The funding of these concepts will occur not only by the limited Departmental funds but also through the active harnessing and seeking of external funding be it other government departments, private sector and other international funding opportunities.

The Department will have to create partnerships and in many areas be daring in the pursuit of new ideas and economic opportunities.

The funding is an imperative for the pipeline, the implementation of SMME development and to leverage SMME developmental finance. It will cover all of the key areas of the department.