EduSaver is South Africa's Fundisa Retail Fund equivalent — a subsidised savings and bursary scheme that helps deserving students from low- and middle-income households reach university and college, while your organisation earns verifiable B-BBEE points.
NPC status · Level 1 (135%) B-BBEE · independent board · audited & verification-ready.
Backed by a subsidised savings mechanism signed off by a leading B-BBEE verification agency
South Africa's brightest students from low- and middle-income households often fall through the cracks — not poor enough for full state funding, not wealthy enough to self-fund. Meanwhile, organisations sit on B-BBEE skills and SED budgets with few credible, verifiable ways to spend them.
Households earning too much for NSFAS but too little to self-fund higher education have almost nowhere to turn.
Financial Sector Code (FSC) Fundisa-equivalent points require a properly structured, verification-ready vehicle — not every scheme qualifies.
Donors want to know their contribution genuinely changed a student's trajectory — not just that a cheque was signed.
Fundisa-style schemes have traditionally funded public institutions only — leaving private higher education out of reach.
EduSaver NPC was founded by the Alternative Prosperity Group and is administered through two of its subsidiaries — Admin4Impact (administration) and SolveSA (capital raising) — with governance overseen by an independent board that includes nominees from South Africa's financial services industry bodies. A formal opinion has been signed off by a leading B-BBEE verification agency confirming EduSaver's compliance with Fundisa-like principles and SED requirements.
EduSaver connects sponsors, savers, education partners and students into a single, monitored flow of funding — from B-BBEE budget to bursary.
Financial Sector donors direct Fundisa-equivalent grants; other sectors contribute via SED. Both earn verifiable B-BBEE recognition.
Sponsor funds top up the monthly or lump-sum contributions of retail and institutional savers, in partnership with licensed FSPs.
Students from households earning under R600,000 per year access funding for private or public higher education — at least 75% to Black beneficiaries, per FSC requirements.
EduSaver's board and operational team track outcomes against a defined Theory of Change, and report back to every donor.
EduSaver is structured, governed and reported on so that your contribution is both B-BBEE compliant and genuinely accountable.
Structured and signed off to satisfy the Financial Sector Code's Fundisa-equivalent requirements for verifiable B-BBEE points.
Sponsor funds top up real investor and saver contributions — building a savings culture alongside the social benefit.
An independent board, including nominees from financial services industry bodies, oversees compliance and fund stewardship.
Every contribution documented and packaged, so your B-BBEE verification and internal ESG reporting stay clean.
Unlike traditional Fundisa funding, EduSaver beneficiaries can study at both private and public higher education institutions.
A defined Theory of Change and bi-annual impact reporting keep every sponsor informed of real, measured outcomes.
Becoming an EduSaver sponsor is designed to be simple — the compliance and impact tracking happen on our side.
We'll confirm how your contribution counts toward your FSC Fundisa-equivalent or SED requirements.
Choose a monthly or lump-sum contribution that fits your organisation's budget and reporting cycle.
Your contribution subsidises savers and flows through to qualifying beneficiaries' education costs.
Receive verification-ready documentation and bi-annual impact reports on the students you've helped.
Different organisations join EduSaver for different reasons — all of them end in a student reaching higher education.
Direct Fundisa-equivalent grants toward the FSC's 0.2%-of-profit allocation and earn verifiable B-BBEE points.
Support EduSaver through SED grants — advancing B-BBEE and ESG objectives while backing employee and community wellness.
Save a fixed amount toward a qualifying beneficiary's higher education, subsidised by EduSaver's sponsor funding.
Partner with EduSaver to unlock committed savings and expand access for underprivileged learners.
Illustrative views of the kind of funding and impact visibility EduSaver gives every sponsor and donor.
*Partial financial years. Figures illustrative of EduSaver's published funding-to-date position and subject to change as the scheme grows.
A diversified funder base — spanning asset managers, insurers and institutional savers — means EduSaver isn't reliant on any single sector, and your contribution sits alongside a broad, credible donor community.
Illustrative of a 2025 EduSaver-supported community learning pilot in the Western Cape, anonymised to respect partner and beneficiary confidentiality. Figures are drawn from EduSaver's own progress reporting.
EduSaver's governance and reporting are built so your contribution stands up to scrutiny — and so you can see exactly what it achieved.
EduSaver holds sensitive information about donors, savers and student beneficiaries. We treat that with the same care we bring to compliance.
Beneficiary and donor data managed in line with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act.
An independent board — including industry-body nominees — governs asset and liability management on donors' behalf.
Finances are prudently managed and independently audited, with a formal compliance opinion on file.
Dedicated administration and capital-raising teams stand behind every rand donated, contribution invested, and report issued.
Request more information to see how EduSaver fits your B-BBEE Skills Development or SED strategy, or let us know you'd like to become a sponsor. We'll start with a short conversation about your goals.