South Africa's National Development Plan aims to empower citizens and achieve development goals by 2030. To support this, Microsoft has aligned its partnerships, skills, and innovation initiatives to: 1) Develop skills and provide entrepreneurship opportunities for youth; 2) Empower small and medium enterprises to create over 1,800 jobs; and 3) Help government embrace technology to improve services and infrastructure like broadband access for rural communities.

1. Empowering South Africa
Youth Empowerment SMME Development Innovate for Government

2. We have aligned to South Africa’s
National Development Plan 2030 and leveraged our
partnerships, skills and innovation to empower South
Africans to achieve more

4. According to IDC’s Economic Impact of IT, Software and Microsoft in
South Africa report, the IT sector will generate more than 77,200 new
jobs over the next four years.
By developing skills and providing opportunities for young people from
basic education through to starting their own businesses, we create a
bridge to employment and financial independence.
Partners in Learning Student to Business
The App Factory Microsoft Imagine
YouthWorks
Youth Empowerment
MS Virtual Academy

5. The National Development Plan (NDP) outlines that 90% of new jobs will be created
through entrepreneurship and the expansion of companies by 2030.
By empowering SMEs to achieve more, we will create jobs and support local innovation.
SMME Development
R192-million investment, in
partnership with the Jobs
Fund, to develop and grow
600 small ISVs and create
over 1800 jobs
BizSpark: Technology Start-ups
Multi-million Rand
investment to empower 8
small, black-owned ISVs to
become global players
by 2018
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Developed a free business
network to support
thousands of SMEs
Biz4Afrika:SME Support Hub
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6. Innovate for Government
Technology is key to empowering our country to build a state that has the capability to
play a developmental and transformative role in the lives of South Africans.
By embracing technology, we empower our leaders to deliver quality services that will
build a more efficient, healthier and safer South Africa.
We assist Cities and
Municipalities to control
costs while scaling up
service delivery and
respond faster to citizen
requests or natural
disasters
CityNext
Improve government
agility, time to market,
security and citizen
engagement through
adoption of Cloud
Computing and Apps
Government Cloud& Apps
Municipal Account
Services
R 9 Water
R 9 Electricity
R 9 Rates
R 9 WiFi & Tablet
R 36.00
Analytics
Collaborate with
Government Security
Cluster to assist in
National Cyber Security
Improve Cyber Security
Donate over
R40M in software
solutions and cloud
services to Non-Profits
Software Access
Invest to enable
sustainable ultra-low cost
broadband for Rural
Communities and
Townships
Unlock Rural Broadband
Partner on the Open
Government Partnership
by supporting the
National Open Data
Portal
In the Cloud
Open Data

7. Employee Volunteering

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