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INVEST DURBAN

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FIRST STOP SHOP
The thrust of Durban’s proposition to attract investors
Invest Durban was recommended by the Durban City can be put into three broad categories:
Council and organised private business as the First
Stop Shop to stimulate new investment in the Durban 1. Premium Destination; a business and lifestyle
metropolis. We act as a partnership between the environment most conducive to profitable,
Metro City Council and the private business sector, sustainable, with ample land available
offering a free investor advisory service, plus key 2. Catalytic Projects, which have the potential to
promotion, facilitation, and aftercare services between shift the socio-economic landscape and trigger a
all investment stakeholders. series of investments across several sectors
3. Priority Sectors, which receive the focus of
Invest Durban delivers a world-class Metro based planners in a variety of ways, including the
investor support service, encompassing our four part creation of clusters and the development of value
business mandate, namely investment promotion and chains to promote new ventures and investment
marketing; foreign investment identification, attraction
and facilitation; FDI aftercare and expansion, plus opportunities
investment advocacy. Catalytic Projects
Invest Durban works together with organisations such Durban is working on a number of large-scale projects
as the Department of Trade & Industry including Invest that have the potential to make a regional impact.
SA, Trade and Investment KZN (TIKZN), the Durban The location of these projects is vital. They must
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the KZN Growth either be on national trade routes or they should
Coalition, and State-Owned Enterprises such as Dube help to break down the old apartheid living/working
TradePort, the DBSA, IDC, Eskom, ACSA and others. dynamics. Projects are selected for their scale in

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