Partnership Solutions that Create Shared Value

STEPS helps corporates, NPOs, and purpose-driven organisations co-create authentic, purpose-aligned collaborations that uplift women, youth, and entrepreneurs — without tokenistic CSR programs or wasted resources.

We design, facilitate, and manage partnerships that empower brands and communities to grow together.

Too often, social impact efforts fall short — they appear meaningful but fail to create lasting change. STEPS helps organisations overcome this by building partnerships that connect strategic goals to real community needs, ensuring that every initiative delivers tangible, measurable results.

STEPS was founded by Anthea Jacobs, a dynamic strategic consultant, community builder, and partnership specialist with over 30 years of experience connecting vision to value.

Her mission is to bridge the gap between corporate strategy and grassroots reality — unlocking synergy between brands and communities that creates lasting transformation.

The STEPS approach follows a clear three-step process:

Discover Alignment – Identify where your brand’s goals meet genuine community needs.

Design Strategic Partnerships – Co-create tailored initiatives with measurable KPIs.

Deliver and Measure Impact – Activate, manage, and track results for long-term value.

STEPS replaces one-off donations and disjointed CSR projects with partnerships that:

Align strategy with grassroots reality.

Produce measurable social and economic outcomes.

Strengthen brand reputation through authentic impact.

Create trust between corporates, NPOs, and communities.

We’re not just consultants — we’re partnership catalysts.

STEPS uses three proprietary frameworks to ensure success:

Strategic Bridge-Building™ – Aligning goals between corporates, NPOs, and communities for mutual value creation.

Impact Alignment Framework™ – Ensuring every initiative delivers measurable ROI, both social and economic.

Catalyst Facilitation Model™ – Turning strategy into seamless, on-the-ground execution.

STEPS provides four main services:

Partnership Strategy & Facilitation – Co-create partnership strategies that deliver business and social ROI.

Community Engagement & Activation – Move initiatives from strategy to real-world impact.

Women Empowerment & Youth Development – Build capacity, confidence, and opportunity.

Advisory & Measurement Support – Define, track, and communicate impact with clarity and credibility.

STEPS partnerships create measurable social and economic outcomes, strengthen reputation and trust, and build long-term value for both corporates and communities.

Partnership success is predictable, scalable, and sustainable through structured, evidence-based collaboration.

Vision:

To be South Africa’s leading partnership catalyst — the trusted bridge between corporates, NPOs, and communities creating transformative, measurable impact.

Mission:

To cultivate purpose-aligned collaborations that connect brands to communities in ways that inspire action, deliver results, and drive shared value.

STEPS operates on the following core values:

Purpose – We exist to make impact matter.

Integrity – We lead with transparency and accountability.

Empowerment – We create opportunities for women, youth, and entrepreneurs.

Collaboration – We believe progress happens together.

Excellence – We measure success by the quality and sustainability of our outcomes.

You can begin by attending one of our impact events.