Namibia South Africa Business Seminar PRESENTATION BY : Charity - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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PRESENTATION BY: ¡ Charity Mwiya Manager: Member Services & Company Secretary Monday, 28 September 2015-Cape Town, Western Province. SOUTH AFRICA

Namibia – South Africa Business Seminar

NCCI : Overview

• Positioned as Namibia’s “Premier Voice of Business”.

(Leading business representative and support organisation in Namibia);

• Exists to assist local businesses prosper
• 2500 members serviced by 17 points of representation,

countrywide (in all the 14 regions)

• Umbrella Body; multi sectorial representation
• Member composition:

Ø prominent national corporations Ø Thousands of SMEs Ø Industry Associations and Bodies; Offshore companies

Membership Per Categories

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National Corporates 2% Corporates 2% Large 26% Medium 11.6% Small 41.8% Micro 16.6%

OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS:

• Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade & SME Development (MITSD)
• Namibia Investment Centre (NIC)
• Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG); Team Namibia; Namibia Trade Forum
• Sector Associations (Chamber of Mines, Namibian Manufactures Association,

FENATA, Namibia Agricultural Union, Bankers Association, Fishing Industry Confederation)

• Regional & Local Authorities
• Academic Institutions (UNAM, Polytechnic)
• Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce & Industry; World Chambers

Confederation;

• Namibian Diplomatic Missions

NCCI Core Services

Advocacy: Identify issues affecting the business environment and advocate for a speedy resolution Trade & Investment Facilitation/Promotion: Facilitate market access (domestic & foreign);-Trade Missions, Certificate of Origin, Visa facilitation. Business Linkage Service:

• Investor connection/ JVs (public procurement)
• Impact on the development of an environment in which

there is favourable access to finance, especially for SMEs Entreprenuership Development:

• General SMEs (e.g. vertical linkages with large companies),

Training, Mentorship

• Women in Business
• RDVA Projects

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Namibians/South Africans drive German cars

Germans take holidays in Namibia Europeans eat Tanzanian spices Your iphone is American though the various parts are made in different countries Namibia’s Windhoek Lager, is produced in Windhoek, the malt is imported from Europe and the glass from South Africa, and consumed in Tanzania and 42 other countries Namibian meat now going into the Chinese market ( a first for an African country)

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• First Coined by an English-man: David Ricardo
• If one country can produce a good relatively more cheaply,

then we ourselves can make it.

• It is better to import this good from abroad as it will increase
• ur welfare.
• Ricardo’s theory was based on the example of two equally

developed and wealthy countries, England and France.

• England was a textile exporter and France a wheat exporter. It

was thus clear that each country had a comparative advantage in the product that could be exported competitively.

• Both countries benefited from the exchange of products they

are able to produce better and cheaper.

Theory of Comparative Advantage

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The Case of China-Singapore Development Strategy

• Chinese: were eager to learn modern management methods, while

Singapore was also planning Economic Regionalisation which focused on

• verseas investment.
• Suzhou Industrial Park project: Established on February 26, 1994 as a

bilateral project for Singapore to share industrialisation experiences with China.

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The Case of China-Singapore Development Strategy

• Aim was to jointly benefit from FDI by attracting industrial transnational corporations

to locate operations within the Park. To achieve this, the Chinese government invested strong political support for the project, while the Singapore government invested capital and administrative expertise.

• A successful collaboration, as the Suzhou Industrial Park experienced some of the

highest levels of foreign direct investment in China. ¡

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The Case

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Singapore Developm ent Strategy

Focus: The project aims to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship, and to attract high-tech industries, especially software-focused information technology and biotechnology industries Success: The SIP is ranked the second-best industrial park in China and regularly tops developmental indices. Companies: The Park is home to majority of Suzhou’s expatriates and the base for Fortune 500 giants such as Samsung, UPS and Motorola. There are some 25,000 companies, of which 91 are Fortune 500 firms.

