Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 International development ngos based in South Africa

Name: International development ngos based in South Africa
Creator: RevenueBase
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 132 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 132 international development ngos headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026 and tracks 1,788 professional contacts across them, including 412 with verified work emails. Johannesburg is the largest hub.

This list covers international development ngos headquartered in South Africa, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

132Companies

1,788Contacts tracked

412Verified emails

Explore this list → Free signup · no credit card · 500 free credits

The 25 largest international development ngos based in South Africa

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 132 international development ngos based in South Africa, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to international development ngos: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Forafrika	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	322 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ForAfrika is an African-founded and led organisation, with over 40 years of impact across the continent, and a vision to see Africa thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Lima Rural Development Foundation	Partial evidence	Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	176 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lima Rural Development Foundation promotes dignified, sustainable and transformative community growth across South Africa and worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Living Hope	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	135 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Living Hope is a faith-based non-profit organization whose vision is to reach people for Christ, Bringing Hope and Breaking the Despair of poverty and disease.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Cenfri	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	90 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2008, Cenfri is an independent, not-for-profit development consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Kagiso Trust KT	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	75 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Overcoming poverty through sustainable development programmes in education, institutional capacity building, socioeconomic development & financial sustainability” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Rhiza Babuyile	Indirect evidence	Randburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rhiza Babuyile is a non-profit organisation that focuses on developing historically disadvantaged communities through a holistic approach which includes: health care, education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	Islamic Relief South Africa	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Islamic Relief SA is an independently registered NGO affiliated to Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), one of the world’s largest independent humanitarian organizations, which has a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Mould Empower Serve	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Empowering Change with MES: A Journey of Social Impact!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Masicorp	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Empowering Communities Through Education and Skills Development Masicorp is a nonprofit organization based in Masiphumelele, South Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Humana People To People In South Africa	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HPPSA is a local South African non-profit organization registered in 1995 with the mission of empowering the poor to lift themselves out of poverty and contribute to the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Hand In Hand Southern Africa	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hand in Hand Development was founded in 2008 with a key-strategic focus on poverty alleviation through job creation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Ashraful AID	Partial evidence	Sandton, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ashraful Aid is a non-profit international humanitarian organisation with its Head office based in Marlboro Gardens, Sandton, South Africa and branches in Lenasia, Azaadville…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Action Appointments NGO Recruitment	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Action Appointments provides a specialised recruitment service to uplift and advance NGOs and organisations in the development sector and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	IHPS	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	African Impact Foundation	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “African Impact Foundation equips young people with education and skills to move out of poverty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Iqraa Trust South Africa	Indirect evidence	Durban, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IQRAA Trust was established in 1994 by Albaraka Bank with the intention of creating a non profit organisation that covers the fields of education, health, welfare and social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	Kommunity Foundation	Partial evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a social development organisation driven by our ideal of levelling the playing field and creating an equitable society where all people are empowered to be active citizens…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	The EYE Of Hope Community Development Organisation	Partial evidence	Mamelodi, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Eye of Hope is a community development organization that is registered with the Department of Social Development as NPO.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Feed A Child	Indirect evidence	Pretoria, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Feed a Child’s mission is to eradicate poverty in a sustainable manner and to take God’s hope to the nations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Call 2 Care	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Call 2 Care is a Cape Town-based non-profit driving social impact and change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Learn2live	Indirect evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Learn2Live a non-profit organization based in Cape Town, South Africa, that aims to create a society where children and adults have proper educational opportunities, specifically…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	Cyril Madiba Empowerment Foundation	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We inspire change and enable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Muslim Hands South Africa	Partial evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Muslim Hands South Africa is an international aid agency and NGO established in South Africa in 1996.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Regency Foundation Networx	Strong evidence	Cape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Regency Foundation Networx is a not for profit international development and communications agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Aflame	Indirect evidence	Johannesburg, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aflame is an initiative of Aflam Enterprises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: international development ngos. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names international development ngos.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of international development ngos, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name international development ngos. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

Showing 25 of 132 international development ngos based in South Africa

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 412 reachable decision-makers.

Free signup · no credit card

View the full list →

International development ngos based in South Africa at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

23.0%Verified-email coverage

13.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

28.0%Largest-city concentration · Johannesburg

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for South Africa, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for South Africa, over 132 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among international development ngos, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in South Africa whose own description of what they do matches “international development ngos”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names international development ngos), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among international development ngos, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside South Africa are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 412 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

International development ngos by metro

International development ngos in Johannesburg37

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names international development ngos, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many international development ngos are there based in South Africa?

RevenueBase identified 132 international development ngos headquartered in South Africa as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Forafrika, headquartered in Johannesburg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most international development ngos?

Johannesburg leads with 37 headquartered companies, followed by Cape Town (20) and Pretoria (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 412 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 132 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 132 international development ngos based in South Africa. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Download this list →

Related lists

International development ngos by geography

Browse the directory

About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.