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 5651 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 59890 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 56732 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
China signs agreement to revamp TAZARA railway in Zambia SuperUser Account / Friday, November 21, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating China signed a $1.4-billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania on Thursday to modernise the TAZARA railway linking landlocked Zambia to the Indian Ocean. The railway, financed by China in the 1970s to facilitate copper exports and fuel imports through Tanzania, remains a critical trade route and is widely seen as countering the U.S. and EU-backed Lobito Corridor - a route from Angola through Zambia to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more
B20 Task Force provides blueprint for reinvigorating manufacturing SuperUser Account / Friday, November 21, 2025 0 18 Article rating: No rating To counter sluggish global growth and rising trade fragmentation, deeper and more sustainable industrialisation is increasingly viewed as the ideal route to inclusive development, prompting the high-level Business 20 (B20) South Africa Industrial Transformation and Innovation Task Force to develop a report outlining recommendations to accelerate this shift. Centred on revitalising manufacturing as a driver of resilience, the report offers three key recommendations: driving industrial growth through strategy and innovation, broadening and deepening value chain capabilities, and adopting sustainable technologies and digitalisation. Read more
African business leaders to sign manifesto on continental economic growth, investment SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 20, 2025 0 23 Article rating: No rating Leaders of several major international organisations are set to sign a manifesto on the advancement of African business on November 21, Italian management consulting firm and international think tank TEHA Africa CEO Pietro Mininni has announced. The signing will take place on the second day of the TEHA CEO Dialogue on Southern Africa, organised by The European House – Ambrosetti in Johannesburg. Read more
Ramaphosa doubles down on ‘Equality, Solidarity and Sustainability’ theme in B20 address SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 20, 2025 0 14 Article rating: No rating President Cyril Ramaphosa doubled down on South Africa’s G20 Presidency theme of ‘Equality, Solidarity and Sustainability’ in an address to the B20 on the eve of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg, which is being boycotted by the US and which has been strongly critical of the theme. “South Africa embarked on its G20 Presidency determined to advance the principles of Equality, Solidarity and Sustainability. Read more
Mining Weekly driven around Joburg in platinum-based hydrogen fuel cell electric car SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 20, 2025 0 15 Article rating: No rating Mining Weekly as well several B20 visitors were this week chauffeured around Johannesburg in a platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) that journalists attending South Africa’s B20 Summit witnessed being refuelled by Air Products with hydrogen from Sasol, and the full tank providing sufficient energy for a 500 km to 600 km journey. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) Six companies were responsible for the impressive display of mine-to-market activation, which elevated the status of South Africa’s platinum group metals sky-high at a time of visiting B20 delegates. Read more