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INVEST DURBAN

Name of Company: Invest Durban KEY PERSONNEL
Acting Deputy City Manager: Mr. Lihle Phewa
Nature of Business: Investment promotion for eThekwini
Municipality HOD: Russell Curtis
CONTACT DETAILS
Services / Products: “First Stop Shop” to attract, retain,
expand and facilitate foreign direct investment into HEAD OFFICE
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the Durban Metro. We provide marketing support, free Physical Address: 41 Margaret Mncadi Avenue, 11 Floor,
investment advisory services, project management Durban, 4001
assistance, opportunity identification, and regulatory Postal Address: P.O. Box 1203, Durban, 4000
process facilitation to foreign investors, plus local Tel: +27 (0)31 311 4227
empowerment partners. E-mail: invest@durban.gov.za
Website: www.invest.durban
Date Established: 2001 www.durban.gov.za

FIRST STOP SHOP
Invest Durban was recommended by the Durban City
Council and organised private business as the First
Stop Shop to stimulate new investment in the Durban
metropolis. We act as a partnership between the Metro
City Council and the private business sector, offering
a free investor advisory service, plus key promotion,
facilitation, and aftercare services between all
investment stakeholders.
Invest Durban delivers a world-class Metro based
investor support service, encompassing our four part
business mandate, namely investment promotion and
marketing; foreign investment identification, attraction
Nelson Mandela Cruise Terminal Durban and facilitation; FDI aftercare and expansion, plus
investment advocacy.
Invest Durban works together with organisations
such as the Department of Trade & Industry including
Invest SA, Trade and Investment KZN (TIKZN), the
Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the KZN
Growth Coalition, and State-Owned Enterprises such
as Dube TradePort, the DBSA, IDC, Eskom, ACSA and
others.
Categories
The thrust of Durban’s proposition to attract investors
can be put into three broad categories:
ƒ Premium Destination; a business and lifestyle
environment most conducive to profitable,
sustainable, with ample land available
Durban Aerial view with city centre and coastLine Durban Tourism ƒ Catalytic Projects, which have the potential to

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