Important Notices
Appointment of CEO
After an exhaustive search led by an independent executive placement agency, the Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), Advocate Oyama Mabandla, is pleased to announce that the ECDC Board has appointed Mr Sithembele Mase as the new Chief Executive of the Corporation. Read More...
Imvaba - Eastern Cape Provincial Co-operative Development Fund
The Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (DEDEA) has made a provision of R50m Cooperatives Fund to support and develop Cooperatives within the province. The fund is called the Imvaba Eastern Cape Provincial Cooperative Development Fund (Imvaba ECPCDF) and it is informed primarily by the Eastern Cape Provincial Cooperatives Development Strategy. More...
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New Products from ECDC
ECDC have recently released a range of new products aimed at streamlining business. We are well-positioned to assist your business with its financial needs and product growth in the Eastern Cape as well as globally. Let the Eastern Cape Development Corporation help you.Read more...
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Welcome to the Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Investment Promotion
The Eastern Cape – a compelling place to live, work and invest… In the past five years the Eastern Cape has experienced local and international investment, actual and planned, of over R34 billion (US$ 4,5 billion). This includes a R1,3 billion investment in the Steinhoff/PG Bison board factory, investments worth R3 billion in the East London Industrial Development Zone and investments worth R30 billion in the Coega Industrial Development Zone.
Development Finance
Are you a small to medium enterprise that requires access to finance? Do you seek more progressive methods of risk evaluation? Yes? Then you are the person we are looking for.
Property Management
If you are a small, medium, micro enterprise or a labour intensive company in search of suitable industrial and commercial premises, look no further. ECDC’s Property Management Unit offers your small to medium enterprise suitable premises at affordable rates through its diverse and substantial property portfolio.
Enterprise Development Services
If your business needs skills development support, business advice, information technology support, product and market development and business linkages, keep reading. The Enterprise Development Programme invites small to medium enterprises to access these business support services provided by its highly qualified staff.Media Releases
ECDC crafts the path to success for rural women
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has invested over R600, 000 in a women’s development project in rural Transkei. Read More...Guesthouse owner’s winning streak
ECDC helps leading Queenstown B&B owner, Maria Nyawula, to put her Victorian manor on the map. Read More...ECDC solar power investment positions Eastern Cape as a leader in renewable energy
A R20 million Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) investment into solar water heater manufacturer, Matla Solar in the East London Industrial Development Zone (IDZ,) has positioned the Eastern Cape as a leading player in the renewable energy sector. Read More...ECDC funds new EC dietary fibre project
A DIETARY fibre project co-funded by the Eastern Cape Development Corporation is the first big step to revive the once ailing Eastern Cape pineapple industry. Read More...Current Newsletter (July 2010)
