The Agro-Processing Support Scheme (APSS) is a South African government incentive from the dtic offering a 20–30% cost-sharing grant of up to R20 million (plus a possible 10% top-up) to South African-registered agro-processing and beneficiation businesses investing in new or expanded capacity, modern equipment, and competitiveness improvements. Open on a rolling basis to B-BBEE level 1–4 entities in six focus sub-sectors — including food and beverages, furniture, fibre, feed, fertilizer and essential oils — it aims to boost capacity, employment, productivity and broad-based participation in the agro-processing sector.
Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis against the criteria below. SAIGE captures your intent to apply — linking this opportunity to your business profile — before handing you off to Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic)’s official application. This keeps your activity in one place and helps us surface better matches over time.
