The Export Marketing and Investment Assistance assist businesses in marketing themselves. The Department approved 71% of applications of which 24% of approvals were for Small Medium and Micro Enterprise (SMME). These are primarily from the cultural sector such as arts, music etc. Of these SMMEs, 49 are owned by women and 5 owned by people with disabilities. The Gauteng Province has the highest number of black owned enterprises while the most approved women owned enterprises are based in the Western Cape Province. A total of 226 of the Manufacturing Investments Programmes (MIP) projects have female majority shareholders as of 31 March 2012. A total of R738 million was paid to MIP projects since its inception. These projects supported 38 218 jobs.