In September 2021 the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Solidarity Fund’s Humanitarian Crisis Relief Fund (HCRF) launched a financial relief programme to support small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) recover from the devasting effects of riots in KwaZulu Natal…
NEF and Solidarity Fund’s Humanitarian Crisis Relief Fund (HCRF) have launched an initiative to support SMMEs The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) and the Solidarity Fund’s Humanitarian Crisis Relief Fund (HCRF) have been providing financial relief programmes to support small, medium…
NEF 's Post Investment Associate, Ms Siziwe Ngobeni on Ikwekwezi FM
COVID-19 TAXI RELIEF SUPPORT FUND READY FOR DISBURSEMENT In July 2020, Parliament allocated R1,135 billion Taxi Relief Fund as a once-off payment to taxi operators to provide relief for the COVID-19 impact on the sector, as a consequence of…
NEF salutes MP Duma Nkosi, a champion of township and rural development The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) has acknowledged Mr Duma Nkosi, Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, as “a champion of…
Following a competitive selection process from among a range of worthy contenders, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Zama Khanyile as the NEF’s Divisional Executive for Venture Capital & Corporate Finance, the second woman professional to occupy…
The commitment of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) to empowering businesses owned and managed by black women entrepreneurs have been given a major boost following an allocation of R141 million by The dtic, the shareholder ministry of the development financier,…
A bold set of actions to grow industrial output and support greater economic inclusion was announced by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Minister Ebrahim Patel in Parliament, during his Department’s Budget Vote on Tuesday, 18 May 2021. It…
Good morning, Executives and Colleagues, and Season’s Greetings to you all. We meet today in the midst of the world’s darkest hour when humanity is under siege, reeling under the vicious onslaught of an invisible enemy. We meet, once again…
“Among its manifestations the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the strangulation of many businesses, job losses, deepening poverty, and the erosion of the empowerment divided. That is why the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) values the organic collaboration…
