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Empowerment

Enabling Growth

We invest in businesses that not only have strong financial potential, but also a commitment to empowering their communities.

Trust and Transparency

We maintain the highest standards of integrity in our investments and operations, ensuring our stakeholders trust our processes.

Long-term Vision

We focus on sustainable investments that promise long-term stability and contribute to the economic growth of South Africa.

Our Mission

  • People: 

The company was founded by two visionary entrepreneurs with extensive business experience. Our competitive advantage lies in our executive teams’ expertise, experience and extensive networks in both the public service and corporate companies


  • Integrity:

The company initially sought opportunities to invest and acquire companies with a strong bias towards ensuring the participation of blacks and women in the mainstream economy. We recognized the critical role of job creation and poverty alleviation in ensuring the long-term social stability and economic growth. 


  • Commitment: 

We adopt a hands-on approach – we are actively involved in the progress and development of the companies we invest in, one of which is to provide comprehensive business development services to accelerate growth and expansion within South Africa and beyond.  We enjoy genuine partnerships with management teams of the companies we invest in.


  • Innovation: 

Progress, through consistently pushing the boundaries to come up with the freshest and most relevant ideas.


  • Tailored Approach: 

We do not apply a fixed investment structure; instead we configure a capital solution to fit the cashflow generation of the underlying business.

Investment Philosophy

We invest in companies that:

  • Possess high-quality management, with strong industry experience and a record of driving growth and shareholder value;
  • Can benefit from an extensive network of contacts in government and the private sector locally and in the continent
  • Exhibit a sustainable competitive advantage;
  • Commit to the highest-level of performance with the objective of creating world-class operations;
  • Experience financial growth resulting from beneficial operating leverage, product line expansion or introduction of new distribution channels; and
  • Demonstrate commitment to BEE and to contributing to socio-economic transformation.

Our Value Add

Palama adds meaningful and constructive value to the companies it invests in.

Our value add includes:

  • Human capital development and transformation
  • Compliance with B-BBEE and other legislation
  • Indentifying and pursuing new business opportunities and markets
  • Partnership development, transformation and network opportunities
  • Expansion planning
  • Good corporate governance
  • Sustainable stewardship of resources
  • Corporate governance compliance and doing business in a socially responsible way

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