GET INVOLVED: CORPORATES
No compromise between impact and B-BBEE points
Do you want to Convert your ESD spend from a tax to a productive investment?
The Manufacturing Development Fund is an end-to-end Enterprise and Supplier Development facilitator, focused on finding and developing your future, local suppliers. Our methodology is aimed at securing your B-BBEE points whilst also enabling impactful projects and genuine commercial outcomes.
How it Works
Donors
- Grants committed to MDF
- B-BBEE points secured (almost) immediately
- Direct use of funds for your own supply chain
MDF
- Non-profit company established as an ESD facilitator
- Conducts SME screening, due diligence, contracting, & project execution
- Disburses grants
- Ensures effective capital deployment, visibility and SME professionalisation
Beneficiaries
- ≥ 51% Black owned businesses
- Annual turnover R1m – R50m (in RSA)
- Grants deployed towards tried-and-tested ESD projects, including:
- Accelerator: find local suppliers aligned to your sourcing needs
- Scale Up: Upgrade high potential enterprises into high performing suppliers
- Maximise Competitiveness: Develop high performing suppliers into strategic partners
You’re in Good Company
Join a community of leading industrial enterprises who have partnered with the Manufacturing Development Fund to drive the localisation and transformation in South Africa’s industrial sector.
