Trade promotion services and experts in South Africa
Our services
The services of our missions abroad are available to your company. We provide up-to-date market information, facilitate establishing contacts and help in market access issues.
The services provided by the missions are part of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ business services. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a member of Team Finland, a network of public sector actors providing internationalisation services to Finnish companies.
What we do?
We exist to increase trade between Finland and South Africa. We also support and help Finnish companies that are interested in entering the South African market.
Our local representatives are here to:
- Identify and create trade and investment opportunities between South Africa and Finland
- Endorse win-win partnership strategies between South Africa and Finland
- Advance innovation cooperation, research and development between Finnish and South African businesses and research organizations.
How we do it?
- Stakeholder relationship building - We empower companies to enter markets, build relationships with relevant contacts and overcome the potential challenges of operating across the South African landscape.
- Market access – Team Finland South Africa network recognizes the trends and opportunities that arise in South Africa, and support Finnish companies in their market entry/expansion process. We also induce strategic projects creating impact, leveraging cutting-edge Finnish technology and expertise.
- Advisory – Through proactive market scoping, we give advice and information about the business environment or sector where interest is expressed. We offer coaching and assistance in order to facilitate Finnish companies access to the South African market. We do this by involving South African partners to provide insights about local business culture and regulatory environment.
Market information
Finland is a celebrated global leader in digital transformation and the green economy. Our advantage lies in our awareness of the capability areas in which South Africa may need to accelerate its economy for inclusive growth.
We are also mindful of South Africa’s mission towards becoming a knowledge-based economy with a greater focus on technology, e-commerce, financial and other services. This can be seen in our portfolio of cutting-edge technology solutions which includes 6G, Artificial intelligence, Cybersecurity, Quantum computing and support to mobilise digitalisation.
Finland is a reliable partner to progress with in building smart, secure, sustainable solutions that leverage digital solutions. Our focus is on the following sectors:
- Mining
- Digitalisation and connectivity
- Water
- Energy
Finland´s expertise in these particular capability areas make us a suitable partner to leverage Finnish strategic networks and cutting-edge expertise. These core ingredients will contribute to inclusive growth, a skilled workforce, employability as well as industrialisation in South Africa.
Read more about the free Team Finland Market Opportunities online service, which provides information on sales leads, business opportunities and future trends, along with country reviews. New content is added to the service almost daily. Companies need to sign in with a business ID to use the service.
Our experts
E-mail addresses are in the form: [email protected]. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.
Finnish honorary consulates
Honorary consulates complement Finland’s network of missions abroad, which consists of embassies, consulates general, consulates and liaison offices. Honorary consuls are private individuals who carry out consular functions on a part-time basis without remuneration. An honorary consul can advise Finnish companies on how to get information on local business culture and find business partners, among other matters.
