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

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 National Corporates 2% Corporates 2% Large 26% Medium 11.6% Small 41.8% Micro 16.6% 3

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

Advocacy: Identify issues affecting the business environment and NCCI Core Services 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

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) 6 ¡

Theory of Comparative Advantage • 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 our 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 . 7 ¡

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 overseas investment. • Suzhou Industrial Park project : Established on February 26, 1994 as a bilateral project for Singapore to share industrialisation experiences with China. 8 ¡

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. ¡ 9 ¡

The Case of China- 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. 10 ¡

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 on 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. 11 ¡ • The strategy is aligned to Agenda 2063, a global strategy aimed at optimising the use of Africa's resources for the benefit of all Africans

Namibia-South Africa: Opportunities for JV to Advance Industrialisation Businesss sector: Principal drivers of Namibia and Africa’s industrialisation efforts. (Key growth sectors: Agric.,tourism, manufacturing, logistics). Delega(on ¡Composi(on ¡ Investor ¡Projects/ ¡Sector ¡interests ¡ ¡ Regional & Local Authorities • Renewable energy; ( Key decision-makers/ local • manufacturing ( Stone processing, concrete economic development manufacturing, cosmetics, leather, processing planners ); of diary products ); construction; truck ports, • property devpt./management; Business Sector • Agriculture; tourism; fisheries; • Solid waste management ( investors for establishing a recycling plant) • Poultr y (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. 12 ¡

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 ¡ on ¡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. ¡

Together, We Can.. For Namibia/South Africa and for Africa 15 ¡

Charity M. Mwiya Manager: Member Services & Company Secretary Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tel: +264-61 228809 Fax: +264 – 61 228009 16 E-mail: charity@ncci.org.na