In the public sector, aligning supply chain strategies with departmental mandates while adhering to regulatory frameworks is essential for delivering high-quality services. Effective supply chain management is a cornerstone for service delivery excellence.
Smukeliso partners with public sector clients to develop and implement supply chain strategies and structures that meet these critical needs. As a Centre of Excellence, we provide leadership development, best practice market research, and intelligence, as well as implementation support. Our services also include train-the-trainer programs, project management, and skills development, empowering state organs to enhance their capabilities and deliver the highest standard of public service.
Years delivering procurement transformation across Africa
Engagements completed across Mining, Industrials, Financial Services, and Public Sector
In third-party procurement spend mapped, analysed, and optimised for clients
Countries where Smukeliso has delivered engagements
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Sasol Foundation Trust needed two educational NPOs to become structurally independent — less reliant on a single corporate funder, more resilient as organisations. We built the strategic plans, governance frameworks, and funding strategies to make that possible.
Sasol Group needed its SME beneficiary cohorts — new and existing — to understand how corporate procurement actually works. We developed and facilitated a national training programme across five regions, covering 120+ SMEs on vendor onboarding, tendering, contract management, and strategic sourcing.
WhyAfrica interviewed Zinhle Dube — founder and CEO of Smukeliso — on the state of supply chain in Africa: what's broken, what Covid exposed, what the AfCFTA could unlock, and why treating procurement as a dumping ground is a choice with consequences.
Public sector procurement isn't a generic problem. It sits at the intersection of mandate, regulation, and accountability. Tell us where your gaps are and we'll tell you what's recoverable.
