WELCOME TO THE SA INVESTMENT ATLAS

SA Investment Atlas (i-Atlas) is a portal that allows different stakeholders in the investment promotion and economic development industry to collaborate in showcasing investment opportunities throughout South Africa to potential investors in a manner that fast track the closing of the deal.
Our mission is to facilitate job-creating business investment into South Africa and raise awareness of the critical role that foreign and domestic investment (FDI) plays in the South African economy.

As an independent national platform promoting investment opportunities in South Africa, SA Investment Atlas provides national, provincial and municipal governments through their respective development agencies and departments to increase coordination and provide a one-stop-widow on investment opportunities in South Africa.

The i-Atlas provides guidance and information to respond to specific and broad-reaching issues that affect business investment decisions.

Through its i-Atlas Portal, GROWTHMAP INFONOMICS collaborates with Economic Development Organisations (EDOs) to help address investor questions and concerns relating to a wide range of existing opportunities and regulatory issues.

This i-Atlas assists economic development organizations / investment promotion agencies to compete globally for investment by providing up-to-date information, a platform for targeted marketing, and high-level advocacy.

This i-Atlas also helps companies of all sizes find the information they need to make decisions, connect to the right people at the local level, and navigate the national regulatory system.

Accelerating the expansion of foreign companies

Our International Soft Landings Network & Services ensures that businesses entering South Africa or expanding into the rest of the country are provided with an accelerated introduction to South Africa’s business practices, regulations, and culture. We help make contacts in South Africa more quickly and efficiently while providing access to the resources and advisory necessary to meet your business goals.

We recognize the rapid growth in the need for South Africa to have the capacity to serve foreign companies interested in expanding outside of their domestic markets and investing in South Africa. In order to serve these foreign companies, we have developed the South African Investment Atlas and the Soft-Landings Services Offerings.
Ultimately, our Soft-Landing Services ensure that foreign companies experience a “soft landing” when entering the South African Market.

Examples of some of these services include:

  • Immigration and visa assistance

  • Translation services

  • Help with shared offices spaces

  • Access to capital and potential investors

  • Intellectual property protection assistance

  • Help meeting government regulations

  • Help with import/export laws

  • Domestic market research and entry assistance

  • Patent assistance

  • Help obtaining business licenses

  • Cultural training

  • Housing assistance

The SA Investment Atlas Benefits

Credibility

The SA Investment Atlas is a shared ecosystem that has government departments and economic development organisations (EDOs) participation as well as strong private sector partners involvement in this national Investment Promotion Portal.

Visibility

GROWTHMAP INFONOMICS provide promotion and marketing support through a targeted G2B & B2B program, social media and press coverage, special business speed-dating at the FDI Forum conference, and a customize clients branding initiatives.

Global Participation

Our partners and clients are offered preferred consideration to host Global Connector cohort companies and are provided exclusive opportunities to collaborate with GROWTHMAP INFONOMICS on international projects, tradeshows and trade & investment missions.

Connect

SA Investment Atlas members, partners and clients are a diverse national and global community of ecosystem builders. Made up of national, provincial and local government, economic development organisations, business chamber, development finance institutions and other business support organisations. The SA Investment Atlas provides an exclusive collaborative platform for investment promotion ecosystem builders to connect in real time across industries and boundaries.

Resources

The SA Investment Atlas houses a robust online resource library of downloadable whitepapers, easy-to-access templates, sample documents, economic impact reports, industry glossary of terms, GOWTHMAP INFONOMICS’ latest publications, tools, webinars and directories. As best practices in the industry changes, we will continue to update our collection of resources.

Mentorship

A new feature coming soon to the SA Investment Atlas, GROWTHMAP INFONOMICS’ Paying It Forward mentorship network called Leadership in Economic Development Network (LEDNet – www.lednet.co.za) allows direct access to a national community of mentors, partners, ecosystem influencers and one-on-one support from some of our staff and partners. Mentors and mentees will be selected based on specific area of expertise, geography criteria and are available to connect directly with one another once joining the mentorship community (LEDNet). If you’re interested in becoming a mentor, please contact Thokozani Thwala via email at thokozani@growthmap.com.

Our Partners