This is a welcome boost for Cape Town and the Western Cape's economy, with these agreements estimated to create a total of 296 jobs.
These agreements were obtained through 9 outward selling missions, in which 89 Western Cape companies participated, and 5 inward buying missions. The team visited Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, United Kingdom and Japan during this period and several of the outward selling trips aimed to advance the exports of Halal products in line with Wesgro’s export mandate to facilitate exports of goods and services into the market from qualified companies based in the Western Cape
Tim Harris, Wesgro CEO said that “I am very proud of the performance of our Trade team in the second quarter. Generating over R2 billion in export agreements is a great achievement in such challenging economic times and shows that the Cape economy remains strong. There is every reason to be confident. I would also like to thank Premier Helen Zille, Minister Alan Winde, and Executive Mayor Patricia De Lille for their hard work in assisting in landing these export deals."
Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, said, “I’d like congratulate the team at Wesgro for achieving these phenomenal results during a challenging time in our economy. We know that these deals deliver a jobs and growth boost, and in this case, jobs were created for just under 300 people. We’ve also made progress in our Halal investment promotion strategy, and it is encouraging to see local firms in this industry gain access to global markets.”