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 4483 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 58225 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 55229 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
64 companies to pledge to procure from black industrialists, says Patel SuperUser Account / Monday, March 18, 2024 0 0 Article rating: No rating During the second Black Industrialists and Exporters Conference to be held later this week, up to 64 large companies are expected to make pledges to procure goods and services from black industrialists over the next five years. This year’s conference, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, is being hosted by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, the Export Credit Insurance Corporation, the National Empowerment Fund and the Industrial Development Corporation. Read more
JSE declares full year dividend on the back of strong financial performance SuperUser Account / Monday, March 18, 2024 0 0 Article rating: No rating The JSE produced “strong” results for the year ended December 31, 2023, with growth of 12.2% in headline earnings per share (HEPS) and return on equity of 19.4% in line with long-term targets, CEO Leila Fourie reports. This strong performance has enabled the board to declare a dividend of 784c apiece for the full-year, she adds. Read more
SAWEA wants IRP overhaul as it questions massively diminished role for wind in current draft SuperUser Account / Monday, March 18, 2024 0 0 Article rating: No rating The South African Wind Energy Association’s (SAWEA’s) formal response to the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP 2023) questions both the modelling and assumptions used to determine the vastly diminished allocation for wind energy in the period to 2030 when compared with the prevailing plan. It will also call for an overhaul of the document, including its post-2030 Horizon Two, given the lack of transparency in the current version regarding the modelling constraints employed, as well as the embedded policy adjustments and their associated costs. Read more
Thirty-one countries to start trading under AfCFTA Agreement this year SuperUser Account / Monday, March 18, 2024 0 0 Article rating: No rating Amid the increasing importance of intra-African trade, 31 countries are expected to start trading under the African Continental FreeTrade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement by the end of the year, South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Trade Branch Africa bilateral economic relations chief director John Rocha said during a March 14 Transport Forum webinar. To this end, 54 out of 55 African Union member States have signed the AfCFTA, while 43 have deposited their instruments of ratification. Read more
US Treasury’s Adeyemo says he’s more bullish on South Africa SuperUser Account / Monday, March 18, 2024 0 6 Article rating: No rating Cooperation between the government and business is boosting South Africa’s prospects, despite the myriad challenges the economy faces, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said. Adeyemo, who spent five days in South Africa meeting government and business officials, noted that the nation’s economy is growing despite obstacles including an electricity shortage and dysfunctional ports and freight-rail lines. That, he said, is partly due to companies collaborating with the State to fix the problems. Read more