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 />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> Investment<br />
Centre (GIC)<br />
The much anticipated <strong>Gauteng</strong> Investment<br />
Centre (GIC) officially launched last year, with<br />
a single task in mind; making <strong>Gauteng</strong>-based<br />
business for investors easier.<br />
The GIC was set-up to support<br />
the <strong>Gauteng</strong> Provinces’ economic<br />
development initiatives<br />
as a one-stop-shop for foreign<br />
investors and established local<br />
businesses where essential government<br />
information and services<br />
can be accessed from a single<br />
platform. The GIC is considered<br />
the Province’s key differentiator<br />
in offering quicker investor turnaround<br />
times. It affords potential<br />
investors and exporters efficient<br />
services, which expedites investment<br />
in the province.<br />
Main Purpose<br />
The aim of the GIC is to make it easier for investors<br />
to do business in <strong>Gauteng</strong>. The Sandton-based GIC<br />
is set to offer a central business services centre that<br />
will offer domestic and foreign investors access to<br />
all the services they need in a convenient location<br />
and from all the various tiers and agencies of<br />
government. The goal is to make <strong>Gauteng</strong> become<br />
the preferred location for investment by exposing<br />
potential and existing investors and entrepreneurs<br />
to appropriate economic information, technology<br />
for business registration and overall business support<br />
and development services. By simplifying the<br />
investment procedure the cost of doing business<br />
in <strong>Gauteng</strong> will lessen and, as a result, will improve<br />
the overall competitiveness of local industry in the<br />
world market.<br />
The centre would also undertake inward investment<br />
promotion missions, which would include hosting<br />
and coordinating inbound foreign and local business<br />
delegations, as well as undertaking outbound<br />
missions to promote <strong>Gauteng</strong> as a premier investment<br />
destination. The centre, is managed by the<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> Growth and Development Agency (GGDA).<br />
Services<br />
The GIC draws all the relevant organs of state and<br />
state entities/agencies to a single convenient location,<br />
from where it co-ordinates and streamlines<br />
investment intrests to provide prompt, efficient and<br />
transparent services to the investors and exporters<br />
by providing the following:<br />
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