Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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PROFILE<br />
The list of sectors include:<br />
• Information and Communications Technology<br />
(ICT)<br />
• Pharmaceutical<br />
• Real Estate<br />
• Manufacturing (automotive etc.)<br />
• Tourism<br />
• Construction<br />
• Mineral benefication<br />
• Agro-processing<br />
The GGDA’s main function is to grow the economy<br />
by positioning <strong>Gauteng</strong> as a globally competitive<br />
city. Key to this is support growth of the cooperative<br />
economy, facilitation of trade and investment and<br />
increased strategic economic infrastructure.<br />
Vision<br />
The GGDA’s vision is to be the premier catalyst<br />
of innovative and sustainable growth and socioeconomic<br />
development within the southern African<br />
region. Its mission is to create an enabling environment<br />
for growth-targeted investment facilitation,<br />
strategic infrastructure development and social<br />
transformation, thus positioning <strong>Gauteng</strong> as a leading<br />
Global City Region.<br />
GGDA’s Functions<br />
In keeping with its mission statement, the GGDA was<br />
formed to provide the following key services to its<br />
diverse client base:<br />
• Facilitating the development and enhancement<br />
of strategic economic infrastructure within the<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> province. A number of major industrial<br />
development and infrastructure investment initiatives<br />
are currently underway in <strong>Gauteng</strong>, with<br />
several projects managed by the GGDA.<br />
Automotive Industry Development<br />
Centre (AIDC) – 2nd Automotive<br />
Incubation Centre at Nissan SA<br />
The project seeks to achieve the design and<br />
construction of a facility to be<br />
located between the vehicle<br />
assembly areas to accommodate<br />
between 10 to 12<br />
incubatees at a time.<br />
The size of the facility would<br />
be in the region of 10 000<br />
square metres.<br />
Automotive Supplier<br />
Park (ASP)<br />
The project involves the<br />
development of mini factories to<br />
accommodate tenants that may<br />
not require huge manufacturing<br />
space for their operation.<br />
The overall objective of the<br />
Park is to deliver mini factory<br />
spaces that will accommodate<br />
small to medium suppliers to<br />
the auto sector.<br />
• 8 000m 2 for SME Factories design and<br />
construction<br />
• 300m 2 Office Space to accommodate<br />
Central Administration<br />
Bio Park Facility<br />
The focus of the project is to construct the Biotech<br />
Park building on Land Parcel 12 starting with bulk<br />
underground services to top structure in line with<br />
the requirements of its tenants.<br />
11 GAUTENG BUSINESS <strong>2016</strong>
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