Last year's conference drew commitments of R300 billion which will be used to expand production and jobs in different provinces. It includes for example a new tyre manufacturing facility in KZN, expanded production in auto value chains in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng treatment facility in Free State, development of the zinc value chain in Northern Cape, platinum and vanadium production in North West and Limpopo, a new telecoms infrastructure to bring more data to all parts of the country from Mpumalanga to Western Cape.