NEF Performance Milestones - National Empowerment Fund

Life to Date Performance Milestones (27 January 2025)

1	Approvals	Approved 1 687 transactions worth more than R15.23 billion across the country.
2	Disbursement	Over R10.65 billion has been disbursed to these companies since inception.
3	Collections	Over R5.8 billion has been repaid by investees.
4	Integrity	Secured clean external audit opinions for 20 years running.
5	Supporting jobs	Since inception, the number of job opportunities supported is 130 973 of which 76 362 were new.
6	Industrialisation	24 strategic and industrial projects worth R12.6 billion, with the potential to support over 52 000 jobs. 87% of the transactions are at an advanced development stage Since inception 3 600 job opportunities have been created
7	A culture of savings & investments	In a transaction worth over R1 billion the NEF Asonge Share Scheme made available more than 12 million MTN shares to over 87 000 investors comprising black individuals and groups. 49% of investors were women.
8	Investor education	Reached 9 942 299 people in villages and townships through 811 community seminars on how to save and invest, personal ﬁnancial discipline, shares, dividends, bonds, the property and money markets.
9	Entrepreneurship training / incubation	Business skills training provided over 7 739 potential entrepreneurs who attended 1 216 seminars from 2012 to date.
10	National footprint	Approximately 72% of the number (76% by value) of approved transactions emanated from the regional offices and Pre-Investment Unit.