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Namibia-South Africa: Opportunities for JV to Advance Industrialisation

“We need to encourage our private sector to forge close cooperation consistent with our strategic desire to increase mutually beneficial economic cooperation between our sister republics… ¡ Ours, are relations of a special kind, which make it only natural and logical for our two countries to enjoy strong bilateral cooperation..” South African President His Excellency Jacob Zuma-2013

• Namibia’s

industrialisation strategy: anchored on three pillars - industrialisation, competitiveness and regional integration - and premised

• n a three-phase long perspective covering 2015 to 2063.
• Three priority growth paths for industrialisation have been identified as

agro-processing, mineral beneficiation (including downstream processing) and the promotion of cross-border value chains.

• Namibia will implement the SADC Industrialisation Strategy and Road

Map along with its own Industrialisation Policy and Implementation Strategy(adopted 2012), as well as the 'Growth at Home' strategy for industrialisation.

• The strategy is aligned to Agenda 2063, a global strategy aimed at
• ptimising the use of Africa's resources for the benefit of all Africans

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Namibia-South Africa: Opportunities for JV to Advance Industrialisation

Delega(on ¡Composi(on ¡ Investor ¡Projects/ ¡Sector ¡interests ¡ ¡ Regional & Local Authorities (Key decision-makers/ local economic development planners); Business Sector

• Renewable energy;
• manufacturing (Stone processing, concrete

manufacturing, cosmetics, leather, processing

• f diary products); construction; truck ports,
• property devpt./management;
• Agriculture; tourism; fisheries;
• Solid waste management (investors for

establishing a recycling plant)

• Poultry (expertise); Low-cost housing

NB: Number 1 Mining Investment: According to the latest annual global survey released in February by Canadian think-tank, Fraser Institute, Namibia is the top destination in Africa for mining investments. It stands at number 25 globally. Businesss sector: Principal drivers of Namibia and Africa’s industrialisation efforts. (Key growth sectors: Agric.,tourism, manufacturing, logistics).

NAMIBIA-­‑ ¡AN ¡INVESTMENT ¡DESTINATION ¡

• ¡ We ¡ have ¡ kept ¡ the ¡ economy ¡ open ¡ to ¡ those ¡ investors ¡ who ¡ clearly ¡ have

¡ something ¡ to ¡ contribute ¡ across ¡ all ¡ sectors ¡ of ¡ the ¡ economy ¡ such ¡ as ¡ grape ¡ farmers ¡ in ¡ agriculture, ¡ Pescanova ¡ in ¡ fishing, ¡ the ¡ world's ¡ great ¡ mining ¡ houses ¡-­‑ ¡Anglo ¡American, ¡De ¡Beers, ¡Rio ¡Tinto ¡and ¡Areva; ¡Heineken ¡Diageo ¡ in ¡beverages ¡and ¡most ¡recently, ¡Ohorongo ¡Cement ¡in ¡manufacturing, ¡the ¡ Hilton ¡ and ¡ Kempinski ¡ Groups ¡ in ¡ hotels, ¡ and ¡ Portugal ¡ Telecom ¡ and ¡ Orascom ¡in ¡telecoms. ¡ ¡ ¡ The ¡Hilton ¡Hotel-­‑ ¡Windhoek ¡

NAMIBIA ¡– ¡AN ¡INVESTMENT ¡DESTINATION ¡

• ¡Throughout ¡an ¡

international ¡economic ¡ crisis ¡of ¡historically ¡ unprecedented ¡ proportions, ¡Namibia ¡ continued ¡to ¡attract ¡ interest ¡from ¡foreign ¡ investors, ¡FDI ¡and ¡ business ¡investment ¡ remained ¡strong, ¡and ¡ corporate ¡growth ¡kept ¡

• n ¡rising. ¡

Namibian ¡ President ¡ H.E. ¡ Hifikepunye ¡ Pohamba ¡ and ¡ Russian ¡ President ¡H.E. ¡Dimitry ¡Medvedev ¡during ¡the ¡State ¡Visit ¡to ¡Namibia ¡ accompanied ¡with ¡an ¡over ¡300 ¡business ¡delegation, ¡June ¡2009. ¡

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Together, We Can..

For Namibia/South Africa and for Africa

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Charity M. Mwiya Manager: Member Services & Company Secretary Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tel: +264-61 228809 Fax: +264 – 61 228009 E-mail: charity@ncci.org.na