Vision and Priorities

IDF’s vision is to grow a dynamic SME sector by leading private investment into the SME sector through a proven model that yields long-term sustainability and a commensurate commercial return.

Strategic Priorities

South Africa’s SME sector holds great prospects for the country’s economy. In creating a sector that is well organized, commercially driven, growth focused, and responsive to South Africa’s socio-economic challenges, the SME sector will be a significant, and relevant, player in the mainstream economy.

To achieve its vision, IDF has set itself strategic goals to:

• Invest in, and develop black-owned businesses;
   
• Contribute to the support and growth of businesses owned by youth and women;
   
• Contribute to the development of local economies in rural and peri-urban areas;
   
• Support commercial businesses that yield substantial socio-economic returns;
   
• Create a dynamic SME sector that attracts increased interest and investment from the private sector, by yielding a positive return on its investments;
   
• Develop new products and solutions suited to this new, emerging economy; and
   
• Create new industries that defend and improve South Africa’s competitiveness in Africa, and the rest of the globe.