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South Africa: National Empowerment Fund launches the Economic Distress Fund to support businesses that are under financial distress (COVID-19)

Announcement

19 Feb 2021

In February 2021, National Empowerment Fund launched the Economic Distress Fund to support businesses that are under financial distress due to the adverse effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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1

1 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

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Implementation date

19 Feb 2021

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 19 Feb 2021
State loan In force
On 19 February 2021, the South African National Empowerment Fund (NEF) announced establishing the Economic Distress Fund to provide soft loan to black-owned and managed businesses that are under finan...
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