Abstract:
Independent enterprise is one of the most important vehicles for the empowerment of women in South Africa today. The Business Partners' vision is to enable more female entrepreneurs to take up meaningful roles in the business community. To this end, Business Partners has, as part of its strategy to increase its footprint in the women owned SME arena, made a strategic decision to create the Business Partners Women's Fund. By assisting women with capital, skill and knowledge, resulting in wealth and job creation for themselves and their teams and thus contributing to the growth of the economy, the Business Partners Women's Fund is at forefront of shifting the dynamics of the SME market to embody gender equality.
