The work in the middle.
Meko is an Enterprise & Supplier Development facilitation partner. We exist to do the preparation heavy lifting that makes ESD actually work — for the corporates who carry the targets and the suppliers who deserve a fair shot.
ESD is one of the most powerful transformation tools in the B-BBEE framework. It's also where good intentions most often break down — not for lack of will or budget, but for lack of someone to own the preparation between a corporate and its suppliers.
Meko was built to be that someone. We take supplier development off the corporate's desk and turn unprepared-but-capable suppliers into supply-chain-ready businesses. For the corporate, that means targets met and evidence that holds. For the supplier, it means a real route into work that grows them.
We're deliberately positioned as a facilitator — corporate-led, but serving both sides honestly. Our value is the heavy lifting: assessment, preparation, matching and evidence. Done properly, everyone wins, and the framework does what it was designed to do.
How we work.
Real development, not tick-box
We measure ourselves on suppliers who genuinely become ready and corporates whose evidence survives audit — not on spend for its own sake.
Honest with both sides
Corporate-led, but straight with suppliers. We tell businesses the truth about where they stand and what it takes — because that's the only way development sticks.
Evidence and rigour
We work to the Codes of Good Practice and prepare documentation that stands up to a SANAS-accredited verification. Detail is the difference between points earned and points lost.
Outcomes that last
A match that doesn't survive isn't success. We aim for commercial relationships and supplier growth that continue long after the programme year closes.
Let's do the work that makes ESD work.
Corporate or supplier — start the conversation and we'll take it from there.