Eastern Cape Manufacturing Indaba – 20 October 2017

ECIC participated at the Eastern Cape Manufacturing Indaba, Co-hosted by the DTI and the Eastern Cape Development Corporation on the 20 October 2017.

ECIC participated at the Eastern Cape Manufacturing Indaba, Co-hosted by the DTI and the Eastern Cape Development Corporation on the 20 October 2017.  

The provincial Indaba comes after a successful National Manufacturing Indaba which was held at the country’s manufacturing hub, Ekurhuleni in June 2017, which is followed by provincial Indaba’s in key industrial provinces including Eastern Cape, KZN, and the Western Cape.

ECIC Senior Economist, Tsidiso Disenyana, participated in a panel discussion under the discussion topic: “Intra-African regional trade – How can manufacturers sell their products and services to the African market and develop export led growth”.  The Indaba was attended by financiers, investors, government leaders and industrial manufacturing export companies from the Eastern Cape region.

Eastern Cape province hosts three import/export harbours and has excellent road and rail infrastructure, the province has been earmarked as a key area for growth and economic development in modern South Africa. The two-major industrial centers, Port Elizabeth and East London have well-developed economies based on the automotive industry.