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 2424 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 56280 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 53302 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
Africa must professionalise infrastructure delivery – Project Management Institute SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating As governments in Africa accelerate infrastructure investment, including under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), the region faces a 57% talent gap in construction project professionals by 2035, which is one of the highest rates globally, says construction professionals association the Project Management Institute (PMI). Demand for construction project professionals across sub-Saharan Africa is projected to rise from about 260 000 in 2025 to more than 410 000 by 2035, which will leave a shortfall of nearly 150 000 professionals. Read more
Cape Town opens R434m Coastal Park waste recycling sorting facility SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has cut the ribbon on the new Coastal Park Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Muizenberg. The R434-million facility is designed to handle recyclables from the city’s door-to-door recycling collection programme. Read more
Zimi, Charge Holdings sign deal to electrify freight traffic along the N3 SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Zimi and Charge Holdings have announced a three-year agreement to enable the rollout of electric vehicle (EV) freight operations along South Africa’s N3 highway. Zimi is a logistics aggregator, and works with commercial fleet operators to deploy EVs on fixed routes, while it also secures reliable charging access. Read more
Sappi, WWF South Africa champion water management as key to bioeconomy resilience SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating A multi-year partnership between global woodfibre and forestry group Sappi and WWF South Africa can serve as a blueprint for securing the bioeconomy through proactive catchment stewardship. Working in the uMkhomazi catchment in KwaZulu-Natal, the initiative has already delivered measurable impact, including clearing 191 ha of invasive alien plants; improving management across more than 2 300 ha of rangeland; deploying citizen scientists to collect water quality data; and identifying 20 000 ha for biodiversity protection. Read more
Morgan Stanley says South Africa to stay on prolonged rate hold SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Surging oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict is likely to push South African inflation higher and see policymakers keep interest rates unchanged for months, according to Morgan Stanley. “The implication is a materially longer hold rather than an immediate tightening response,” Morgan Stanley economist Andrea Masia wrote in a research note. He sees the central bank staying on hold through most of 2026 and resuming its easing cycle in November, “followed by two 25 basis point cuts in 2027, taking the terminal repo rate to 6%.” The central bank’s monetary policy committee is widely expected to hold rates at 6.75% next week as officials assess the fallout from the Iran war, which has lifted oil prices by roughly 45% since it began on February 28. Read more