Development Finance: Selected web sites

The principal mission of the Office is to promote and support an integrated, cross-cutting and holistic nature of the FfD follow-up process.

The principal mission of the Office is to promote and support an integrated, cross-cutting and holistic nature of the FfD follow-up process.

Established in 1940, we are a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth and industrial development. We are owned by the South African government under the supervision of the Economic Development Department.

The Institute is a global body set up to establish a unique platform for professional membership of development finance specialists. It works with academic institutions, development finance intuitions and development finance support agencies in government, the private sector and NGOs to promote development finance capacity in research, training and relevant professional capacity building. CIDEF has networks and other support institutions throughout the world and is the only institution which offers professional memberships and certifications in development finance.

Over the past 14 years, the SA Institute for Entrepreneurship's team has developed innovative entrepreneurship and business training materials which are now used in more than 75 countries and in 17 different languages

South African entrepreneur, Mark Shuttleworth, established the Shuttleworth Foundation in October 2000 with the belief that education is the key to unlocking the creative and intellectual potential of the South African youth, allowing them to live the dream that “anything is possible”.

This site strives to be the ultimate resource for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs

The prestigious annual award is presented by Business Partners Ltd, South Africa’s leading investment group for small and medium enterprises, in recognition of outstanding achievement in entrepreneurial enterprise

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) is the Department of Trade and Industry's agency for supporting small business in South Africa

Powered by SME Insight, SME Survey is a research and marketing initiative that explores, among other topics, the role played by Black Economic Empowerment, the importance of access to expertise, finances and resources, and the role played by information technology such as the Internet, networking and business software in the competitiveness of small, medium and micro enterprises

The Center motivates people to practice ethical leadership, inspires institutions to create cultures of integrity and gathers the community to animate cultural change, all for the common good