Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Our Vision

To make the province of KwaZulu-Natal the premier investment destination and the leader in international trade.

Our Mission

• Develop export trade and investment opportunities.
• Provide professional and comprehensive services to investors, exporters and traders
• Support and facilitate export development and export trade
• Brand and market investment opportunities
• Link investment opportunities to the development needs of KwaZulu-Natal

Services

In actively promoting business investment in KwaZulu-Natal, Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal provides a range of services, which include:

Project Appraisal

• Scientifically analysing prospective project viability in financial, cost benefit, social and environmental terms.

Site Identification and Evaluation

• Undertaking the co-ordination, preplanning and evaluation of sites and post site visits.

Sector Economic Data Provisioning

• Providing and disseminating market intelligence as regards economic, sectoral and desktop data.

Backward and Forward Linkages

• Facilitating secondary and downstream opportunities for Black Economic Empowerment and small and medium enterprises.

Business Permits (under the auspices of the Department of Trade and Industry)

• Assisting in the submission of recommendations to the Department of Home Affairs as regards business permit provision.

Agreement Brokering

• Ensuring the satisfactory and successful conclusion of necessary agreements by relevant parties and stakeholders.

Joint Venture Facilitation

• Sourcing of joint venture partners, domestic and foreign, for both KwaZulu- Natal and international companies.

Capital-Raising

• Facilitating the development of capitalraising opportunities on behalf of project promoters.

General Business Advice

• Providing wide-ranging investment advice regarding locations, business conditions, regulations, labour practices and business services.

After-Care Services

• Facilitating local and foreign business retention, expansion and after-care services.

Incentives

• Marketing of national and local government incentives.

Inward and Outward Investment Promotion Missions

• Hosting and co-ordinating inbound foreign and local business delegations and undertaking outbound missions promoting KwaZulu-Natal as a premier investment destination.

Project Profiling

• Profiling local project-based investment opportunities through local and international exhibitions, seminars and conferences.