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The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a development finance institution wholly owned by the Government of South Africa.The bank intends to "accelerate sustainable socio-economic development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) by driving financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors".
It was established on 1 April 1999 as an autonomous statutory body in accordance with the National Research Foundation Act.Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2021.
In May, 2024, Microsoft AI Startup initiative and the DTIC agreed to a R1.32 billion investment for skills development in emerging technologies among black-owned SMMEs. The investment is intended to prepare South African startups for the "fourth industrial revolution".
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a South African scientific research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its campus in Pretoria. [3] It is Africa's largest research and development organisation and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D ...
President Jacob Zuma announced the formation of the new Small Business Development Ministry on 25 May 2014. [1] Its purpose was to promote and develop small businesses and co-operatives by focusing on both economic incentives and legislation so as to stimulate entrepreneurship in South Africa and transform the lives of economically disadvantaged people.
Development financial institution (DFI), also known as a Development bank, is a financial institution that provides risk capital for economic development projects on a non-commercial basis. DFIs are often established and owned by governments or nonprofit organizations to finance projects that would otherwise not be able to get financing from ...
Categories of Tax within South Africa Type of tax Revenue in Rands 2017/18 Percentage of Total Revenue Income and Profits: R 711.7 bn: 58.5% Payroll and workforce: R 16.0 bn: 1.3% Property: R 16.5 bn: 1.4% Domestic goods and services: R 422.2 bn: 34.7% International trade and transactions: R 49.9 bn: 4.1% Miscellaneous State Revenue (R 0.0024 ...
The launch of a Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) by the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa, to finance high priority cross-border infrastructure projects. Capacity building for continental institutions, working with the African Capacity Building Foundation, the Southern Africa Trust, UNECA, the African Development ...