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Eastern cape export symposiums and exhibition
‘Reset Eastern Cape export and improve the economic resilience’
The Eastern Cape Export Symposium and Exhibition held on 24 - 25 March 2021.
The Symposium dealt with assisting SMMEs to rebuild export capacity, opportunities to tighten regional integration in ways that better leverage local resources in a global setup and how to identify realistic export opportunities.
ILIFA LOMBOKO CAPTURES HEARTS AT EASTERN CAPE FILM EXPO
A conversation at a parking lot between two friends in 2018 led to the development of a film documentary project which celebrates the...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
3 days ago2 min read
ST FRANCIS BAY’S ANDRE HUGO'S DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES “NOSTALGIA” AT EASTERN CAPE FILM EXPO SCREENING
Trying to figure out how people can be driven so much through nostalgia inspired St Francis Bay’s filmmaker Andre Hugo’s creation of the...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
3 days ago2 min read
ACTION PACKED PROGRAMME FOR DAY 2 OF EASTERN CAPE FILM EXPO
Its Day 2 of the third Eastern Cape Film Expo, and we are looking forward to an action-packed day. Day 2 moves to the Settlers Monument...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
3 days ago1 min read
PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR SITHEMBILE XASO’S DOCUMENTARY HONOURS MDANTSANE’S KNUCKLE DAY BOXING TOURNAMENT
In the heart of South Africa’s Eastern Cape lies a quiet revolution—one fought not with bullets or ballots, but with fists, discipline,...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
4 days ago2 min read
TRAILBLAZING FILMMAKER NCEBA MQOLOMBA INSPIRES AT EASTERN CAPE FILM EXPO
His extraordinary love and passion for the artistry of storytelling through visual and moving images has defined a trailblazing...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
4 days ago2 min read
IT’S LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION AT THE THIRD EASTERN CAPE FILM EXPO
It’s LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION at the third Eastern Cape Film Expo which runs from 2 – 4 July in Makhanda at the National Arts Festival. The...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
4 days ago2 min read
Summer Fancy Food Show New York: A Successful Showcase for Eastern Cape Companies
We're wrapping up a wonderful experience at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, United States. Companies from the Eastern Cape, such...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
4 days ago1 min read
ECDC Auctions 50 Properties: Mthatha and Butterworth
The ECDC in collaboration with In2Assets, invites you to a live and online auction of its residential properties located in...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
6 days ago1 min read
🚨Unlocking the Gateway to India: Export Opportunities, Challenges & Success Strategies
We cordially invite you to a webinar on ’Unlocking Export Opportunities in India” with the aim to provide valuable insights and...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 281 min read
Cultivating Greener Pastures: Building Cleaner and Impactful Communities
In a sector often overlooked by aspiring entrepreneurs, Nkosi Yamntu Holdings (Pty) Ltd is showing just how far a clear vision, backed by...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 272 min read
Maseko Fresh Produce: Growing Against the Odds
When Siphosihle Maseko began planting vegetables in his home village of Burnshill, Keiskammahoek, he didn’t have much, just a...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 201 min read
From the Ground Up: How Mangaliso Farms is Cultivating Opportunity
In Ncerha, just beyond the edges of Buffalo City, a young farmer is doing what many talk about but few actually do, building something...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 132 min read
ECDC at Decorex 2025: Taking Eastern Cape Creativity to New Heights
Decorex Cape Town, a global showcase of decor, design and lifestyle innovation, has been setting the pace for over 30 years, introducing...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 71 min read
The Success Story of EC Poultry and Vegetables: The future is not something to wait for. The future is something to grow.
On the outskirts of Mthatha, five young visionaries have turned 3.5 hectares of land into a thriving epicentre of food security and...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 62 min read
UNLOCK GLOBAL GROWTH
Are you an existing or potential exporter from the Eastern Cape? Do you want to extend your footprint to global markets? Our trade...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 51 min read
EASTERN CAPE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEDIA RELEASE. BOTTLING HOPE: HOW QOBO QOBO ESSENTIAL OILS IS CHANGING LIVES IN KEISKAMMAHOEK
J une 3, 2025: They say essential oils are nature’s bottled whispers. At Keiskammahoek’s Qobo Qobo Essential Oils, an hour away from...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Jun 43 min read
Mzamba’s Journey Back to the Sea
On the edge where the Eastern Cape meets KwaZulu-Natal, a community once watched their future gather dust behind a locked gate. The...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 301 min read
A Rural Dream Sets Sail
In Mbizana, a determined group of local visionaries from the Deep Sea Fisheries Cooperative undertook a mammoth and uncommon task, that...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 262 min read
ECDC, The Bank Seta and Ciber, Welcome Graduates to the 2025/26 Graduate Programme.
The ECDC, in partnership with BANKSETA and Ciber, proudly welcomed 32 dynamic graduates to the 2025/26 Graduate Programme - a...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 231 min read
ECDC Hosts Hair & Beauty Seminar with EStudio Glam's Lwandy Ngebe.
The ECDC hosted Estudio Glam’s Lwandy Ngebe for a game-changing seminar that brought together beauty entrepreneurs from across the...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 221 min read
Bringing Government to the People
MEC Pieters led the DEDEAT Group Information Day — an outreach programme aimed at closing the information gap and facilitating delivery...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 221 min read
Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Bernice Swarts, leads the Eastern Cape Small-Scale Fisheries Summit at Mthatha Stadium.
