SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 2432 Article rating: 5.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 56292 Article rating: 5.0 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 53316 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
Fuel crunch from war threatens South African wheat, corn crops SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Farmers in South Africa are heading into the winter planting season with surging diesel prices and tightening supplies – triggered by the Middle East conflict – threatening production in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest commercial wheat-growing industry. For Rossouw Dippenaar, who farms near Riebeek-West about 80 km northeast of Cape Town, time is running out. He needs as much as 40 000 liters of diesel to plant his wheat, but has only secured about 6 000 liters because some retailers are limiting purchases in a bid to prevent a run on their stocks. Read more
Only 14% of global cities meet WHO particulate matter guidelines – IQAir SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Only 14% of global cities met the World Health Organisation (WHO) yearly particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) guideline of 5 µg/m3, down from 17% in the previous year, Swiss air quality technology company IQAir's eighth ‘World Air Quality’ report shows. Only 13 countries and territories, namely French Polynesia, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Barbados, New Caledonia, Iceland, Bermuda, Réunion, Andorra, Australia, Grenada, Panama and Estonia, met the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline. Read more
Tau says hostile geopolitics won’t thwart investment event that could attract 65-plus in new ... SuperUser Account / Monday, March 23, 2026 0 9 Article rating: No rating Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has expressed confidence that the upcoming South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) will not be undermined by hostile geopolitical developments, reporting that delegates from more than 31 countries are registered to attend. The sixth edition of the SAIC is scheduled to take place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on March 31 and Tau gave assurances on Monday that the event was continuing to attract interest from both domestic and international investors following a two-year pause. Read more
African bunkering hubs gain as ships reroute around the Cape SuperUser Account / Monday, March 23, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating Ship-refuelling companies along Africa's coast are seeing a surge in business as more vessels divert around the Cape of Good Hope, with war in the Middle East reshaping global shipping routes and boosting the continent's role as a bunkering hub. Carriers have been avoiding the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait since late 2023, when Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping began. US and Israeli strikes on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have reinforced the shift, prompting expectations that Africa's bunkering sector will benefit from prolonged instability. Read more
Fairvest reports strong interim performance, to achieve upper end of full-year guidance SuperUser Account / Monday, March 23, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating JSE-listed real estate investment trust Fairvest reports good operational performance and confirms it expects to achieve the upper end of its earnings guidance of a 9% to 11% increase in distributable earnings a share during its financial year to September 30, said Fairvest CEO Darren Wilder on March 23. The company owns 130 assets that boast more than one-million square metres of gross lettable area, and it had a market capitalisation of R15.4-billion at the end of February, up R3.4-billion during the six-month period to March 31. Read more