INVESTORS
Sector Overview
Detailed outlines on which sectors have most potential in each of the nine provinces are available and Investment South Africa has drawn up detailed studies of each of the identified sectors. The following list is far from exhaustive and foreign direct investors are discovering opportunities in many other sectors:
• Electronics
• Mining and Mineral Processing
• Information Technology
• Telecommunications
• Agro-processing
• Textiles and Clothing
• Tourism and Entertainment
• Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
• Automotive sector
• Transport
Modern Infrastructure
The most pleasant surprise which many first-time visitors receive on arrival in South Africa is the excellent physical infrastructure including modern rail, road, air and other transportation services. The harbour and road systems are well maintained and hold immense potential for public-private partnership.
A well developed electricity network, through the power parastatal Eskom, supplies roughly half of Africa's electricity with a generating capacity of 157 million GWh. Its rates are amongst the cheapest in the world and a massive electricity connection programme has met its target of connecting an additional 300,000 new households per year. As a consequence, numerous small industries have emerged and people are being skilled in various business operations. This has unlocked a huge potential market for household appliances and equipment.
The Spatial Development Initiatives (SDI) programme is unlocking the potential of under-developed areas by identifying public-private partnership in bulk and municipal infrastructure projects and over 400 projects in the Provinces. The SDI are designed to optimize comparative and competitive advantage in under-developed areas with existing economic potential.
