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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South Africa. But it’s not just about<br />
the government or the embassies;<br />
it’s also about the opportunities<br />
that they set up that links them<br />
to the South African businessmen<br />
and women, and to the economy<br />
of South Africa.<br />
The province is constituted<br />
largely of the City of Joburg,<br />
the City of Tshwane (Pretoria),<br />
Ekurhuleni in the East and Mogale<br />
City in the Westrand. In addition,<br />
Joburg is establishing connections<br />
with other bigger cities outside of<br />
the continent, one such example being our relationship<br />
with New York and the New York City mayor.<br />
WE PARTNER WITH ALL THE<br />
STAKEHOLDERS NECESSARY<br />
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE<br />
GROWTH OF GAUTENG<br />
PROVINCE<br />
How is Standard Bank <strong>Gauteng</strong> helping<br />
clients to do business with the rest of<br />
Africa?<br />
We’ve had a longstanding relationship with the<br />
Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry<br />
and, through our relationship with them, our clients<br />
have got interests in - and a real passion to expand<br />
into - the rest of the continent. We’ve been able to<br />
link our clients with opportunities as well as information<br />
around how they should go about expanding<br />
themselves throughout the continent.<br />
Our strategic partner, the Industrial and<br />
Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Standard<br />
Bank played a major role recently in terms of China<br />
and Africa trade. Our Group Chief Executive, Sim<br />
INTERVIEW<br />
Tshabalala and President Yi Huiman of the ICBC, headed<br />
the ICBC delegation at the Johannesburg Summit<br />
& The 6th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation<br />
(FOCAC) that was held in Johannesburg from the<br />
3 to 5 December 2015.<br />
Both spoke at the ICBC/Standard Bank China-<br />
Africa Investment Financing Cooperation Forum<br />
which took place on the side-lines of the Forum. It<br />
was here that our Group Chief Executive reaffirmed<br />
our bank’s commitment to deepening Sino-Africa<br />
relations through our strategic partnership with<br />
ICBC, which has long identified Africa as an important<br />
growth market.<br />
A definite highlight was the signing of a collaboration<br />
agreement between Standard Bank and ICBC<br />
to raise R10-billion to support South African power<br />
generation in the presence of China’s President Xi<br />
Jinping and South Africa’s President at the FOCAC<br />
Heads of Summit.<br />
CONTACT INFO<br />
Josh Zwane<br />
Cnr Bradford and Smith Street,<br />
Bedford Centre, Bedfordview<br />
Tel: 011 677 0402<br />
Email: Joshua.Zwane@standardbank.co.za<br />
Website: www.standardbank.co.za<br />
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