VISA
Grant
Visa Shes Next South Africa
Women who own at least 51 percent of a South African business turning over R2 million to R25 million can compete for grants of R100,000 to R450,000 plus Absa-ba...
Funding in Free State
Funding opportunities for SMEs in the Free State. Includes national programmes available across South Africa.
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Grant
NAC Annual Project Funding
The National Arts Council funds arts projects by individual practitioners and registered arts organisations in craft, dance, literature, music, theatre, visual ...
DSBD
Loan + Grant Blend
Spaza Shop Support Fund
If you own and run a spaza shop in a township or rural area and are a South African citizen, you can get a stock grant plus blended grant and interest-free-loan...
NYDA
Grant
NYDA Grant Programme
Grants up to R200,000 (R250,000 for cooperatives and agriculture or technology projects) for young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 with 100 percent youth-owned busines...
SEDFA
Loan
SEFA Microfinance Intermediary Lending
Funding through registered microfinance institutions for very small businesses and survivalist enterprises. Loans from R500 to R50,000.
SARS
Rebate/Incentive
Employment Tax Incentive (ETI)
Cut your monthly PAYE bill by hiring young workers aged 18 to 29 who earn less than R7,500 a month. You can claim up to R1,500 per month per qualifying employee...
NYDA
Grant
NYDA Voucher Programme
The NYDA Voucher Programme gives 100 percent youth-owned businesses (all members aged 18-35, SA citizens or permanent residents) vouchers worth R6,600 to R19,80...
DSBD
Grant
Informal and Micro Enterprise Development Programme
A 100 percent grant (nothing to repay) of R500 up to R15,000 from the Department of Small Business Development for informal traders and micro businesses - spaza...
ESKOM
Rebate/Incentive
Eskom SSEG Registration Fee Waiver (Rooftop Solar)
Eskom waives all registration and connection fees for residential customers who register rooftop solar (SSEG) systems up to 50 kVA - a saving of about R9,132, i...
WOOLW_ESD
ESD Grant
Woolworths Enterprise Development
Entry is only open to businesses that already supply Woolworths. This is enterprise and supplier development for existing Woolworths suppliers, not a front door...
DALRRD
Grant
Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)
Grants for emerging farmers - get help with infrastructure, equipment, training, and mentorship to become productive.
EDGEG
Loan
ASISA ESD Fund (managed by Edge Growth)
If your business is at least 51 percent black-owned, already earning revenue, and can scale and create jobs, you can apply once to Edge Growth and be considered...
PNP_ESD
Incubation Programme
Pick n Pay Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme
Support for small suppliers who want to become retail-ready and sell to Pick n Pay: mentorship, training, business development and market access for selected su...
DTIC
Grant
Global Business Services (GBS) Incentive
Cash grant for companies creating South African jobs that serve offshore (international) clients in call-centre, BPO and IT-enabled services - the successor to ...
NDA
Grant
NDA Civil Society Organisation Grant Funding
The National Development Agency funds registered non-profit civil society organisations - NGOs, CBOs and co-operatives doing community development work on pover...
LANDBANK
Loan + Grant Blend
Land Bank Blended Finance Scheme (BFS)
The Land Bank flagship development product is the Blended Finance Scheme, run with the Department of Agriculture: qualifying black producers get a conditional g...
VODA_ESD
ESD Grant
Vodacom Supplier Development
Supplier development for 51 percent+ black-owned ICT and telecom businesses in the Vodacom supply chain, delivered through The Innovator Trust: incubation, trai...
4DI
Equity Investment
4Di Capital Early Stage
4Di Capital is a Cape Town venture capital firm that takes equity stakes in early-stage African tech startups - B2B SaaS, fintech, healthtech, agtech and simila...
FNB
Loan
FNB Business Loan
Business loans from R2,000 with terms from 3 months to 5 years. Loans under R400,000 need no collateral or supporting documents for qualifying FNB business cust...
SBSA
Loan
Standard Bank Vehicle and Asset Finance
Standard Bank finances commercial vehicles, capital equipment and machinery for businesses, with negotiable deposits, balloon payments and repayments structured...
DTIC
Rebate/Incentive
Export Marketing and Investment Assistance
EMIA is a live dtic scheme that partially reimburses exporters for specific costs of developing export markets: return economy airfare, a daily subsistence allo...
AGRISETA
Grant
AgriSETA Agricultural Bursary
Bursaries for agriculture studies at university or college, full or part time. Applications open 1 August to 15 September each year, on the AgriSETA website or ...
SEDFA
Grant
SEDFA Technology Transfer Assistance Programme
Technology transfer support for small enterprises: a grant toward equipment, machinery and associated working capital, capped at 10 percent of the total capital...
NEF
Equity Investment
NEF Strategic Projects Fund
The NEF Strategic Projects Fund provides venture capital finance to develop new strategic industrial capacity in government-priority sectors - manufacturing, re...
Funding in Free State
Provincial and National Programmes
Businesses in Free State can access both provincial funding from local development agencies and national programmes from SEFA, NEF, IDC, and NYDA available throughout South Africa.
Local Development Agencies
Free State has dedicated development agencies that offer grants, mentorship, and business support tailored to local economic priorities and community needs.
How to Apply
Start by checking programme eligibility requirements. Prepare your CIPC registration, tax clearance, and business plan. Use our readiness checker to identify gaps before applying.