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Skip to content IMPORTANT NOTICE: COVID-19 SA Resource Portal. WDB Investment Holdings * Home * About * Investment Philosophy * Social Empowerment * Trust * Team * Media Centre * News * Blog * Reports * Contact * Home * About * Investment Philosophy * Social Empowerment * Trust * Team * Media Centre * News * Blog * Reports * Contact SlideSlideSlide FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN Transforming South Africa’s business and social landscape through the development and empowerment of women CATALYSTS OF REFORM “WDB Investment Holdings has proved to be an enormous success story all on its own. Not only does WDBIH allow the WDB Trust to be self-sustaining, it has built up an investment portfolio with total assets under management of R6 billion and has paid cumulative dividends to the Trust of over R200 million” – Mrs Zanele Mbeki WDB INCEPTION OUR STORY WDB began as a micro-finance programme in 1991 to fight poverty and give rural women the necessary resources to empower themselves. In 1996, WDB Investment Holdings was established to support the programmes of the WDB Trust. THE FULL STORY established by women LED BY WOMEN 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. Our aim is to be the leading game-changer in women advancement and empowerment in South Africa, impacting the African continent. READ MORE TRUST In 1991, the WDB Trust was formally set up – a women-led and managed Public Benefit Organisation that mobilises resources to promote its premier women’s development programme: an integrated poverty-eradication strategy that links poor households in rural areas to finance and to a basket of development services, training and enterprise opportunities in order to build productive and sustainable family and community livelihoods. READ MORE INVESTMENT HOLDINGS In late 1996, a fully women-owned, led and managed investment holding company, WDB Investment Holdings (WDBIH), was formed to ensure the Trust could be sustainable and independent so to reduce its reliance on donors. WDBIH promotes the advancement of women in senior leadership positions in its investee companies and serves on the boards of its investments. WDBIH has grown to be an active strategic partner, represented at board level across a number of listed blue-chip and unlisted investee companies. While most investment companies aim to pay their investors dividends, WDBIH is unique in that most of its profits are channelled to the WDB Trust. ———————————————————- What brings WDBIH and WDB Trust together is the shared vision of changing the landscape for all women in South Africa, from those who sit in boardrooms or executive positions to grassroots rural women. READ MORE WDB GROWTH FUND In 2016, together with Seed Engine and Grovest, WDB launched an impact fund. The WDB Growth Fund aims to fill the funding gap for growing small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs). The WDB Growth Fund promotes economic growth by unlocking barriers that currently prevent the SMME sector from expanding and creating jobs, primarily through capital, high-impact mentorship combined with technical and business support, as well as support in accessing markets. READ MORE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS The company was able to distribute dividends of R200-million to the WDB Trust, with the WDB Trust reaching well over 200,000 female entrepreneurs in rural areas. Slide content Slide content Slide content Slide content Slide content PreviousNext BANKING ON WOMEN WOMEN INVESTING IN WOMEN TARGETING POVERTY All content © 2020. All Rights Reserved. WDB House 1st Floor, 59 Cradock Avenue, Dunkeld, Johannesburg, 2196 +27 (0) 11 341 9900 info@wdb.co.za Go to Top IMPORTANT NOTICE: COVID-19 SA Resource Portal. * Home * About * Investment Philosophy * Social Empowerment * Trust * Team * Media Centre * News * Blog * Reports * Contact