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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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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
Six Eastern Cape crafters wow audiences at annual International craft festival in Milan
Six Eastern Cape crafters recently wowed an international audience at the annual International L'Artigiano de Fiera Milano (correct) craft festival at the world's fashion capital in Milan, Italy. Read More...ECDC reaction to Budget Speech
"The projected 2,3% economic growth rate in the national budget speech is positive because players in the economic development field rely on government's projections to make estimates at the local level," says Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) acting chief executive Msulwa Daca. Read More...Emerging contractors programme given industry thumbs up
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has given the thumbs up to the Eastern Cape Development Corporation's (ECDC) flagship Integrated Emerging Contractors Development Programme (IECDM) as an industry leader. Read More...Eastern Cape's first Wine Estate to reap first harvest this month
Kick-started by a R3,2 million Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) loan, the Eastern Cape's first wine estate, Cob Creek Wine Estate in Jeffrey's Bay, is set to reap its first commercial harvest at the end of February. Read More...Current Newsletter (March 2010)
