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Dube TradePort and King Shaka International Airport - 60-year Master Plan - driving growth of aerotropolis, or airport city

The city of Durban (eThekwini

Municipality) is South Africa’s second most

important economic region

Extensive first-world road, rail, sea and air

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Invest Durban, previously DIPA (Durban Investment Promotion Authority) was recommended by the Durban City Council and organised private business as the “First Stop Shop” to stimulate economic growth and new investment in the Durban metropolis. We provide investment marketing, free investment advisory services and project management to attract new business and retain existing foreign Investors in the City.

We offers a single window of access to the investor by offering the following FREE Investment Services:

• General Economic information• Research on specific sectors• Introduction to key suppliers, financiers and customers • Retention and expansion services• Opportunity identification and development • Local market analysis• Site evaluation and selection • Business establishment assistance • Investor Aftercare, plus

Destination Services: (Outsourced to Consulting Firm – up to 20 complimentary hours work)

• Pre-Visits• Temporary and permanent accommodation• Immigration Visas• Shipment of household furniture• Orientation Tours • School tours and assistance with registration • Assistance with sourcing accommodation • Co-ordinate of all 3rd Party billings • Monthly management and status report • Continuous Relationship Maintenance• Expatriate Taxation • Departure Co-ordination, plus

Business Establishment and Administration Services:

• Application for Municipal Property Rates Rebate for Flagship Projects• Formal company registration service (outsourced with costs covered)• National Department of Trade and Industry incentives application service• Business Admin Support, incl: Copying and printing services; Continuous or ad hoc and dedicated administrative assistance; Translation services; Business letter writing, data entry, filing and meeting facilitation; Concierge services, including errands, scheduling and reservations; Help with PowerPoint presentations, desktop publishing, audio and video conferencing and database management.

Welcome to Durban!A lifestyle of business and pleasure together

FULL SERVICES SUITE

Samsung

Yangtze Optics Africa Cable

DerivcoIBM

Oracle

CCI

Wow Factor

EVIDENCE OF PLAYERS

Highly skilled work force in this sector; DubeTradePort iConnect provides

a world-class ICT platform (incl. cloud and data centre facilities)

Aspen

HSRCACAPRISA

Africa Centre/K-RithCipla

Wow Factor

EVIDENCE OF PLAYERS

Global company Johannesburg StockExchange (JSE) Limited-listed Aspen

Pharmacare (APN), a leading pharmaceuticalcompany in the southern hemisphere had

originated out of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa.

MSC

Imperial Logistics

Grindrod LogisticsEmirates Freight

DB Schenker Logistics

Wow Factor

EVIDENCE OF PLAYERS

Billions invested in Durban's port,airport and road/rail networks.

Tongaat Hulett

Illovo Sugar

Mondi PaperSAPPI

Wow Factor

EVIDENCE OF PLAYERS

Dube AgriZone is the largest, high-techexport-orientate agri-centre in KwaZulu-Natal.

Toyota South Africa

Volvo TrucksM.A.NBoschBehr

Denso

Wow Factor

EVIDENCE OF PLAYERS

New Automotive Supplier Park to be inDurban South.

Tsogo Sun

Sun InternationalHilton Hotels

Durban International Conference CentreuShaka Marine World

3 Cities

Wow Factor

EVIDENCE OF PLAYERS

Rated by New York Times in 2015 asone of their Top 52 Places to visit, globally.

Invest Durban UniteThekwini Municipality

41 Margaret Mncadi Avenue11th Floor, DurbanSouth Africa, 4001

Tel: +27 31 311 4227Email: invest@durban.gov.za

Website: invest.durban

Durban’s IPA, commonly known to date as DIPA (Durban Investment Promotion Authority), now has the refreshed brand name of “Invest Durban”. 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, aftercare services between all investment stakeholders.

Invest Durban was recommended by the Durban City Council and organised private business as the “First Stop Shop” to stimulate economic growth and new investment in the Durban metropolis.

MAIN PURPOSE

To facilitate sustainable investment in Durban for the benefit of ALL through the:

GEARED FOR GROWTH

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Expansion, retention and aftercare of existing foreign corporate business within the Metro;

• Proactive investment promotion and marketing of Durban Metro as a premium investment destination;

• Proactive connection to, and marketing of the City’s large investment projects, plus core strategies;

• Identification and development of new investment and business infrastructure opportunities for new Investors, whilst connecting-in and empowering the existing local business people;

• Attraction, support and facilitation for prospective new foreign investors into Durban;

• Improvement in the investment and economic development environments, in partnership with the National, Provincial, City and Business Authorities.

