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This year the NEF accompanied or hosted the following delegations at the invitation of the respective stakeholders as an expert-source on the implementation of BB-BEE:
• the Presidential delegation to Qatar,
• the Deputy Presidential delegation to Turkey,
• the dti’s delegation to Switzerland and the UK, and
• the African Investor (AI) Summit delegation to the New York Stock Exchange NYSE.
Two presentations were made to Parliament this year. The Strategic Plan was presented in March 2008 and the Annual Report was presented to the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry in November 2008, as part of the dti joint presentation. Input was made into the dti presentation to the NCOP Select Committee on Economics and Foreign Affairs for January 2009.
Of the 31 presentations and exhibitions prepared during the year, several were made as part of and in support of the dti agency programme.
Over the year under review the NEF further grew in stature as a DFI with a distinct voice and as a source of reference to other DFIs servicing the South African market. This view became progressively more apparent in the references to the NEF in the media. The NEF has in turn been called upon by the dti and the other dominant DFIs to express its view on matters relating to the DFI landscape with special emphasis on the policy supporting its overall mandate, namely BB-BEE.
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Ms Philisiwe Buthelezi 
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