Project management
that delivers Africa
Proudly African for Africa. Big Five Impact is the programme office of the group — orchestrating multi-pillar delivery across the continent so strategy becomes jobs, meals, markets, and measurable results. We work with the Director General of Health to help drive Group products into South Africa’s Department of Health and health pathways across Africa.
Working with the Director General of Health
Big Five works with the Director General of Health — not as staff of Big Five Impact, but as a strategic institutional relationship — to help drive Group products into South Africa’s Department of Health and counterpart health departments across Africa as programmes mature. Impact coordinates delivery and programme discipline around that channel. Together with the NSNP pathway under Basic Education, this strengthens multi-department credibility in South Africa and supports Group product introduction into public health systems as programmes mature — always with delivery capacity attached.
Framed as a working relationship with the Director General of Health and a Group channel coordinated through Impact — not that the DG is part of Big Five Impact, and not a claim that multi-country Department of Health supply awards are already closed. Request a dated partner brief for diligence.
A prosperous Africa — for everyone on it
Well-being is not a privilege. Families eat with dignity, leaders decide with integrity, and communities build economies they own.
Feed. Educate. Empower.
Cross-pillar PMO empowers delivery — gates, KPIs and field assurance across Feed · Educate · Empower.
Challenge: SOFI shows progress is uneven and Africa remains the epicentre of undernourishment. Partners need programme discipline, not slide-deck claims.
Our response: Design multi-pillar programmes with measurable gates; institutional pathways (including health systems) with honest language on working relationships.
External hunger and nutrition figures are multi-agency UN SOFI / JME estimates — not Big Five audited counts. SOFI 2026 source · Full Group VMV
High-level delivery ambition for daily school nutrition with Big Five Foods fortified porridges and soya minces on the NSNP pathway.
NSNP programme landed — national school nutrition at plan scale
Big Five Foods has landed the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) pathway with South Africa’s Department of Basic Education — planned to feed 2.5 million children per day with fortified porridges, soya minces and one-pot meals. That scale is a high-level delivery plan as the programme ramps, not a claim of current daily operational headcount.
NSNP-approved institutional SKUs — Enriched Porridge 5kg, Beef Soya Mince 5kg and One-Pot Chicken Biryani Mix 5kg — plus household and catering ranges designed for school-day feeding at scale. When children eat well, they can learn. NSNP is one of the country’s flagship interventions for learner wellbeing. Landing this programme builds institutional credibility that should open pathways into other government departments locally and, as proof compounds, into public-sector programmes across Africa — with Group delivery capacity attached.
- NSNP-approved Enriched Porridge 5kg for high-volume school kitchens and feeding schemes
- NSNP-approved Beef Soya Mince 5kg for protein-forward, cost-efficient daily menus
- NSNP-approved One-Pot Chicken Biryani Mix 5kg for complete institutional meal formats
- Shelf-stable 5kg packs that support logistics into schools and institutional stores
- Ordering and verification pathways via SupplierAdvisor® where programme procurement allows
About NSNP: South Africa’s National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), led by the Department of Basic Education, provides one nutritious meal on each school day to learners in quintile 1–3 public schools (and selected special schools), supporting attendance, concentration and food security. Official DBE programme page.
High-level metrics partners can cite
Last updated: July 2026 · Group-reported and pathway ambitions — request a formal brief for partner-grade audit packs. Book a briefing
One PMO. Every pillar. Continental outcomes.
Impact sits across Agri, Foods, Direct, Access, Connect, Leadership, and Foundation — aligning scope, timeline, budget, and verification so governments, DFIs, and corporates get one accountable partner.
Cross-pillar orchestration
We sequence farming, nutrition, logistics, capital access, and leadership under a single programme plan — not siloed initiatives.
Institutional discipline
Gates, risk registers, RAID logs, stakeholder maps, and reporting cadence built for public-sector and DFI standards.
Department of Health channel
Working with the Director General of Health, we help drive Group products into South Africa’s Department of Health and health pathways in other African countries — coordinated through Impact’s PMO.
Continent-aware delivery
Field reality across active markets — South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, DRC, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Germany, and Hungary.
Measurable KPIs
Jobs, meals, hectares, contracts, and community outcomes tracked with evidence — not vanity metrics.
Ethical commerce rails
Where commerce applies, transactions run via SupplierAdvisor® verified profiles with real-time order feedback.
Stakeholder fluency
We translate between traditional authorities, ministries, investors, and operators so programmes actually land.
Delivery you can put in a board pack
How Big Five Impact works
Scope & design
Co-create theory of change, budget, risk, and governance with funders and implementing partners. Align to SDGs and commercial sustainability.
Orchestrate & execute
Run the multi-pillar PMO: agri inputs, food production, last-mile hubs, capital access, leadership training, and foundation programmes — one integrated Gantt.
Institutional health channel
Working with the Director General of Health, help drive Group products into South Africa’s Department of Health and health pathways in other African countries as programmes mature — Impact orchestrates delivery.
Measure & assure
Live reporting, field verification, and where applicable SupplierAdvisor® order rails so every commercial touchpoint is transparent.
Built for institutions that need results
Governments & DFIs
Multi-year programmes with clear milestones, procurement integrity, and continental reach.
Department of Health
Product pathways into SA DoH and African health systems, advanced through our work with the Director General of Health and Impact’s PMO discipline.
Corporates & CSI
End-to-end management of high-visibility impact portfolios with ethical supply chains.
Implementing partners
A professional spine that coordinates field teams without drowning local ownership.
Big Five Group — proudly African strategic overview
A proudly African initiative: hunger, child malnutrition and broader disease-linked vulnerability — with credible UN / WHO sources — and how Big Five Group, African for Africa, feeds, educates and empowers. Share the link or download a print-ready PDF.
Proudly African.
African for Africa.
Infinite African Impact.
One Group · Ten Pillars · A proudly African initiative for the continent we serve.
A shareable strategic briefing for governments, DFIs, corporates and partners — African challenges with credible sources, and how Big Five — proudly African for Africa — delivers.
Proudly African HQ · KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa
bigfivegroup.africa/impact#strategy-deck
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From single-district pilots to multi-country programmes — one accountable partner across the Group.