The Give and Grow Foundation

What The Give and Grow Foundation does

The Give and Grow Foundation is a registered South African non-profit organization (Reg. 2026/040706/08) affiliated with Give and Grow (Pty) Ltd (Reg. 2025/923890/07), operating collectively as Give & Grow Holdings. The Foundation's stated mission is to help motivated adults complete their matric qualification and connect them to employment opportunities, while the operating entity delivers recruitment, payroll, HR, virtual assistance, bookkeeping, and marketing services to businesses across South Africa. The group is led by Founder and Managing Director LC Van Der Merwe, with Sharira Padayachy serving as Sales & Business Development Manager, and is distributed nationwide through remote offices, phone, email, WhatsApp, and a website-led sales motion.

The core commercial offering is Give & Grow Recruitment, which places pre-screened candidates across 11 industry verticals: Finance and Business, IT and Data, Sales and Marketing, Healthcare, Legal, Blue Collar, Engineering, Hospitality, Education, Administration, and Property and Real Estate. The stated service standard is a 5-7 day shortlist turnaround with skills-based screening and POPIA-compliant candidate data handling. Adjacent service lines — Payroll, Virtual Assistance, Bookkeeping, and Marketing Solutions — are offered to the same employer base, positioning the firm as a bundled workforce and back-office provider rather than a pure-play recruiter. No proprietary technology platform, API, or software product is disclosed; the business operates as a service organization.

Revenue is generated through three documented streams: transaction-based recruitment fees for successful placements, recurring fees for payroll and business support services, and affiliate-style referral commissions paid to business partners (R1,000 per successful placement). A separate Business Referral Partnership Program allows external partners, influencers, and industry contacts to drive placements with no earnings cap or minimum requirement. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The customer base evidenced in source materials is composed of small and mid-sized South African businesses (e.g., Boere'n Belle in hospitality, Virtuoso Excellence, MarkAdz) and individual candidates; no enterprise logos or revenue concentration figures are disclosed. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors are documented, and the group appears to be founder/owner-operated.

Name

The Give and Grow Foundation

Legal name

Give and Grow (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://giveandgrow.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Give & Grow is a South African recruitment and business services firm placing pre-screened candidates across 11 industry verticals, alongside bundled payroll, HR, virtual assistance, bookkeeping, and marketing services under the Give & Grow Holdings group and affiliated Foundation NPO.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education, Skills & Workforce Development Aid Programs (BPADABAE), Rural Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment (BPAGABAA), Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC)

Keywords

• Recruitment services
• Payroll management
• Bookkeeping services
• Virtual assistance
• Adult education

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: The company places candidates with employers across multiple industries and charges recruitment fees for successful placements. They offer packages for employers seeking to fill positions.
2. Business Support Services: Additional revenue streams include payroll management, HR services, virtual assistance, and marketing solutions for businesses.
3. Referral Partnership Commission: Partners earn R1,000 for every successful placement linked to their referral. This creates a network of business referrers who drive placement revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Give and Grow Foundation (NPO) is a registered South African non-profit organization that helps motivated adults complete their matric qualification and connects them to employment opportunities, internships, learnerships, and entry-level jobs. It operates alongside the affiliated Give & Grow (Pty) Ltd, a business solutions group offering recruitment, payroll management, HR compliance, virtual administrative assistance, bookkeeping, and marketing solutions to South African employers across 11 industry verticals.

