ISIVANDE WOMEN'S FUND

The Isivande Women’s Fund is an exclusive women’s fund provided to empower women with existing businesses. With funding, education and training, the fund aims to accelerate women’s economic empowerment with affordable, usable and reliable finance.

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The Isivande Women’s Fund (IWF) is an exclusive fund that aims to accelerate black economic empowerment by providing more affordable, usable and responsive finance than is currently available. It was originally aimed at women only but opened up now for all black persons in South Africa.

The IWF assists with support services to enhance the success of businesses. It pursues deals involving start-up funding, business expansion, business rehabilitation, franchising and bridging finance.

The fund is managed by the IDF on behalf of the DTI through a development fund manager. IDF Managers is an SME financier aimed at supporting the creation of self-sustaining black and owned businesses in South Africa by providing primarily financial and non-financial support to their investee companies.

Funding Criteria:

To qualify for funding, women enterprises have to meet the following criteria:

At least 6 months in operation;
Requires early stage, expansions and growth capital;
50% plus one share owned and managed by a black person;
Have potential for growth and commercial sustainability; and
Improved social impact in the form of job creation.

You are invited to submit your applications if you require funding between the values of R30 000 to R2 million.

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