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 2468 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 56352 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 53374 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
IFC signs R1.6bn agreement with Citi to boost local currency financing in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 15, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Development finance institution (DFI) the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of global finance organisation the World Bank, has signed a R1.6-billion borrowing facility with financial services firm Citi that will expand the IFC’s ability to provide local currency financing in South Africa. This facility adds to the World Bank Group's suite of local currency financing instruments and strengthens its capacity to support private sector development. Read more
Salga, Global Trust Project to pilot stronger municipal trustworthiness scheme SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 15, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The South African Local Government Association (Salga) and advisory firm The Global Trust Project (TGTP) will pilot the voluntary Trust Equity Framework (TEf) in up to 18 participating municipalities across South Africa for three years. The initiative is intended to support stronger municipal trustworthiness, improved service delivery, better stakeholder relationships and more credible local conditions for investment, the two organisations say. Read more
Bayobab CEO appointed to Global Leaders’ Forum board SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 15, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating MTN Digital Infrastructure, the parent company of Bayobab, has announced that its CEO Mazen Mroué has been appointed to the board of the Global Leaders' Forum (GLF). GLF is a global network of senior connectivity leaders working to shape the future of the digital infrastructure and telecommunications ecosystem. Read more
Ramaphosa appoints Roelf Meyer as next ambassador to US SuperUser Account / Tuesday, April 14, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Roelf Meyer, a former chief government negotiator during talks to end white minority rule in the 1990s, to be his country's next ambassador to the United States. "I can confirm that President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Mr Roelf Meyer as South Africa's Ambassador to the US," Ramaphosa's spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told Reuters on Tuesday. Read more
IMF cuts South Africa’s growth outlook amid mounting war-linked energy crisis SuperUser Account / Tuesday, April 14, 2026 0 9 Article rating: No rating The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its 2026 growth projection for the South African economy to only 1% from a January projection of 1.4%, as it warned that the outbreak of war in the Middle East threatened to throw the global economy off course and exact a high economic toll on many oil-importing countries. The IMF has also reduced the growth outlook for sub-Saharan Africa to 4.3% from 4.6%. Read more