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 5699 Article rating: 4.0 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 60013 Article rating: 3.5 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 56825 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
Sacci reports BCI increases between September and November SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has reported that its Business Confidence Index (BCI) has improved significantly between September and November, from 121.1 to 132.3. The November BCI was also 14.2 index points higher than in November 2024. Read more
Umoyilanga hybrid power station targets full operations in 2026 as Dassiesridge is completed SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The 75 MW Umoyilanga hybrid project, which combines solar, wind and battery storage technologies across two sites to produce dispatchable electricity, has taken a step closer to its full commercial operations date (COD) with construction completed at the Dassiesridge site in the Eastern Cape. The project, which was one of the winning bidders under South Africa’s troubled Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP) that was overshadowed by the powership bids, is being developed by a consortium involving EDF power solutions and investment company Perpetua Holdings. Read more
Standards have become key powerful tools for trade, development – World Bank SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating In its first report analysing the landscape of global standards, the World Bank has found that a proliferating set of international standards that covers everything from food labelling to the specifications of 5G cellular networks is steadily reshaping the global economic order. These standards are delivering hefty benefits to the wealthy nations and large multinational companies that set them, while leaving many developing countries on the sidelines, it asserts. Read more
African airlines suffer higher costs, lower profit margins despite booming air traffic growth SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 8 Article rating: No rating The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects global air passenger traffic to grow by 4.9% from five-billion passengers this year to 5.2-billion passengers in 2026. In Africa, the association expects passenger numbers to grow from 142-million this year to 149-million next year, marking 6% year-on-year growth, which is ahead of the industry average globally. Read more
CSIR partners with life sciences specialist in US to advance contextualised medical research SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 20 Article rating: No rating The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding and a licensing agreement with a California-based data and life sciences platform, PromptBio, to help drive medical sovereignty on the African continent. The partnership will support integrated multiome data analysis and AI-powered insights as part of the Clinical Multiome Atlas Platform (Clin-MAP), which is housed at the CSIR. Read more