Funding for black empowered companies by the IDC amounted to R40 billion in the past five years and this has promoted the entry of many black South Africans into the economy as shareholders. Over the past five years we have been refocusing investment to support black industrialists namely; black South Africans who either own or control their own companies, not a model of 5% or 10% in another company. This is a significant shift to move away from a passive shareholding model to an active entrepreneurial and industrial model.