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  • Last Update: May 23, 2018
  • Joined: May 9, 2018

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WDB Investment Holdings

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Enabler Information

  • Name WDB Investment Holdings
  • Type of Company Private Equity / Venture Capital
  • Description of Business WDB is a w­omen found­ed, women-­led and op­erated gro­up with a ­combined o­ver 25 yea­rs’ experi­ence with ­a focus on­ funding a­nd support­ing women ­entreprene­urs. WDB i­s all abou­t making a­ social im­pact on wo­men; provi­ding them ­with busin­ess fundin­g and inve­stment opp­ortunities­.

    Women’s De­velopment ­Business (­WDB) was e­stablished­ in 1991 b­y Mrs Zane­le Mbeki a­nd a small­ group of ­powerful a­nd determi­ned women ­who wanted­ to be act­ive partic­ipants in ­the new de­mocratic S­outh Afric­a. WDB Fo­unders und­erstood th­at economi­c developm­ent had to­ play a cr­itical rol­e in pulli­ng South A­fricans ou­t of pover­ty and on ­the road t­o democrac­y. They f­urther rec­ognized th­at women’s­ contribut­ion – as w­orkers and­ as manage­rs of huma­n welfare ­is critica­l to the a­bility of ­households­, communit­ies and th­e nations ­to tackle ­the crisis­ of meetin­g people’s­ survival ­and subsis­tence need­s. The vis­ion has al­ways been ­“to put de­velopment ­resources ­directly i­nto the ha­nds of Sou­th Africa’­s ‘unbanka­ble’ women­ so that t­hey could ­start thei­r own inco­me-generat­ing activi­ties”.

    With seed ­capital of­ just R20 ­000, WDB l­aunched a ­pilot proj­ect in Mpu­malanga; p­roviding 5­0 women wi­th loans o­f R300 eac­h, which w­ere paid b­ack in ful­l in just ­three mont­hs… and so­ an incred­ible journ­ey began.
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    The emerge­nce of WDB­ was based­ on the un­derstandin­g that the­ utilisati­on of loan­s/savings ­and suppor­t services­ would res­ult in the­ creation ­of new job­s, an incr­ease in th­e average ­income, th­e expansio­n of exist­ing micro-­enterprise­s and impr­oved quali­ty of life­ for their­ families.­


Contact Information

  • Email Address info@wdb.co.za
  • Website http://www.wdbinvestments.co.za
  • Phone 0800 111 350
  • Address 1st Floor
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    28 Fricker­ Road
    Illovo
    2196
  • City Sandton
  • Province Johannesburg
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  • Ownership preferences Women owned , BEE owned
  • Industry All
  • Province Gauteng
  • WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings posted a new listing:
    WDB Development Training Academy
    WDB Development Training Academy
    The WDB Development Training Academy aims to train a new cadre of community workers who would become champions of women’s empowerment and poverty reduction. Internal staff training is geared towards assisting them to acquire accredited qualifications and ...
    • May 23, 2018
  • WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings posted a new listing:
    WDB Zenzele Development programme
    WDB Zenzele Development programme
    The Zenzele Development Caravan is a synchronized poverty eradication system for local communities in nodal areas to mobilize support and catalyze community self organization through targeting households with a basket of services and stakeholder engageme...
    • May 23, 2018
  • WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings posted a new listing:
    WDB Siyakhula Microfinance Institution
    WDB Siyakhula Microfinance Institution
    Siyakhula MFI provides productive loans to individual women clients who form groups of five members each to enforce compliance with the terms of the loans. The groups self-select based on trust and shared values. A Centre is established by eight groups of...
    • May 23, 2018
  • WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings has added a new profile photo.
    • May 9, 2018
  • WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings posted a new listing:
    WDB Trust
    WDB Trust
    WDB Trust provides developmental micro finance. We link poor rural communities to developmental resources in their areas in order to assist them to graduate from poverty. We empower communities in our areas of operation by providing developmental training...
    • May 9, 2018
  • WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings posted a new listing:
    WDB Investment Holdings
    WDB Investment Holdings
    WDBIH’s mandate is to make investments, but while other companies pay dividends to their investors, the majority of profits made by WDBIH through its investments are repatriated to the WDB Trust, which uses those funds for its developmental programmes.
    • May 9, 2018
  • WDB Investment Holdings
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    • May 9, 2018
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  • WDB Development Training Academy

    May 23, 2018 - posted by WDB Investment Holdings, 0 comments, 0 reviews, 961 views, 0 likes
    The WDB Development Training Academy aims to train a new cadre of community workers who would become champions of women’s empowerment and poverty reduction. Internal staff training is geared towards assisting them to acquire accredited qualifications and thereby improve their skills base and further develop their careers.
  • WDB Zenzele Development programme

    May 23, 2018 - posted by WDB Investment Holdings, 0 comments, 0 reviews, 1,369 views, 0 likes
    The Zenzele Development Caravan is a synchronized poverty eradication system for local communities in nodal areas to mobilize support and catalyze community self organization through targeting households with a basket of services and stakeholder engagement.
  • WDB Siyakhula Microfinance Institution

    May 23, 2018 - posted by WDB Investment Holdings, 0 comments, 0 reviews, 1,443 views, 0 likes
    Siyakhula MFI provides productive loans to individual women clients who form groups of five members each to enforce compliance with the terms of the loans. The groups self-select based on trust and shared values. A Centre is established by eight groups of five women each.
  • WDB Trust

    May 9, 2018 - posted by WDB Investment Holdings, 0 comments, 0 reviews, 1,042 views, 0 likes
    WDB Trust provides developmental micro finance. We link poor rural communities to developmental resources in their areas in order to assist them to graduate from poverty. We empower communities in our areas of operation by providing developmental training and ICT training. We aim to continue to be financially sustainable through our income-generati...
  • WDB Investment Holdings

    May 9, 2018 - posted by WDB Investment Holdings, 0 comments, 0 reviews, 1,667 views, 0 likes
    WDBIH’s mandate is to make investments, but while other companies pay dividends to their investors, the majority of profits made by WDBIH through its investments are repatriated to the WDB Trust, which uses those funds for its developmental programmes.
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