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#AfricaMonth: Bujagali hydro project: Poster child or white elephant?
[Nicci Botha] SN Power is painting Bujagali hydro as a poster child for a successful development scheme. Or is it just glossing over a rescue mission for an ailing facility? read


Energy
Coega critical to SA's gas localisation programme
Coega critical to SA's gas localisation programme
The minister said that the Port of Ngqura and the Coega IDZ, is one of the potential sites considered for the country's gas-to-power programme... read
Green Sustainability
Pioneer Foods and Energy Partners roll out national solar programme
Pioneer Foods and Energy Partners roll out national solar programme
Pioneer Foods recently joined forces with Energy Partners to roll out a national solar programme, which entails the installation of large commercial solar systems with a combined size of over 2531 kilowatt peak (kWp) at five of Pioneer's manufacturing facilities... read
Mining
Mineworkers Investment Trust calls for mining public and private sector to work together
Mineworkers Investment Trust calls for mining public and private sector to work together

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"Managing the Tools and Experience to Impact the Much-Needed Transformation in the Mining Industry" will be the topic under discussion at a breakaway session on Social Protection at the Second Annual Vision2030 Summit in June... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Mike Mulcahy
Green tech hub predicts R1bn investment boost
Continued cooperation between local, provincial and national government could see an additional R1bn in direct investment pumped into a proposed green technology SEZ... read
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Scaling up solar power to meet Africa's energy needs

Franck Kuwonu

In Niger's eastern region of Diffa in the south of the Ténéré Desert are the ruins of a century-old colonial fort. The area around it, an oasis called Agadem, is one of the sunniest spots on earth... read
City of Cape Town's utility flaunts its green credentials
City of Cape Town's utility flaunts its green credentials
An enterprise should practise what they preach, right? With the focus in the energy sector being on sustainability, it's good to know that the City of Cape Town's electricity HQ is very environmentally-friendly.. read
Pioneer Foods' Klerksdorp plant
Pioneer Foods rolls out national solar programme
Pioneer Foods has invested in solar systems with an energy capacity of over 2 531 kilowatt peak as part of a nationwide project... read
Off-grid solar solutions bring electricity to rural areas
Off-grid solar solutions bring electricity to rural areas

Charlotte Mathews

The private sector is leapfrogging inefficient state-owned power utilities in Africa to deliver electricity to rural communities, according to a report by consulting firm PwC released on Monday, 23 May... read
Electricity model needs revamp if 2030 goals are to be met
Electricity model needs revamp if 2030 goals are to be met
New renewable off-grid technologies, in combination with innovative business models and mobile payment systems, hold the key to universal access, says a report by PwC... read
Business
Change vs. transformational management
Change vs. transformational management

John Sanei

Forget about change management, we are squarely in the transformation age and with it we need to apply transformational management... read
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