South Africa To Host Fourth Investment Conference

South Africa To Host Fourth Investment Conference South Africa will this year continue with concerted efforts to attract new investments into the country to help revive the economy and boost socio-economic development. One of the major events is the fourth South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) to be hosted in Johannesburg on 24 March 2022, which […]

Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, head of the Investment and Infrastructure Office in the Presidency

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLAN South Africa is on a path to unlock more than R1 trillion in infrastructure investment over the next four years. It is part of our massive infrastructure investment drive to revitalise the economy and create employment. We have made infrastructure the cornerstone of our Economic Recovery and Reconstruction Plan because of its […]

OPENING ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AT THE SECOND SOUTH AFRICA INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

6 NOVEMBER 2019  – SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG Programme Director, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my great privilege to warmly welcome you all to the 2019 South Africa Investment Conference. It is a particular privilege to welcome all our international guests to South Africa, the home of the champions of world rugby. Last year, […]

Defy launch in Durban

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, says that he is thrilled that Defy’s multi-million-rand investment in South Africa will lead to the creation of additional needed job opportunities and further boost the country’s position as an investment ready destination of choice for multinational corporations. Davies said this during the launch of Defy’s […]

SA wins AIM award in Dubai

South Africa has won the Investment Promotion Award at the 2019 Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) held in Dubai. AIM recognised InvestSA for facilitating the most innovative and digitally orientated investment projects for 2018. The 9th Annual Investment Meeting attracted Invest Promotion Agencies from around world, delegates from 140 countries, government officials, practitioners and investors. AIM […]

Partnership agreement with World Bank to drive investment

Johannesburg, South Africa, March 11, 2019 – South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry and the World Bank Group today announced an advisory services partnership aimed at improving the business environment for domestic entrepreneurs and undertaking policy and institutional reform to enhance foreign direct investment inflows. The partnership will focus on three key reform areas: […]

R81million BIS project launch

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Bulelani Magwanishe and the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Mr Sihle Zikalala will launch a multi-million-rand Black Industrialist textile firm, Africa Bespoke Apparel (ABA) on Tuesday, 22 January 2019 in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. ABA is a 100% Black-owned company operating in the textile, clothing […]

Opening Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the South Africa Investment Conference

SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG – 26 OCTOBER 2018 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome you all to this inaugural investment conference. We are pleased and humbled that you have responded to the call by the government and the people of South Africa to participate in this conference and thus be part of […]

Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Economic Stimulus and Recovery Plan

Ministers, Senior Officials, Members of the Media, Fellow South Africans, Ladies and Gentlemen, In the State of the Nation Address in February, we announced a range of measures that we would initiate to set the country on a new path of growth, employment and transformation. Since then, we have taken decisive steps to rebuild investor […]