Enrol beneficiaries and fund their software
Give the SMMEs you develop a full accounting, payroll and operations platform — and put them on a real system you can measure, not a spreadsheet.
- Invite beneficiary SMMEs by email — they accept and onboard themselves
- Optionally fund their subscription, shown to them as “Funded by you”
- Each beneficiary runs their whole business on Zealo (accounting, VAT201, payroll, CRM)
- Track programme budget against the SMMEs enrolled
Prove impact for your ED/SD scorecard
A read-only dashboard shows each beneficiary’s financial health and growth over time — the objective evidence a B-BBEE programme needs, captured monthly.
- Revenue, profit, cash and growth trend per beneficiary
- Programme roll-ups across the whole cohort
- Monthly snapshots build an auditable growth record
- Distinguish Enterprise Development (ED) from Supplier Development (SD) programmes
Consent-based and POPIA-minded
Beneficiaries stay in control of their data. Sponsors only ever see agreed, high-level aggregates — never sensitive detail — and only while consent stands.
- The beneficiary explicitly accepts and chooses what to share
- Only aggregates — never invoices, employees, salaries, ID numbers or banking
- Consent is revocable anytime; revoking hides everything, including past snapshots
- Every enrolment, consent change and sponsor view is logged for audit
Frequently asked questions
What is ESD software?
Enterprise & Supplier Development (ESD) software helps a B-BBEE sponsor run their ED/SD programme: enrolling beneficiary SMMEs, optionally funding their business software, and measuring the impact. On Zealo the beneficiary runs their whole business on the platform and the sponsor sees a consent-based impact dashboard.
Does this help with our B-BBEE scorecard?
Yes. Zealo gives you objective, monthly evidence of each beneficiary's financial health and growth — the kind of impact record an Enterprise & Supplier Development programme needs to substantiate its scorecard points.
Is beneficiary data protected (POPIA)?
Yes. Beneficiaries explicitly consent and choose which high-level aggregates to share. Sponsors never see invoices, employees, salaries, IDs or banking, and consent is revocable anytime — on revocation the sponsor loses all visibility, including past snapshots.
Can an intermediary run programmes for a corporate funder?
Yes. A programme records the funder whose ED/SD budget pays, so an intermediary (e.g. a procurement or programme partner) can run programmes on a corporate funder's behalf.