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 2425 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 56285 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 53306 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
Grid access dispute lands in court: Mulilo challenges Eskom over reallocation to Scatec projects SuperUser Account / Thursday, March 19, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating In this article, EE Business Intelligence MD Chris Yelland writes that a legal dispute now before the courts highlights a rapidly emerging fault line in South Africa’s energy transition: intensifying competition among renewable energy developers for scarce grid connection capacity. Read more
Growing BESS market to underpin local battery cell manufacturing – LSF study SuperUser Account / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The rapidly expanding regional market for battery energy storage systems (BESS) is creating the commercial foundation needed to support domestic lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell manufacturing in South Africa, a new feasibility study released by the Localisation Support Fund (LSF) posits. The study was conducted by Ernst & Young Advisory Services (EY-Parthenon), serving as an independent adviser to the LSF, and drawing on a multidisciplinary team with expertise in economic development, industrial policy, value chain analysis and advanced econometric modelling. Read more
S&P estimates that its group of rated African economies will borrow $155bn this year SuperUser Account / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Credit markets analysis company S&P Global Ratings estimates that commercial long-term borrowing by the 27 African countries rated by ratings agency S&P will reach $155-billion this year, up from $140-billion in 2025. This rise in the borrowing by these African countries is being driven by maturing debt obligations and ongoing fiscal financing requirements. Read more
Stanlib’s Khanyisa Energy Transition Fund reaches R5bn at first close SuperUser Account / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Asset management company Stanlib Asset Management has announced the first close of the Stanlib Khanyisa Energy Transition Fund, with R5-billion raised to date. The fund aims to mobilise capital from long-term investors to help finance South Africa’s just energy transition ambitions. Read more
PPC says ‘more to come’ from turnaround even if market stays subdued SuperUser Account / Wednesday, March 18, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating PPC CEO Matias Cardarelli says there is “more to come” from the cement producer’s operational and financial turnaround regardless of whether market conditions, which have remained subdued during the first two years of the group’s recovery, improve on the back of promised infrastructure spending. The company announced a strong performance for the ten months to January 31 during its Capital Markets Day on March 18, with the highlight being the rise in its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin to 19.4%. Read more