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 5784 Article rating: 4.3 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 60148 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 56939 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
South African nitrogen fixation fertiliser manufacturer eyes the global stage SuperUser Account / Monday, January 19, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Custom Chemistry has managed to acquire 3% of the South African agricultural nitrogen fertiliser market in the past three years, says MD and chief scientist Gerhard Vermaak. “Our early-life initiation tech (EL-I Tech) – only four years old – is already being distributed in nine countries, including Australia and New Zealand. Read more
IMF forecasts 1.4% growth for South Africa in 2026, while highlighting risks to global growth ... SuperUser Account / Monday, January 19, 2026 0 12 Article rating: No rating The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made a small 0.2 percentage point upward revision to South Africa’s projected growth for 2026 in its January World Economic Outlook (WEO), forecasting that the economy will grow by 1.4% this year. Its 2027 growth projection of 1.5% for South Africa, which was published in October, has been sustained, while the January WEO estimates that South Africa’s GDP expanded by 1.3% in 2025. Read more
Illicit economy is eroding legitimate economy, Mavuso warns SuperUser Account / Monday, January 19, 2026 0 11 Article rating: No rating The illicit economy is killing jobs, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has said, citing the recent announcement by British American Tobacco (BAT) that it will shut its only cigarette factory in South Africa this year as demonstrative of how policy failures and enforcement gaps are destroying legitimate manufacturing. The cigarette company noted last week that its factory has been operating at 35% capacity and can no longer sustain operations. As a result, 230 direct jobs will be lost, but Mavuso believed the ripple effects could affect as many as 35 000 jobs across the value chain, from the 100 tobacco farmers in Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga, who produced more than seven-million kilograms of tobacco last year, through to distributors and retailers. Read more
Strong issuance in South Africa’s debt capital market continued in fourth quarter of 2025 SuperUser Account / Monday, January 19, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating Strong issuance in South Africa’s debt capital market continued in the fourth quarter of 2025, with about R50-billion of gross term issuance recorded, amid strong demand and spread compression, slightly behind the R53-billion issued in the prior quarter, says investment management company Futuregrowth in its latest quarterly listed credit market review. In line with the trend over the year, banks and financial services dominated the quarter’s issuance at R22-billion, followed by corporates at R13-billion, State-owned enterprises (SoEs) at R12-billion and securitisations at R4-billion. Read more
Globeleq appoints new private customer solutions director SuperUser Account / Monday, January 19, 2026 0 11 Article rating: No rating Electricity company Globeleq has appointed Alasdair Martin as private customer solutions director, a role positioned at the centre of the independent power company’s strategy to expand private-sector energy partnerships and support the transition to cleaner power in Southern Africa. In the newly created position, Martin will be responsible for developing and delivering customised power solutions for energy-intensive private customers. His mandate includes originating, structuring and executing long-term power partnerships that enable commercial and industrial clients to secure reliable, cost-effective and more sustainable electricity supply. Read more