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 | South Africa has been working on diversifying its energy mix for some time, but the recent sharp economic downturn coupled with the Covid-19 pandemic have highlighted the need for additional renewable capacity... read |
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 | HASNAINE YAVARHOUSSEN Africa historically has been an easy target for negative generalisations in the media. Until the early 2000s, stories of conflict, war, poverty, corruption, aid and unemployment dominated the headlines. But today's Africa is not so one-dimensional, nor is it doomed...read |
|  | | The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has been given approval by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, to grant licence applications for self-generation facilities of above 1MW...read |
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 | Unit 2 at Kusile Power Station in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, has been brought into full commercial operation status to further stabilise the power system... Read |
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 | MXOLISI MGOJO The Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge that no one could have anticipated. It has had a wide-reaching impact on all industries across the globe, and the South African mining sector is no exception... Read |
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 | Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175kms off the southern coast of South Africa... Read |
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 | JANINE ESPIN The South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE's) Independent Power Producers Programme Office (IPPPO) aims to procure 2,000MW of electricity in its latest request for proposal (RFP)... Read |
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 | Chidi Nwaogu of Publiseer was named the "Big Winner" of the 2020 ITU Global Innovation Challenge by the International Telecommunications Union... Read |
 | CHRISTIAN HAPPI & IFEYINWA ANIEBO Nigeria, like other African countries, wasn't spared from the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. To overcome this challenge, countries have been advised to keep testing, treating and isolating to reduce infections... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Matina Razafimahefa is the founder of SAYNA, an innovative edtech venture based in Madagascar, and a runner-up in the 2020 Anzisha Prize... Read |
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 | CLAIRE DENHAM-DYSON In B2B marketing, creating a seamless customer experience can be a key differentiator or justification for a premium. Just how many brands get this right is unknown... Read |
 | ASTRID R.N. HAAS AND VICTORIA DELBRIDGE Trade routes have been significantly disrupted this year in efforts to contain Covid-19. The effects of this are already showing: global growth is set to contract by 4.9%... Read |
 | HAYDN TOWNSEND Many consumers feel brands don't know them well enough to serve them in a way that makes them feel special. But when those brands know too much, can you trust them? Read |
 | Bronwyn Williams, partner at Flux Trends, interviewed Sylvester Chauke at the Alinea Innovation Master Class to find out South African businesses can use innovation to become more resilient and sustainable... Read |
 | AMIR SOHRABI Over the past few months, the entire globe has been through the largest proof-of-concept in working from home... Read |
 | Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) highlighted the many challenges South Africa faces in reigniting its economy beyond the Covid-19 crisis, but it was predictable in its promises, and light on detail... Read |
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