Product overview

Give & Grow Holdings operates as a unified business solutions platform offering integrated staffing and administrative services. The core offering is Give & Grow Recruitment, a talent acquisition service providing pre-screened candidates across Finance, IT, Healthcare, Legal, Engineering, Hospitality, Education, Administration, and Property sectors. Complementary services include Give & Grow Payroll (managing PAYE, UIF, taxes, and compliance), Give & Grow Virtual Assistance, Give & Grow Bookkeeping, and Give & Grow Marketing Solutions. The company also operates Give & Grow Foundation, an NPO helping adults complete matric qualifications and connect to employment. A Business Referral Partnership Program allows partners to earn R1,000 per successful placement with no earnings cap.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Give & Grow Recruitment Talent acquisition service connecting South African businesses with pre-screened, job-ready candidates across 11 industry verticals including Finance, IT, Healthcare, Legal, Engineering, Hospitality, Education, Administration, Sales and Marketing, Property, and Blue Collar trades.
• Give & Grow Payroll Payroll management service handling PAYE, UIF, taxes, payslips, and deductions to ensure compliance and stress-free payday for South African businesses.
• Give & Grow Virtual Assistance Virtual administrative support services to help businesses streamline operations and reduce overhead.
• Give & Grow Bookkeeping Professional bookkeeping services to keep business finances organized, accurate, and compliant.
• Give & Grow Marketing Solutions Strategic marketing solutions to support business growth and brand development.
• Business Referral Partnership Program Referral-based partnership program rewarding partners R1,000 per successful placement with no earnings cap and no minimum requirements; open to business owners, influencers, and industry professionals.
• Give & Grow Foundation (NPO) Registered non-profit organization helping motivated adults in South Africa complete their matric qualification and connecting them to employment opportunities through partnerships with employers for internships, learnerships, and entry-level jobs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-7 days shortlists for candidate placement
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Rhythm & RhymeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRhythm & Rhyme is listed as a partner organization. They appear alongside Give & Grow and other partners in promotional materials, suggesting a collaborative relationship in the South African business community.
• Willownest HoldingsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWillownest Holdings is listed as a partner organization alongside other entities including Give & Grow Foundation and Rhythm & Rhyme. They appear together in promotional materials suggesting mutual business collaboration.
• Give & Grow FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGive & Grow Foundation is a registered NPO (Registration: 2026/040706/08) dedicated to helping adults complete their matric qualification and connecting them to employment opportunities. The Foundation works with employers to create pathways into internships, learnerships, and entry-level jobs for learners who complete their studies. This partnership between Give & Grow Recruitment and the Foundation creates a pipeline from education support to employment, addressing the skills gap in South Africa while providing employers with job-ready candidates.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Adcorp Holdings: Adcorp is one of South Africa's largest listed staffing and workforce solutions groups, placing candidates across multiple industries including finance, IT, engineering, and blue-collar roles—directly mirroring Give & Grow's 11-vertical recruitment model and South African focus.
• Network Recruitment: Network Recruitment is a South African specialist recruitment firm focused on IT, finance, engineering, and supply-chain placements, operating with a sales-led model similar to Give & Grow's direct employer engagement and bundled service positioning.
• Tsebo Solutions Group: Tsebo is a major South African workplace solutions provider offering staffing, payroll, facilities management, and HR services—closely mirroring Give & Grow's integrated service-bundle approach within the same domestic market.
• RecruitMyMom: RecruitMyMom is a South African recruitment agency specializing in placing flexible and remote professionals across administrative, finance, and marketing roles, sharing Give & Grow's vertical breadth and remote-office nationwide service model.

Broad incumbents

• Kelly Services: Kelly Services is a global workforce solutions provider offering staffing, payroll, and HR outsourcing across multiple industries—competing with Give & Grow's bundled recruitment-plus-payroll/HR service offering at much greater scale.
• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions): LinkedIn's Talent Solutions platform enables employers to source candidates across all of Give & Grow's verticals at global scale, representing the dominant incumbent technology-driven alternative to traditional recruitment agencies.
• Michael Page: Michael Page is a global professional recruitment consultancy with strong presence across finance, legal, healthcare, engineering, and IT—competing for the same employer clients Give & Grow serves, but as a multinational incumbent with broader resources.
• Hays plc: Hays is a global specialist recruitment firm with deep expertise in IT, finance, construction, healthcare, and property—directly comparable verticals to Give & Grow's, but operating at significantly larger scale with established international brand equity.
• Robert Half: Robert Half is a global staffing and consulting firm placing finance, accounting, technology, and administrative professionals—operating in the same verticals as Give & Grow but with established brand, proprietary candidate databases, and international scale.

Emerging players

• Zaidi (Adult Matric / NPO Education): Zaidi is a South African NPO focused on adult matric completion and skills pathways for unemployed youth, closely mirroring the Give & Grow Foundation's mission of helping adults finish matric and transition into work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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