The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) is a State Owned Company (SOC) mandated to develop and operate the 11 500 hectares industrial land of the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ).

The Coega Industrial Development Zone (Coega IDZ), located close to the bustling Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, is South Africa’s foremost investment hotspot for industries with a global perspective.

Coega Development Corporation strives to improve the delivery of infrastructure in the Eastern Cape by addressing skill shortages, unemployment, constrained planning and project management capacity, under-expenditure.

Therefore, the CDC’s vision is to be the leading catalyst for the championing of socio-economic growth. Its mission is to provide a competitive investment location supported by value added business services that effectively enables socio-economic development in the Eastern Cape and the rest of South Africa. In the 17 years since its establishment, the CDC has become South Africa’s most successful IDZ and has matured to become one of the biggest drivers of job creation and development of the Eastern Cape economy. It is purpose-designed following the cluster model, which strategically positions related and synergistic industries and their supply chains in close proximity to one another in order to maximise efficiency and minimize turnaround times. The Coega IDZ is demarcated into 14 zones, with the focus being placed on the following sectors:

• Metals/Metallurgical
• Automotive
• Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
• Chemicals
• Agro-processing
• Logistics
• Trade Solutions
• Energy
• Maritime