Equipping Christian entrepreneurs to redeem the status quo.

Triga Ventures is a South African Non-Profit organisation that equips and supports Christian entrepreneurs across the continent of Africa to launch and grow redemptive ventures. These can include businesses, nonprofits, and social enterprises that generate economic value while addressing some of Africa’s most challenging problems.

Through our unique ecosystem of programs, mentoring, and community-building, we help Christian entrepreneurs grow their redemptive purpose by aligning their creativity, business skills, and vision with God’s call to redeem the status quo of societal injustice. We work in Africa, primarily in South Africa, and draw on the wisdom of experienced business leaders — our Mentors — who actively invest in and walk alongside our Accelerator Fellows.

The core of each of our programs is the concept of Redemptive Entrepreneurship, which is an integrated approach that sees business as a means of sacrificial love, service, and restoration. We support the building of ventures that reflect God’s Kingdom and bring flourishing to communities across the continent.

The name “Triga” comes from the Greek word for a three-horse chariot, inspired by Judges 1:19. Although God was with Judah, they could not drive the people from the plains because their enemies had iron chariots. In Ancient Near East times, a triga was a chariot used for war, not racing. For Triga Ventures, the three horses represent the Trinity, and the chariot symbolizes ventures — business or nonprofit — entering difficult places with faith and purpose.

Philip Geldenhuys spent many an evening in a dorm room, student house, flat, and later, home with friends like Willem Meyer and Lance van der Spuy, praying to see the societal transformation that they believed God was busy doing in Africa and the part they had to play in it.

In 2017, Philip participated in the U.S.-based Praxis Accelerator and was introduced to the concept of Redemptive Entrepreneurship. Praxis played a fundamental role in Triga’s launch, offering their expertise with the foundational model structures — an open-handed partnership that is a testimony to the values and heart of their organisation. They did, however, stress that the key to Triga’s success would be to adjust their methodology to the South African, and African, context.

Philip Geldenhuys served as the CEO of Triga Ventures from 2017 to 2024, and still serves on the Board, along with Willem Meyer (Triga Board Chairman). Lance van der Spuy resigned from the Board after immigrating to the US with his family in 2023. All three are still friends and continue to pray for Triga.