Mpumalanga Business 2017-18 edition
Mpumalanga Business 2017/18 is the eighth edition of this highly successful publication that has since its launch in 2008 established itself as the premier guide to business and investment in Mpumalanga Province. Supported and utilised by the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (MEGA), Mpumalanga Business is unique as a business journal that focuses exclusively on Mpumalanga.
Mpumalanga Business 2017/18 is the eighth edition of this highly successful publication that has since its launch in 2008 established itself as the premier guide to business and investment in Mpumalanga Province.
Supported and utilised by the Mpumalanga Economic Growth Agency (MEGA), Mpumalanga Business is unique as a business journal that focuses exclusively on Mpumalanga.
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PROFILE<br />
<strong>Mpumalanga</strong> Economic<br />
Growth Agency<br />
The <strong>Mpumalanga</strong> Economic Growth Agency (MEGA) is the official<br />
Economic Development Agency of the Provincial Government of <strong>Mpumalanga</strong>.<br />
The agency aims to foster the sustainable growth<br />
and development of the <strong>Mpumalanga</strong> economy<br />
by attracting investment to the province, facilitating<br />
investment in the province and maximising<br />
the development impact of investment in<br />
the province.<br />
MEGA is an expert on the economy of <strong>Mpumalanga</strong><br />
and the investment opportunities it offers. It uses<br />
its knowledge of the province and alliances with<br />
strategic partners to package investment opportunities<br />
that have the highest probability of success<br />
and is able to provide support to both local and<br />
international investors.<br />
MEGA offers a range of services relating to<br />
trade promotion, investment, funding and<br />
property management.<br />
Trade promotion<br />
• Export and import enquiries<br />
• Market information and contacts<br />
• Advice on customs duties and foreign trade<br />
documentary requirements<br />
• Market research<br />
• Information on regional trade issues and preferential<br />
trade agreements<br />
• Organising foreign trade and investment missions<br />
and exhibitions<br />
• Providing counselling and training to SMMEs<br />
regarding export issues<br />
• Advising local business on technical trade issues<br />
• Promoting and facilitating provincial access to<br />
the Export Marketing and Investment Assistance<br />
Scheme (EMIA)<br />
• Promoting and facilitating provincial access to<br />
the Sector Specific Assistance Scheme (SSAS)<br />
Investment promotion<br />
• Targeting investors via the media, the MEGA website,<br />
incoming and outgoing delegations, foreign<br />
embassies, exhibitions, chambers of commerce<br />
and municipalities<br />
• Facilitating feasibility studies<br />
• Providing investment information, intelligence<br />
and research<br />
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