Yanda Growth Consulting
What does your company do?
Yanda Growth Consulting is an innovative growth agency that partners with corporates, brands and government agencies to develop impactful growth interventions. We specialize in enterprise and supplier development, innovation support, and Marketing. Our mission is to fuel sustained business growth: We specialize in transforming businesses through strategic interventions that drive sustainable growth and empower small, medium, and micro enterprises
What is your biggest success?
We have recently been awarded "Most Innovative Growth Consultancy 2025" - South Africa in the African Excellence Awards 2025. Our proudest achievement/success has been our ability to transform over 150 SMMEs through our growth-focused interventions. One standout example is our support of Ramtsilo Plastic Bricks, where we helped formalize their operations and prepare them for large-scale procurement opportunities—culminating in national recognition.
In addition, our greatest successes included being recognized as a Standard Bank Top Women Leader and winning the Mail & Guardian Award. These accolades reflect our commitment to innovation and growth. Also partnering with Signa Opportunity has been one of our many successes, it allowed us to address critical gaps in human resources for the SMMEs on our database through the YES program, creating jobs and providing essential skills development. Our nomination for the ASEB awards further highlights our contributions to enterprise growth, job creation, and community upliftment.
What has been your biggest hurdle?
Starting YANDA meant proving myself without the cushion of big capital or a long list of corporate connections. As a small, Black, female-led agency, we often had to knock twice as hard to be heard in rooms where bigger firms dominated.
Our size was perceived as a weakness —making the journey with challenges, from securing funding to navigating the complex landscape of entrepreneurship as a woman but I turned it into my strength. I've learned that resilience, adaptability, and a deep commitment to my purpose are the keys to overcoming adversity. My passion for business growth and empowerment has taken me from facilitating small enterprise development workshops to consulting for large corporations on strategic growth interventions. Along the way, I’ve built a team of like-minded professionals who share my vision of creating meaningful, long-lasting impact.
Adding to this, we once lost a major client due to a restructuring beyond our control—forcing us to quickly reassess and re-strategize.
Rather than view these setbacks as failures, we saw them as redirections. They pushed us to diversify our service offering and revenue streams,—resulting in new partnerships. These experiences sharpened our resilience and reaffirmed the value of our work. Today, we’re leaner, smarter, and more intentional—building a business that’s not only scalable, but sustainable. Every hurdle has helped shape YANDA's growth.
