Accessing services for free zone companies
This page provides information about the key steps involved in accessing basic services such as water, electricity and telecommunications and support services for a business in a free zone.
Basic services
Office spaces in free zones are either fully furnished, complete with carpet and window shades and ready to move in or partially furnished. After you get your business licence and when you are ready to move in, the free zone authority will enable the connection to utilities and telecommunications.
Free zones provide:
- Full time, in-house IT support
- Telephone devices and connections
- Wireless internet connection
- High-speed internet access
- Data network connection
- IP Telephony
Support services
Free zone authorities provide the following services and facilities:
- Enquiring, reserving and applying for trade names
- Getting NOC letters/'To whom it may concern' letters
- Issuing, renewing and cancelling visas
- Investing and funding opportunities
- Legal advice
- Furnished/semi-furnished offices
- Warehouse
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
- State-of-the-art IT infrastructure
- Secretarial services
- Photocopy and printing services
- Meeting rooms with AV facility
- Transportation
- Labour accommodation
- Assistance with recruitment
- Employee and family housing
Services and facilities vary from one free zone to another. Twofour54 provides studios, production and post-production services and play out and broadcast services.