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DR JOHN NGONI ZVIMBA
The South African water sector is dependent on one source of electricity supply which makes it vulnerable to load shedding, shortage of supply and increasing steep tariffs... read
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Africa's first utility-scale, private-sector funded floating solar project is continuing in the Seychelles on to its next implementation phase...read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
To make a difference to the mining industry's fortunes, all the stakeholders in South Africa would need to work together...read
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Youth Month
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When asking millennials about where they see themselves career-wise, many will reveal their dream of owning their own businesses... Read
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This June, a historic aviation challenge will take place as 20 South African teenagers embark on a Cape to Cairo - and back - excursion in a self-assembled Sling-4 aircraft that uses ordinary motor fuel and was built in only three weeks. Read
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Energy
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PAUL GROTA
In a 2015 report, McKinsey estimated that if every country in Africa had to build to meet their current electricity demand, the region would require about $490bn of capital for new generating capacity - and a further $345bn for transmission and distribution infrastructure... Read
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The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission has referred its findings into the irregular awarding of a tender at an Eskom power station to the minister of public enterprises and director general of National Treasury. Read
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EMMANUEL OKOGBA
Oil and gas infrastructure is quickly becoming a principal target for terrorists, rogue organisations, hostile state and non-state actors, and criminal enterprises... Read
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Markets & Investment
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A clear, predictable and supportive regulatory framework backed by a stable investment environment will be key to attract investors and funders to renewable energy and power projects... Read
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Mining
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Seventy percent of tuberculosis cases among miners go undiagnosed, which puts families and communities at risk. The risk also spreads across borders, with 40% of mine workers coming from neighbouring countries to work on SA mines. Read
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JOE KEENAN
Protracted pressure on margins over many years has put miners' focus squarely on productivity. Lower commodity prices with a steadily rising cost base and growing compliance requirements have created a perfect storm... Read
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Renewables & Energy Efficiency
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The advent of renewables, new storage technologies present Africa's utilities with an opportunity to increase capacity and efficiency while re-kindling their appeal to investors... Read
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New trends in energy storage, small-scale embedded generation, and smart grid systems are disrupting the power sector, a trend that will accelerate in South Africa with the recent lifting of licence restraints on power plants.... Read
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HiPipo is the organiser of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa which will take place on 20 September 2019 at the Kampala Serena, Uganda... Read
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"To integrate Africa, bring down the walls," African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina urged at the 2019 AfDB Annual Meetings Open in Malabo... Read
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ANDREW SKIPPER
Africa can take advantage of the modern 'Scramble for Africa' as Brexit and the ratification of AfCFTA come into play... Read
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A new Kaspersky survey uncovers the rise of 'Can you just' and the negative impact it's having on the family unit... Read
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RISHAL BIPRAJ
Amendments to the Competition Act were published in the Government Gazette in February 2019. These are, however, not yet in force pending the publication of a date to be proclaimed by the President. Some of the more prominent changes to the Act are as follows... Read
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