Today, Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Bernice Swarts, led the Eastern Cape Small-Scale Fisheries Summit...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 201 min read
REAL INVESTMENT. REAL RESOURCES. REAL IMPACT
Film and television productions produced in the Eastern Cape are proving a remarkable success having leveraged a total investment value...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 91 min read
DEVELOPING WORLD-CLASS FILM INFRASTRUCTURE
Through the ECDC, government is driving the development of critical film infrastructure in the Eastern Cape in order to attract and...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 61 min read
EMPOWERING LOCAL TALENT AND BUSINESS THROUGH FILM
One of the memorable productions produced in the province is Gqeberha: The Empire, the first telenovela in the province to grace our...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 21 min read
Premier Mabuyane Welcomed Junior Springboks to the Eastern Cape – the Home of Legends!
Eastern Cape Premier, Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane, met with the Junior Springboks in Nelson Mandela Bay ahead of the highly anticipated Rugby...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
May 11 min read
A VIABLE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY
Through the ECDC-managed Eastern Cape Film Investment Fund, government is supporting the establishment of commercially-viable film and...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 291 min read
ECDC Chairperson To Lead The Startup 20 Engagement Group
The ECDC congratulates Mr Vuyani Jarana on his appointment as the Chairperson of the Startup20 Engagement Group for South Africa’s G20...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 161 min read
BE PART OF OUR COMPELLING INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH JOURNEY
Investment is a key lever for sustainable economic development. At the ECDC, we are attracting long-term investments into the province...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 161 min read
ECDC and Nedbank International Trade Seminar
The Nedbank and ECDC International Trade Seminar, held on 10 April 2025 at the Invest SA One Stop Shop in East London, tackled the...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 111 min read
DECOREX AFRICA 2025 “UNLOCKING UNPARALLELED GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES”
Each element of the Decorex Africa Trade Programme is carefully crafted to provide exhibitors and trade visitors with a comprehensive...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 82 min read
Winners of the 2025 LITHUBA LAKHO: THIS IS YOUR CHANCE Exhibition and Competition
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, through the Red Location Art Gallery and the...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 21 min read
EASTERN CAPE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEDIA RELEASER: 50 MILLION AGRI-BLENDED FINANCE SCHEME DRIVING THE GROWTH OF 30 EASTERN CAPE AGRI-BUSINESSES
01 April 2025: A blended finance scheme aimed at Eastern Cape-based agricultural businesses is driving the growth, competitiveness and...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Apr 14 min read
Lwandy Ngebe's Masterclass in Banking & SARS Compliance
The ECDC opened its doors to businesses from across the Eastern Cape for Lwandy Ngebe’s Masterclass in Banking and SARS Compliance, an...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 261 min read
Breaking Barriers in Tech!
We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Makaziwe Makamba, ECDC Board Member, for being named one of the Top 50 Powerful Leaders Driving...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 201 min read
Advancing Innovation Through Strategic Collaboration
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), in partnership with UNISA, successfully hosted a key engagement on 18 March 2025,...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 191 min read
The Economic Development Fund (EDF)
The Economic Development Fund (EDF), managed by the ECDC, is empowering businesses, communities, and industries to thrive. By expanding...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 181 min read
Imvaba Cooperative Fund Success Stories
In the heart of the Eastern Cape, a transformation is taking shape, one that is rewriting the success story of local communities. At the...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 143 min read
2025 Budget Speech
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the budget speech on 12 March 2025.
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 121 min read
LEATHER PRODUCTS WORKSHOP IN KOMANI🧵👞👜
The South African clothing and textiles industry is a highly diverse and mature industry, with an important role to play as an employer...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Mar 111 min read
LITHUBA LAKHO: This Is Your Chance!
Are you looking to experience visual artworks which have an emotional impact, expressing a unique vision, idea or feelings? Interested in...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 212 min read
Eastern Cape State of the Province Address - SOPA 2025
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane delivered his State-of-the-Province Address in Bhisho. Download the full speech here
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 211 min read
UNLOCKING BUSINESS POTENTIAL: LEVERAGING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICES, TRADING UNDER THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AFCFTA), AND PROMOTING LOCALISATION
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) in partnership with Proudly South African today conducted a hybrid workshop aimed at...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 202 min read
FILM PRODUCTION OUTREACH: Family & Rugby Movie - Komani
The wait is finally over! Eastern Cape’s very own Family and Rugby film is ready to stream, promising a compelling story of resilience,...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 191 min read
LAUNCH OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT DESK IN GQEBERHA
The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber in partnership with the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) and Harambee officially...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 182 min read
🎙PODCAST | ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
CEO Ayanda Wakaba's biggest headache at the moment is the turmoil in the automotive industry. The upheaval may be global and national but...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 151 min read
Spotlight on the Wild Coast: Kob Inn Beach Resort
Celebrate love, life, and adventure at Kob Inn Beach Resort! Nestled along the breathtaking Eastern Cape Wild Coast in the Mbashe...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 131 min read
Spotlight on the Wild Coast: Wavecrest Beach Hotel & Spa
Discover your slice of paradise this Valentine's Day at Wavecrest Hotel & Spa, a hidden gem along the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape....
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 121 min read
State of the Nation Address 2025 | SONA 2025
The State of the Nation Address took place as we celebrate 70 years since the adoption of the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the...
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Feb 71 min read
ECDC REFURBISHMENT PROGRAMME: Zwelitsha Centre
The refurbishment programme also includes upgrading trading facilities for small businesses. A R6,5 million construction contract is...
ECDC - Eastern Cape Development Corporation
Feb 51 min read
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