About Nakede

A black owned and managed multi-disciplinary consulting firm, founded on an ethos of high quality service — and built to leave every client stronger.

Who We Are

Built to prove a point

Nakede Management Services was founded on a simple conviction: that South African organisations deserve world-class advisory capability delivered with genuine understanding of their context — and that a black owned and managed firm can set the standard for both.

Today we are a multi-disciplinary consulting firm serving the private and public sector, parastatals and NGOs across seven provinces. Our work spans consulting, risk management, compliance and business advisory — but every engagement is anchored in the same ethos of high quality service on which the firm was founded.

We are deliberately senior-led. The specialists who scope your engagement are the specialists who deliver it, bringing experience from government departments, municipalities, public entities and private sector clients — and a commitment to leave capability behind, not dependency.

100%
Black owned and managed
17
Specialist service lines across four capability areas
7
Provinces served across South Africa
What Sets Us Apart

The Nakede difference

Senior attention, always

No leverage pyramids. The experienced professionals you meet at proposal stage are the ones who do the work — rapidly assessing issues, providing keen insight and determining pragmatic solutions.

Government depth, private sector discipline

We speak PFMA, MFMA, mSCOA and the Auditor-General's language fluently — and we bring the commercial rigour of private sector practice to every public institution we serve.

Transformation with substance

As a 100% black owned and managed firm, transformation is not a scorecard exercise for us — it is who we are, extended through our bursaries, supplier development and pro bono work.

Capability transfer built in

We measure success by what remains after we leave: stronger controls, better systems and people equipped to run them. Skills transfer is a deliverable, not a promise.

One firm, seventeen disciplines

Complex problems rarely respect service-line boundaries. We assemble assurance, digital, engineering, SCM and finance specialists into one team with one point of accountability.

Transparent commercial models

Fixed fee, hourly or retainer — agreed up-front and matched to your scope. No surprises, and we continuously challenge how we work to be more efficient for you.

How We Work

Our engagement approach

01

Understand

Every engagement starts with your context — your mandate, your pressures, your culture. We listen before we advise, and we scope with your objectives, not our service lines, as the starting point.

02

Assemble

We build the right team from across our four capability areas — senior specialists with directly relevant experience, under a single engagement leader accountable to you.

03

Deliver

We work hands-on, at your side, with disciplined project management and honest progress reporting. When issues arise, you hear them from us first — with options, not just problems.

04

Transfer

Before we close out, we make sure your people can sustain what we built together — documented, trained and embedded. Then we stay available, because partnerships outlast projects.

Our Foundations

Mission, values and strategy

Our Mission

To provide quality service to clients in an integrated and client focused way.

Our Objective

To effectively add value to our client’s business by delivering excellent and timely professional service.

Our Values

  • Adhering to the highest professional standards, including objectivity, integrity and confidentiality
  • Focusing on building lasting and valuable relationships with our clients

Our Service Strategy

We will, in conjunction with our clients, endeavour to find the best possible means to achieve the stated objective for each engagement.

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Our Team

Outstanding individuals with technical competence, knowledge and dedication.

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Corporate Responsibility

Bursaries, arts and culture, pro bono services and community support.

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Our Services

Seventeen specialist service lines across four capability areas.

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