Madam House Chair, to the Minister, thank you for the reply on the work of the IDC. We can be proud that the public institution does work and it helps to create jobs and economic opportunities for young people and women.
Of course, we would like to see that it achieves even more in future. I would like to ask whether the IDC supports projects infrastructure components or infrastructure investment, and what kind of projects in the Fourth Industrial Revolution sectors it finances.
I raise this because these two sectors are very important as platforms to build our economy. Do we have a message for South African industrialists and investors? Thank you.
Hon Matsimbi, I
think if there is a message for innovators is that the IDC and the South African government stands ready to promote innovation in our economy, and if there is a message to our entrepreneurs is that we need many more