Mr Qhena noted that, in the short term, there need to be continued funding to companies in distress, and R6.1 billion have been committed. In both short and medium terms, the IDC will seek to ensure that its development and funding projects are aligned to that of the Industrial Policy Action Plan II (IPAP II). Another area of focus is to capacitate other DFIs since some of the financing functions are better performed by other institutions like Khula -whose focus is more on small and medium enterprises. The building of capacity in DFIs in the rest of Africa will be beneficial as it would facilitate collaboration with them.