which these harvests are coordinated and managed.