• Development Finance Institution or Donor Agency

National Empowerment Fund

This Fund is designed to improve access to BEE capital and has five products: Acquisition Finance, Project Finance, Expansion Finance, Capital Markets Fund, and Liquidity and Warehousing. These products provide capital to black-owned and managed enterprises, black entrepreneurs who are buying equity shares in established black and white owned enterprises, starting new ventures, expanding existing businesses and BEE businesses that are or wish to be listed on the JSE.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide financial support to intermediaries

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Information and communication technology
    • Manufacturing
    • Housing and community development
    • Logistics & distribution
    • Hospitality / travel / tourism
    • Infrastructure / facilities development
    • Financial services
    • Media & entertainment
    • Transportation
    • Forestry

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Base of the pyramid
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Accessibility
    • Citizen empowerment
    • Rural communities
    • Gender inclusion
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Urban communities
    • Franchising

  • Impact objectives

    • Affordable housing
    • Employment generation
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Equality and empowerment
    • Access to financial services
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