From backyard broilers to business success: How Standard Bank helped Patricia Beleng scale up

Patricia Beleng started out with just 100 broiler chickens in her mother’s garage. Today, she runs a growing poultry operation supplying hundreds of birds each cycle — a journey shaped by grit, learning and determination. Farmer’s Weekly's senior journalist Lindi Botha visited Beleng at Buhlebenkosi Agri Productions outside Sasolburg, where she reflected on the early decisions that shaped her poultry business and the point at which growth demanded a more formal business approach. This transition was supported through the Standard Bank Kopano Central Business Development Programme. Nokhanyo Ntshingila, senior manager of enterprise and supplier development at Standard Bank, explained how the programme focused on building business skills, record keeping and long-term readiness for funding. Watch the video and read the full article https://bit.ly/4amRdCz to see how a small backyard operation grew into a viable poultry business.