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Partnership

Start with a conversation, not a commitment.

Tell us what you want to change and what you can bring. The first conversation is about whether Ubuntu Gale is genuinely the right route for it — and sometimes the honest answer is that it is not.

What happens next

Six steps, and you can stop at any of them.

  1. 01
    Conversation

    What you want to change, what you can contribute, and whether Ubuntu Gale is genuinely the right route for it. Sometimes the honest answer is that someone else is a better fit.

  2. 02
    Scoping

    The specific contribution, the programme or cohort it attaches to, the reporting you need and the timeline. Written down before anything is agreed.

  3. 03
    Due diligence

    Mission alignment, legal identity, beneficial ownership, conflicts and dependency risk — on both sides.

  4. 04
    Agreement

    Terms, restrictions, recognition and reporting cadence. Restricted funding is tracked separately from the point it arrives.

  5. 05
    Delivery and reporting

    The work happens. You receive reporting on the agreed cadence, and the evidence pack at the end of the cycle.

  6. 06
    Publication

    Your profile appears here once the partnership is active and you have approved the wording. Nothing is published before both are true.

Before you write

What you are agreeing to.

These conditions apply to every partnership regardless of size. If any of them is a problem, it is better to know now.

Partnership is not a logo exchange

A logo placement or an equipment donation alone is not an implementation partnership, and we will not describe it as one. What appears on this page reflects work that is actually happening.

Due diligence runs both ways

We check mission alignment, legal identity, beneficial ownership and the risk of dependency or undue influence. You should check us just as carefully — our registration documents are published.

No partner sets programme content

Funding a cohort does not buy influence over curriculum, participant selection or what the evidence says. Where a partner's product is used, that is disclosed and it is never presented as an endorsement.

Participants are not a marketing asset

No partner receives participant contact details, and no participant appears in partner material without their own separate consent. Case studies are agreed with the person in them.

We report what happened, including when it did not work

Reporting follows the published evidence ladder. A partner who funds a cohort that underperforms will be told that plainly, because the alternative makes every other report worthless.

Independence is a condition, not a courtesy

We will decline or end a partnership that would compromise our independence, create undue dependency on a single supporter, or require us to claim something we cannot evidence.

Get in touch

Tell us about your organisation.

Choose the role that best describes you. Each route asks only for what that conversation actually needs.

Step 1Which best describes you?

We ask so that we only request the information your route actually needs.

Step 2

Delivery partner enquiry

An expression of interest is not an agreement or endorsement. Do not send confidential pricing, credentials, client data or identity documents through this form.

Partnership interest *

Where you would want the contribution to apply.

Describe it in operational terms — the resource, capacity and conditions.

Step 3Privacy and consent

We ask for contact details so we can reply, and for context so we can assess fit fairly. We do not ask for identity numbers, bank details, health information or passwords. Read the privacy notice. Raise a privacy or data concern through the data-protection route, or a safeguarding concern through the safeguarding route.

These are optional and separate. Leave them unticked if you prefer.

Fields marked * are required. You will get a reference number on the next screen.

Funding a cohort as a company?

The corporate route covers contribution structures, recognition and how South African tax and B-BBEE treatment actually works — including what Ubuntu Gale is not yet eligible for.

Corporate funding