Key offerings include the Agro-Processing Support Scheme (APSS) – a grant that co-funds investments in new processing facilities or expansions, aiming to boost value addition in agriculture. Additionally, IDC provides financing to agro-processing projects (for example, dairy processing, fruit juice manufacturing, agri-exports) often through its Agri-industries unit or dedicated funds. NEF, in partnership with provincial entities, has an Agro-Processing Fund (e.g. NEF-GDARD fund in Gauteng) offering blended finance to black-owned agro-processors. If you’re involved in aquaculture (fish farming), note the Aquaculture Development and Enhancement Programme (ADEP) incentive, which grants funds to aquaculture projects for both marine and freshwater ventures.
The Foreign Film and Television Production and Post-Production Incentive attracts foreign film and television productions to shoot and conduct post-production in South Africa. The incentive offers a cash grant of 25% of Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE), with an additional 5% for productions using a black-owned service company, up to a cap of R25 million.
The South African Black Filmmakers Incentive is a dtic reimbursable grant programme that supports black-owned South African film and television productions. It offers a grant of 50% of Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE), with a maximum of R25 million per project, to develop black talent and strengthen the competitiveness of the South African film and television industry.
The South African Film and Television Production and Co-Production Incentive (SA Film) is a dtic reimbursable grant programme that supports official South African film and television co-productions. It offers a grant of 35% of Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE), with an additional 5% for productions meeting specific B-BBEE and black procurement thresholds, up to a maximum of R25 million per project.
The South African Film and Television Production Incentive (SA Film) is a reimbursable grant administered by the dtic to support local film and television productions, contributing to employment creation, local procurement, and the development of South Africa’s creative and technical skills base.
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