Tag: Industrial Development Corporation

SMEs and manufacturers across food, textiles, construction and personal care sectors stand to benefit from the R40bn hemp industry

South Africa’s craft beer industry is growing fast, but it’s challenging for small brewers to succeed. A recent webinar hosted by Proudly South African unpacked the struggles faced by small ...

By Amy Musgrave The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says SMMEs will bear the brunt of climate change and should form part of “sustainable industrialisation” in South Africa. This is to ...

By: Anna Majavu Manufacturing batteries for alternative energy systems and electric vehicles is a high-tech and very costly business to set up, but there are still opportunities for SMMEs to ...

By: Anna Majavu The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is poised to give away R200 million in grant funding for a township, rural and small-town SMMES to purchase alternative energy systems. ...

By: Anna Majavu The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is poised to channel R3 billion in loans to SMMEs, but the money will be paid via private “non-bank intermediaries” (NBIs) who ...

 By Anna Majavu   The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Graça Machel Trust’s Women Creating Wealth  (WCW) programme are set to launch a new mentorship programme for female entrepreneurs ...

By: Anna Majavu Local furniture manufacturers are going through a tough time, but government entities say more technological advancement and innovation in the sector should help small furniture makers make ...

By: Anna Majavu The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) could increase its loans to small businesses from R600-million in 2022 to over R1 billion this year. “We want to push out ...

By: Anna Majavu Some Eastern Cape-based Social Employment Fund (SEF) recipients have used their stipends to set up four vegetable farming co-operatives in five areas near Mount Ayliff and Mount ...