The Coega Development Corporation and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have signed an agreement and are undertaking preparatory work to establish a Biofibre Hub or cluster in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Under the terms of the cooperation agreement signed in 2022, Coega will assist the CSIR with the commercialisation and industrialisation of intellectual property, while the CSIR will assist in the development of the Coega SEZ’s value proposition in knowledge intensive and advanced manufacturing sectors by becoming an official research and development partner of the corporation.