THE FUSE

South Africa’s Youth Month continues to spotlight young entrepreneurs who are reshaping economic participation through practical business activity and job creation. Across the country, youth led enterprises are moving beyond survival models and building structured, scalable ventures that support wider community development. The National Empowerment Fund, known as the National Empowerment Fund, has placed strong emphasis on backing these entrepreneurs as part of its broader development mandate. One of the clearest recent examples of this impact is an agricultural gathering hosted by an NEF funded investee that brought together farmers, institutions and industry leaders. The event showed how youth entrepreneurship can extend beyond individual success and become a driver of sector wide collaboration. It also highlighted how agriculture remains one of the most effective spaces for inclusive economic growth in South Africa.