Our mission

Our mission is to provide access to finance in an efficient and sustainable manner to SMMEs and cooperatives throughout South Africa by:

• Providing loans and credit facilities to SMMEs and cooperatives

• Providing credit guarantees to SMMEs and co-operatives

• Supporting the institutional strengthening of financial intermediaries so that they can be effective in assisting SMMEs and cooperatives

• Creating strategic partnerships with a range of institutions for sustainable SMME and cooperative development and support

• Developing (through partnerships) innovative finance products, tools and channels to speed up increased market participation in the provision of affordable finance

• Monitoring the effectiveness and impact of our financing, credit guarantee and capacity development