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IDC Industrial and SME Finance

Key Information
Organisation
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
Status
Open
Type
Debt Financing
Amount
ZAR 1,000,000 – 1,000,000,000
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Description

The Industrial Development Corporation provides massive commercial debt to support industrial capacity development across South Africa and the rest of the continent.

Eligibility Criteria

Startups and existing businesses requiring expansion capital in targeted industrial sectors. Must create local jobs and stimulate industrialization.

Focus Sectors

Agro-processing, Mining, Energy, Manufacturing

Startups That Could Apply

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Startup
Yoco South Africa Payments for SA small business
South Africa
Startup
Trella Uber for trucks in MENA
Egypt
Startup
Vezeeta MENA's healthcare platform
Egypt
Startup
Paymob MENA's payment infrastructure
Egypt
Startup
SafeBoda Safer bodas for Kampala
Uganda
Startup
Stitch South Africa Payment infrastructure for Africa
South Africa

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