Invest South Africa
Mr Yunus Hoosen: Acting Director General
Branch Strategic Focus
InvestSA, focusses on investment promotion, investment facilitation and aftercare
- InvestSA provides an integrated unblocking and red tape reduction service to all investors
- InvestSA undertakes investment marketing in priority markets and promotes South Africa as an attractive investment destination
- InvestSA, overall coordinates the investment climate reform programme to improve South Africa’s ease of doing business & competitiveness
- InvestSA, develops an annual pipeline of investment projects
- InvestSA provides support to the Presidential Envoys
- InvestSA is responsible for the Presidential Investment Conference
- InvestSA is the Secretariat for the Presidential Investment Council
Investor Services
The following investor service are provided by the branch:
Investment Information
- Economic Environment
- Regulatory Environment
- Legal Environment & Compliance
- Industrial Development & Financial Support
- Investment Guides
Investment Facilitation
- Inter-governmental coordination and facilitation
- Licensing, company registrations and work permits
- Municipal facilitation
- Incentives facilitation
- Location analysis and facilitation
- Critical infrastructure and utilities
- Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Facilitation
- Mediation and Arbitration
- Introduction to financial institutions and funding opportunities
- Priority sectors, designation and localisation
- Site visits and Business to Business Programs
- Partnerships with Stakeholders
- Company verifications
- Enterprise and supplier development
- Introduction to raw materials suppliers
- Advice and customs clearing
- Investment promotion and international investment missions
- Facilitation by the dtic representatives abroad
Aftercare Services
- Advice on recruitment, talent & skills
- Advice on lifestyle amenities e.g. location of housing, schools etc.
- Policy Advocacy
- Investor Surveys
- Business Forums and Investment Roundtables
- Retention & Expansion Services
Sector Focus
Contact Details
Website: www.investsa.gov.za
E-mail: investsa@thedtic.gov.za
Contact Centre: 0861 843 384
| Name | Designation | Function | Email address |
| Mr Yunus Hoosen | Acting DDG | YHoosen@thedtic.gov.za | |
| Amb Sadick Jaffer | Chief Director | Investment Promotion & Facilitation | SJaffer@thedtic.gov.za |
| Ms Bharti Daya | Director | Investment Climate Reform | BDaya@thedtic.gov.za |
| Mr Tiago Leslie Fick | Director | Special Projects | LFick@thedtic.gov.za |
| Ms Annelize van der Merwe | Director | Green Industries | AvdMerwe@thedtic.gov.za |
| Ms Rashmee Ragaven | Director | Advanced Manufacturing | RRagaven@thedtic.gov.za |
| Mr Recado Andrews | Director | Services Industries | RAndrews@thedtic.gov.za |
| Mr Charles Manuel | Director | Manufacturing | CManuel@thedtic.gov.za |
| Mr Brian Soldaat | Director | Resource Based Industries | Brians@thedtic.gov.za |
