JPMorgan 開始する,打ち上げるs $20 mln 基金 for South African 黒人/ボイコット-owned 会社/堅いs

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 17 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Tuesday it has 開始する,打ち上げるd a $20 million 基金 for 黒人/ボイコット-owned 企業s in South Africa, a 調印する that 全世界の 投資 banks are still betting on the country にもかかわらず its anemic 経済成長 in 最近の years.

The 基金 was 開始する,打ち上げるd in 共同 with South Africa's Department of 貿易(する), 産業 and 競争 (DTIC), the bank said.

Although the coronavirus pandemic has shrunk the economy of Africa's most 産(工)業化するd nation to its level from a 10年間 ago, 地元の banks, retailers and realty 会社/堅いs see a brighter 未来 because of the country's young 全住民, rising entrepreneurship and strong middle class.

"The South African 私的な 部門 has 広大な/多数の/重要な capacity to multiply 衝撃 through 共同s, as we are 目的(とする)ing to do with the DTIC," Kevin Latter, JPMorgan's 上級の country officer in South Africa, said during a 事実上の 会議/協議会.

The 300 million ランド 基金, which is …を伴ってd by a 認める of 40 million ランド, will be 支出するd as short-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 貸付金s with a duration of about three to four months and long-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 貸付金s with a duration of two to five years, Latter said.

He did not say at what 利益/興味 率 the bank would 申し込む/申し出 the 貸付金s but said they would be "ひどく subsidised and below 商業の 率."

The 基金 could 潜在的に 打ち明ける 2 billion ランド in 資本/首都 over an eight-year period and would create hundreds of 職業s, said Ebrahim Patel, the country's 大臣 of 貿易(する) and 産業. ($1 = 14.9654 ランド) (報告(する)/憶測ing by Promit Mukherjee Editing by Paul Simao)

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