OpenNational Empowerment Fund (NEF)

uMnotho Fund

Ref: GRT-9B6AYWTU

Funding Available

R2 million to R50 million

Location

South Africa Wide

Industry

All Sectors

Deadline

Not specified

Type

Finance & Investment

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About This Grant

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.

What Can It Fund?

  • acquisition
  • project finance
  • expansion
  • capital markets
  • liquidity and warehousing

Eligible Costs

  • -acquisition costs
  • -project costs
  • -expansion costs
  • -capital markets costs
  • -liquidity and warehousing costs

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Grant Source

National Empowerment Fund (NEF)

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Last verified: 2026/02/12

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