KwaZulu-Natal Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016-17 edition of KwaZulu-Natal Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The province is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition of the magazine (15 000 copies), the full content can also be viewed online at www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za. Updated information on KwaZulu-Natal is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our other business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, complemented by our flagship publication, South African Business.
The 2016-17 edition of KwaZulu-Natal Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.
The province is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition of the magazine (15 000 copies), the full content can also be viewed online at www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za.
Updated information on KwaZulu-Natal is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our other business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, complemented by our flagship publication, South African Business.
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FOCUS<br />
Major events promoting<br />
<strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> as a trade<br />
and investment destination<br />
east3ROUTE<br />
The east3ROUTE started five years ago and included<br />
KZN, Mozambique and Swaziland. The initiative facilitates<br />
cross-border tourism for economic development<br />
and job creation.<br />
The member countries are united by regional<br />
geographic proximity as well as their respective<br />
developmental agendas. East3ROUTE is not just<br />
about trade and tourism. It is about creating trade<br />
corridors and commercial platforms that require<br />
infrastructure, and it is about these platforms and<br />
infrastructure requiring the employment of our<br />
people. Ultimately this manifests in job creation,<br />
economic development, the reduction of budget<br />
deficits, improving the quality of spending, reducing<br />
economic constraints and improved support for<br />
KZN Export Week<br />
The KZN Export week is an annual flagship event<br />
hosted by Trade & Investment <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> that<br />
was developed to recognise, promote and assist with<br />
growing <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong>’s export businesses and industries.<br />
Through the comprehensive programme of<br />
activities, it provides professional development and<br />
information on growth sectors and market opportunities<br />
to <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong>’s new and existing exporters<br />
and internationally focused businesses.<br />
The essence of this week is to establish an understanding<br />
and awareness of exporting and its importance<br />
in the economy. The motive behind Export<br />
Week is to encourage more companies, especially<br />
small companies, to export more and diminish the<br />
trade deficit. Exporting creates many opportunities<br />
for the company and the economy. Other benefits<br />
include: the advantages of a larger market with greater<br />
economies of scale it provides an opportunity to grow<br />
programmes that benefit society.<br />
For the first time, the<br />
east3ROUTE investment seminar<br />
was staged as a standalone event<br />
in the Mahé Island, Seychelles, on<br />
the 31 July 2015. The role of the<br />
east3ROUTE Investment Seminar<br />
is to provide a platform for engagement<br />
on tourism and related economic activities<br />
in this region. Key to this is creating a dialogue<br />
between economic role-players in the public and<br />
private sectors, thus enabling debate on the key issues<br />
facing development in the cross-border regions.<br />
Tourism and trade have been identified as the central<br />
aspects of this debate with related sectors such as<br />
infrastructure development, services, retail and entertainment<br />
providing important contributions.<br />
and sustain business operations; it<br />
enables the Province of <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<br />
<strong>Natal</strong> to attract investments and<br />
new business, thereby creating<br />
employment opportunities.<br />
Some of the topics covered in<br />
the 2015 Export Week programme were:<br />
• Trade agreements and their impact on Africa.<br />
• Emerging African export markets.<br />
• Blue economy relevant to a KZN trade perspective.<br />
• Export climate statistics<br />
Keynote speakers are invited to the summit to<br />
impart their expertise; these include representatives<br />
from Trade and Economic Councils, Consul Generals<br />
and country representatives, both private and public,<br />
captains of industry and industry associates.<br />
Export Week highlights the significance of exporting<br />
to the <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> economy and aims at recognising<br />
the success of <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> exporters. Export<br />
Week will be held in October <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
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