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What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa

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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.

AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY

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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.
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Afrimat Construction Index records marginal growth in Q1

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The latest Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) shows a marginal year-on-year increase of 0.3%. The first-quarter index was boosted by year-on-year increases of more than 5% in the value of both construction works and buildings completed, with employment and sales of building materials also improving.

New tech holds promises for energy, medicine – WEF report

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Ten new technologies, identified in international organisation the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026', are approaching a critical inflection point where advances in research are beginning to translate into large-scale, real-world applications. Many of the technologies highlighted in the report indicate that systems may become more distributed, personalised and resource-efficient over time.

RFA urges govt to properly enforce laws to tackle hiring of illegal foreigners

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In response to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation on June 7 on the challenge of illegal immigration and xenophobia in the country, Road Freight Association (RFA) CEO Gavin Kelly stresses that this has been a challenge for many years, with little progress made in dealing with the matter, despite government’s stated plans to do so. Kelly mentions various urgent communications addressed to the President in 2018 and 2022 by the RFA regarding the matter – and more specifically the issue of the employment of undocumented, or illegal, foreigners in the road freight and logistics industry.

WoodMac cuts brent crude oil forecast for 2027 amid phased Strait of Hormuz reopening

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Global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) now expects the price of Brent crude oil to average $78/bl in 2027 and potentially ease to $70/bl by the fourth quarter of 2027. This forecast follows on the back of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed to between the US and Iran in recent days, paving the way for shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz.

South Africa’s 5G challenge is spectrum use, not performance

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South Africans are still spending nearly eight times more connected time on 4G networks, despite the increasing coverage, handset availability and better performance of 5G networks, Opensignal’s first-quarter data has revealed. While South Africa was an early African 5G mover, with launches in 2019 and 2020, users equipped with 5G-capable devices spent just 11.1% of their connected time on 5G in the first quarter of 2026, and 86.1% on 4G, which still anchors the daily mobile experience.
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