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Wesgro’s Business Growth Services (BGS) team offers a free and confidential facilitation service to companies and organisations looking to grow in a first-class African business destination. We offer a range of post-establishment facilitation services and encourage follow-on investment to achieve greater local economic impact.
Key services that we provide are:
Facilitating access to incentives/grants
Professional referral services
Conducting sector-specific research via our Research Unit
Conducting policy advocacy and reducing red tape through the InvestSA One Stop Shop
Doing site-location visits to assist businesses with identifying and acquiring better operating space
Intergovernmental services
Strategic matchmaking
Why expand in Cape Town and the Western Cape?
Growing economy
The Western Cape has one of the largest economies in Africa. More than 500 000 jobs have been added to the region since 2010. (Source: StatsSA QLFS)
Globally connected
Cape Town International Airport has been voted Africa’s best airport three years in a row, and connects Cape Town to more than 21 countries, with 750 000 international inbound seats and 13 new routes added in the last three years. (Source: ACSA)
Access to Africa
Cape Town and the Western Cape connect you to the rest of Africa, with total exports from the Western Cape to the rest of the continent valued at US$3.2-billion in 2017 alone. (Source: Quantec)
Africa’s tech hub
Cape Town is the tech capital of Africa, employing more than 40 000 people – more than Lagos and Nairobi combined. (Source: Endeavour Insight Report 2018)
Skills and education
The Western Cape has the highest number of students qualifying for university in the country. Thousands of foreign students come to study at four major universities in the province, 70% of whom are from African countries. (Source: CHEC)
World-class infrastructure
The Western Cape government has spent close to US$1.6-billion on road infrastructure since 2009, while Cape Town has 848km of fibre-optic cables and 25 switching facilities.
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The Wesgro Investment Promotion Unit provides a free and confidential service to help you establish and grow your business in Cape Town and the Western Cape. Our team of expert Portfolio Managers have more than 40 years of combined experience in supporting new investors commercialise their businesses in the region, and in helping established businesses grow and expand.
Read our latest sector and country fact sheets and research reports to identify new opportunities to grow your business.