Invest Durban works closely with the Department of Trade and 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 Trade Port, the DBSA, IDC, Eskom and others. Key Partners include the largest Banks, Audit and Advisory Firms, plus sector based organised business bodies working in concert to promote investment in Durban.

Invest Durban delivers a world-class Metro based Investor support service, encompassing investment marketing and promotion, plus investment facilitation and retention activities by:

• Following a focussed investor relationship management, marketing and communication strategy, with a healthy focus on broad-based empowerment and local partnerships;

• Making available appropriate and specific city and nationally based economic and sector information, or opportunity studies;

• Facilitating the arrangement of appropriate meetings with, and solutions from the region's businesses and public sectors at all levels;

• Leading site visits to, and site evaluations of industrial and commercial premises, along with introductions to complementary Service Providers, Empowerment Executives, financial organisations, and sector bodies such as SA Property Owners Assn, plus our formalised Industrial Clusters;

• Advising on and accelerating all investment related regulatory processes towards speedy approvals, along with the required bulk infrastructure services connections and support.

“Facilitating sustainable investment in Durban for the benefit of ALL”

DURBAN, OUR AWARD WINNING HOME

• ENVIRONMENT: 2012 Winner “SA’s Greenest City Award”; 2013 and 2014 “Arbor City Award” and 100 Resilient Cities Partner (Rockerfeller Foundation)

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently named Durban the UNESCO City of Literature and is the first African City to receive this prestigious status.

• UNESCO City of Literature: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recently named Durban the UNESCO City of Literature and is the first African City to receive this prestigious status.

• INVESTMENT PROMOTION: R700Bn on Durban Investment’s Dashboard and 2016 winner of “KZN Top Business Portfolio Award” for best Investment Promotion.

• UTILITIES: 2015 African Utility Week Industry Awards: “Municipality of the Year”.

• WATER AND SANITATION: 2014 Winner of Stockholm Industry Water Award: “most progressive water utility in Africa and a forerunner in the world of utility-run service” – Stockholm International Water Institute.

• HOUSING: 2014 and 2015 Winner of “Govan Mbeki Award” for best Housing Delivery – “unparalleled record of housing delivery” – Judging Panel, and 2014 “SALGA Awards” for water quality and best housing delivery.

• ROADS: 2015 CAPSA Conference – eThekwini recognised as the leading road authority in Africa alongside SANRAL and no 1 in terms of internal capacity.

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• “GoBankingRates” 2016 Report ranked SA (and in several categories, Durban) as the cheapest country in the world to live and retire in, out of 112 countries.

• Durban #1 in SA, and whole of Africa for capital investment growth in residential properties, plus in Top 50 Worldwide (@ #26) - 2016 Knight Frank Global Residential Cities Index.

• Durban included in “7 Emerging Luxury Housing Markets To Watch in 2015” by Christies International Real Estate Group.

• SA is in the second quartile out of 189 countries on the 2016 World Bank “Doing Business Report”.

• SA’s in Top 25 Country Index: 2017 AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index.

• King Shaka International Airport ranked by SKYTRAX as the Best Airport Staff in Africa for 2017, and 2nd best airport in Africa by ACI, handling circa 5 million passengers.

• Voted by CNN as one of the world’s “Top 10 most underrated cities”; the Umhlanga Pier as the best globally, and the “Coolest City in SA”.

• Master Card Global Destination City Index predicts Durban to 1 of the fastest growing tourism cities in Africa and could be one of the fastest growing tourism city’s worldwide.

• Durban was ranked as the least congested Metro City in SA, (Tom Tom Traffic Index, 2017) at 22% (compared to SA’s most congested City at 35%).

• Most affordable of all SA Metro Cities to live in – The 2016 “Numbeo” and “Expatistan” Cost of Living Indices.

• SA is #1 on the Top 10 Cheapest Countries for Transport (train, bus, and air) – 2014 GoEuro.com Report.

• TREASURY and FINANCE: One of the best Credit Ratings in SA municipal sector (AA- in long-term with positive watch and A1+ in short-term). “Unqualified” Audit Reports from the A.G.’s Office since 2000.

• New “7 Wonders City of the World” – 2014.

• SA’s “Top performing City for growth in millionaires since 2000” - New World Wealth Report, 2015.

• Rated Number 1 City in Africa for “Quality Of Living” by Mercer Consulting in 2015, ’16 & ‘17.

• Rated by the New York Times as number 7 of their Top 52 Places to Go in 2015.

• National Geographic rated Durban in Top 10 Oceanfront Cities, globally in 2015.

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