Become a Partner
By taking this step, your organisation is exploring an opportunity to combine strategic business value with meaningful
and measurable economic impact for women in Cape Town. Join this journey with some of our incredible partners.
What happens next?
Our partnership team, led by our Founder and Managing Director, Thurzil Papier, will review the information you submitted. A member of our team will contact you within two business days to arrange an introductory discussion and learn more about your organisation’s objectives.
During the discussion, we can explore the most suitable partnership pathway, including:
- Corporate procurement and customised products
- Wholesale and retail supply
- Skills Development sponsorship
- Enterprise or Supplier Development
- Learner stipends and training support
- Machinery, technology or infrastructure
- CSI and social-impact initiatives
Empower Women. Strengthen Local Production.
Create Measurable Impact.
Our partnerships are designed to deliver mutual value. Your organisation gains access to local procurement, measurable social-impact initiatives and carefully managed development programmes, while women receive the training, resources and market access needed to build sustainable livelihoods.
Support Meaningful Economic Participation
Your partnership helps women gain practical skills, workplace experience, income opportunities and access to long-term employment or entrepreneurship.
Strengthen Local Supply Chains
Source handcrafted jewellery, lifestyle products, apparel, merchandise and corporate gifting from our Cape Town production hub.
Support Your Transformation Objectives
Depending on the nature of the partnership, your organisation’s applicable scorecard and verification requirements, a partnership may support your B-BBEE, CSI, ESG, Skills Development, Enterprise Development, Supplier Development or Preferential Procurement objectives.
Receive Transparent Impact Reporting
Partners can receive agreed reporting on programme activities, expenditure, learner participation, production outcomes and measurable impact.
Choose Your Partnership Pathway
1. Corporate Procurement Partner
Purchase Products With Purpose: Move a portion of your corporate gifting, merchandise, apparel, accessories or uniform expenditure to Women of Worth ZA. We can assist with customised products, branded collections, bulk orders, employee gifts, conference merchandise and retail-ready ranges.
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Your Partnership Supports
• Sustainable production work
• Income opportunities for women artisans
• Local manufacturing and skills retention
• Continued employment for programme graduates
• Growth of a women-led South African enterprise
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Your Organisation Receives
• Customised and co-branded products
• Dedicated account management
• Bulk-order and corporate pricing
• Product-development support
• Relevant supplier and compliance documentation
• Social-impact information for internal reporting
2. WOW Academy Skills Partner
Sponsor Training and Learner Development: Support a training cohort, individual learners, training materials or learner stipends through WOW Academy NPC. Programmes are designed to build practical manufacturing, production, business and workplacereadiness skills.
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• Skills training for unemployed women
• Learner stipends and transport assistance
• Training materials and equipment
• Workplace-readiness development
• Pathways into employment or entrepreneurship
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• A structured partnership proposal
• Agreed learner and programme reporting
• Progress and impact updates
• Recognition as a programme partner
• Opportunities to engage with learners and programme activities
• Relevant compliance documentation, where applicable
3. Strategic Capacity Partner
Help Us Expand Our Impact: Support the infrastructure required to train more women, increase production and secure larger commercial opportunities. Capacity partnerships may include machinery, technology, workspace improvements, production equipment, raw materials or operational support.
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• Increased training capacity
• Improved production efficiency
• New employment opportunities
• Larger corporate and retail orders
• Long-term organisational sustainability
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• Agreed brand recognition
• Impact and utilisation reporting
• Partnership content for internal or public reporting
• Joint storytelling or public-relations opportunities, subject to approval
• Opportunities to visit the Woodstock Production Hub
Supporting Your B-BBEE and ESG Objectives
A partnership with Women of Worth ZA may support your organisation’s transformation and socialimpact strategy, depending on the structure of the contribution, the applicable B-BBEE Codes and the requirements of your independent verification professional.
Skills Development
Companies may support structured training programmes, learner development, training materials or stipends through WOW Academy. Any recognition under Skills Development will depend on the programme structure, learner eligibility, supporting evidence and the requirements applicable to the measured entity.
Enterprise and Supplier Development
Eligible financial or non-financial contributions to Women of Worth ZA may potentially form part of an Enterprise Development or Supplier Development initiative.
Recognition remains subject to the applicable Codes, beneficiary requirements, supporting documentation and independent verification.
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• Machinery and production equipment
• Technology and business systems
• Professional or technical support
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• Grants or recoverable support
• Market access and supplier development
• Workspace and infrastructure
Preferential Procurement
Companies can purchase eligible products and services from Women of Worth ZA as part of their local procurement strategy.
Recognisable procurement expenditure will depend on Women of Worth ZA’s current B-BBEE status, valid supporting documentation and the purchasing company’s applicable scorecard requirements.
Section 18A Donations
Where WOW Academy holds current SARS Section 18A approval for the relevant activity, qualifying bona fide donations may be supported by an appropriate Section 18A receipt.
Section 18A wording and receipts should only be used once the current SARS approval and reference number have been confirmed.
ESG and CSI Reporting
We can provide agreed information demonstrating the social impact of the partnership, including:
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• Training activities completed
• Employment or production opportunities created
• Equipment or materials purchased
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• Production and capacity outcomes
• Partner-supported impact stories
Final B-BBEE recognition should always be confirmed by your organisation’s B-BBEE consultant or verification professional.
Our Impact
Designed and Handcrafted in Cape Town
Our products are designed, assembled and handcrafted through our Cape Town production network.
Women-Centred Development
Our programmes focus on practical skills, economic participation, sustainable employment and entrepreneurship.
Commercial Market Access
Our production enterprise supplies retail, wholesale and corporate customers with locally produced products and customised solutions.
Transparent Partnership Management
Partners receive clear proposals, defined deliverables and agreed reporting based on the structure of each project.
Contact Our Partnership Team
Women of Worth ZA
Woodstock Exchange
66 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
Email: wow@womenofworthza.co.za
Website: www.womenofworthza.com

