As African countries rise among the world’s top destinations for business process outsourcing (BPO), Nelson Mandela Bay is emerging as a promising growth hub to entrench South Africa’s position as the continent’s number one location for the global business services sector. Read/listen:Treasury funding freeze puts further pressure on Nelson Mandela BayForeign interest in Cape Town property peaks, but what about Gqeberha? The growth potential of the Eastern Cape, and Nelson Mandela Bay by extension, is supported not only by the availability of a large population of educated but unemployed youth. Why ‘the bay’ stands outWhile Joburg, Cape Town and Umhlanga currently dominate the sector in South Africa in numbers of ‘seats’, Nelson Mandela Bay offers a compelling value proposition as a viable alternative to support growth in the sector. Denise van Huyssteen is CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber.