Independence through Enterprise
The Business Development and Empowerment Initiative of  









Anglo Zimele – the Anglo American Group's enterprise development fund – is a catalyst for emerging black business in South Africa, and was established to empower black entrepreneurs through the creation and transformation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Since its inception 20 years ago, it has invested in numerous SMEs across a variety of industries, and provides loan and equity finance to support start-up or expanding businesses.

Anglo Zimele’s incubator approach to enterprise development has been adopted by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme, and has been implemented by organisations including the IFC in Kazakhstan, Sasol, Mondi South Africa and Barloworld.


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