Partners
We are looking for development finance partners who want to build the instrument, not just fund the report.
Our focus for the next phase is microfranchise expansion: taking enterprises that already work and funding the replication of proven units, with measurement built in from the first site.
For development finance institutions
Why microfranchise expansion is a fundable thesis.
South Africa's enterprise support market produces many interventions and few replicable businesses. Microfranchising changes the unit of investment from a programme to a business: small enough to finance, documented enough to audit, and repeatable enough to scale.
Current stage
Pilots underway
Pilot enterprises are in structuring and systemisation. Documentation, unit economics and measurement design are being finalised before replication funding is sought. Partners engaging now help define the standard the rollout will be held to.
A standardised cost per replication unit
Documentation, equipment, franchisee training and first-cycle working capital priced per site, so a facility can be sized against units rather than vague programme budgets.
A pipeline, not a proposal
Enterprises move through a documented pipeline with defined stage gates. Funders see what has passed validation before capital is committed.
Risk shared at the right point
Concessional or first-loss support where the market will not yet lend, and commercial structures once a unit proves it can service debt.
Impact that survives audit
Baseline at intake, monthly reporting, unit-level data and support for independent verification.
Companies we have worked with
Delivered alongside the private sector, government and development institutions.
Programmes, enterprise support and microfranchise development run with corporate clients, provincial and national departments, municipalities, universities and development agencies.
Who we partner with
Four kinds of partnership, one standard of evidence.
Development finance institutions
Co-funding and de-risking of microfranchise expansion, from pilot validation to a multi-site rollout with independent impact verification.
Corporate ESD and procurement
Supplier development programmes built around real spend categories, with a verified pipeline and B-BBEE-aligned reporting.
Foundations and philanthropy
Programme funding for owner capability, women-owned enterprise and enterprise creation in priority communities.
Commercial and concessional lenders
Blended finance structures at unit level, with a pipeline of enterprises that have been through a documented credit-readiness process.
How it works
From first call to a funded pilot facility.
01
Introductory conversation
Your mandate, our pipeline, and whether the fit is real.
02
Evidence pack
Methodology, pilot status, unit economics framework and measurement design.
03
Instrument design
Cost per unit, risk structure, reporting cadence and disbursement triggers.
04
Pilot-scale facility
A first cohort of replication units, measured and reviewed before scale.
Partner enquiry
Tell us about your mandate.
Share the instrument you are considering and the scale you have in mind. We will respond with the evidence pack that fits, and a direct line to the team.
Prefer email? Write to info@jrpsocder.com.