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List of incentives available in this location for quick easy reference below.

Incentives

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  • Incentive offered
  • Incentive not offered
  • Did not submit information
Cash grants/incentivesMore [+]Less [-]

Manufacturing:

  • 100% investment allowance on qualifying expenditure for new building and machinery;
  • 40% allowance on used building and machinery;
  • zero duty on raw material;
  • Allowance to deduct all operating expenses incurred up to 25 months prior to start of operations.
  • Loss carry forward of up to seven years to enable companies take advantage of allowances.

Tourism:

  • Duty free imports on building materials, catering and sport equipment, furniture and furnishings and conferencing equipment

Energy :

  • Duty free importation of windmill engines, solar panels, petroleum storage construction materials

Agriculture:

  • Duty free importation of irrigation equipment, hessian sacks, aflatoxin testing equipment, insecticides, herbicides and pesticides,

Transport

  • To improve transportation, buses with a capacity 45 and above persons will be imported duty free, spare parts for rail locomotive engines and parts for airplanes.
Tax exemptions
Property assistance / other fiscal incentive
Training and labor market assistanceMore [+]Less [-]

Government allows a 50% allowance for qualifying training costs. The agency links investors to relevant institutions for labour requirements and other training needs.
Loan guarantees, cheap loans or finance
Exemptions from regulationsMore [+]Less [-]

Exemptions may be granted where government considers the investment to be of high economic value.
Target sectorsMore [+]Less [-]
  1. Agriculture and Agro processing
  2. Energy and Mining
  3. Manufacturing
Sectors specific incentivesMore [+]Less [-]

Manufacturing:

  • 100% investment allowance on qualifying expenditure for new building and machinery;
  • 40% allowance on used building and machinery;
  • zero duty on raw material;
  • Allowance to deduct all operating expenses incurred up to 25 months prior to start of operations.
  • Loss carry forward of up to seven years to enable companies take advantage of allowances.

Tourism:

  • Duty free imports on building materials, catering and sport equipment, furniture and furnishings and conferencing equipment

Energy :

  • Duty free importation of windmill engines, solar panels, petroleum storage construction materials

Agriculture:

  • Duty free importation of irrigation equipment, hessian sacks, aflatoxin testing equipment, insecticides, herbicides and pesticides,

Transport

  • To improve transportation, buses with a capacity 45 and above persons will be imported duty free, spare parts for rail locomotive engines and parts for airplanes.

Sponsorship

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