SIGNA GROUP | CLIENT INTERVIEW
Helping organisations achieve measurable, long-term returns on their transformation efforts just metrics, they reflect the shared
of over 227 permanent employees
effort and intention of our clients
and strive to maintain a culture
and partners.
where people are supported to grow, different perspectives are
What are some of the innovative
welcomed, and transformation is
programmes you oversee as CEO?
experienced from within, as well as outwardly through our work.
Murray Chabant CEO, Signa Group
I’m privileged to oversee initiatives that aim to make a real difference.
As CEO of the Group, what have
With Invequity, we offer clients a
been some of the most notable
way to direct unused capital into
trends, challenges and opportunities
black-owned businesses, unlocking
in your sector over the last 12 years?
ownership value while backing the Please describe the products and
next generation of entrepreneurs.
Over the years, we’ve seen a
services offered by Signa Group.
Signa Artisans delivers accredited,
definite shift from transformation
world-class training that opens doors
as a tick-box exercise to something
At Signa Group, we work closely
for young South Africans. B1Group’s
more meaningful and value-driven.
with businesses to navigate the real-
digital platform helps businesses
Clients increasingly want to align
world challenges of transformation.
manage supplier compliance and
their empowerment efforts with
Our services include B-BBEE
unlock growth opportunities for
broader business goals, but that’s
advisory, skills development, artisan
emerging enterprises. And through
not always easy in a challenging
training, youth employment, supply
Riot Network, we’ve helped over
economic climate with evolving
chain optimisation, private equity
5,000 people in rural communities
regulations. What we’ve learned
investment, health and safety and
gain access to affordable internet.
is that combining strong technical
digital inclusion, all designed to
Every programme we lead is shaped
know-how with empathy and
support inclusive growth and deliver
by a simple goal: to empower
purpose creates space for
results that matter.
people and to support our clients in
transformation that is both
building future-ready, purpose-driven
achievable and sustainable.
businesses.
That continues to motivate us.
How does the Group “Prepare Africa for a Working Future”?
How do you ensure diversity, equity By helping grow black-owned
and inclusion are embedded in the
SMEs, building real-world job skills,
Group’s praxis?
and improving access to digital infrastructure, we’re contributing
For us, these are not abstract ideals,
to more inclusive economic
they’re reflected in how we operate.
Contact Details
participation. With over 12,705
Being 100% Black-owned, with 74%
learners accredited, more than
Black-women ownership and 30%
134,940 employees upskilled,
youth ownership, we understand the
and R250 million invested in black-
importance of broad participation in
owned businesses, these aren’t
transformation. We’ve built a team
Tel: +27 (0) 87 230 0329 Email: info@signa.co.za Address: 1st Floor, 268 Kent Avenue, Ferndale, Randburg, 2194 Website: www.signa.co.za
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