Tag: Energy

Persistently poor GDP growth most significant feature of South Africa’s economic performance (Engineering News) South Africa’s continued disappointing economic growth remains ...

Closest election in 30 years as South Africans vote (BBC) South Africans are voting in the most pivotal election since the racist system of apartheid ended in 1994, which could se...

The EU and its Member States are committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, delivering on their commitments under the Paris Agreement. The European Green Deal is the EU’s...

Government and Microsoft Agree to a R1.3 Billion Landmark Investment to Empower Black-Owned Businesses and Young Black South Africans in 4IR Technologies (the dtic) Microsoft and ...

Algeria is a surprise major beneficiary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The invasion by Vladimir Putin’s government saw European countries scrambling to reduc...

The western Sahel state of Mauritania features on both the United Nations list of Least Developed Countries and the US-based Fund for Peace’s Fragile States Index. Yet it is both...

Gas still has a crucial role to play in South Africa’s energy mix (Engineering News) Gas has an important role to play in South Africa’s energy transition journey, Kearney par...

EU carbon levy: SA heads for clash with bloc (Daily Maverick) The EU insists that its plan to put a price on the carbon emissions of some imports from 2026 is intended purely to c...

the dtic Industrial Policy and Strategy Review Released Alongside R200 Million Investment by Citibank for Black Industrialists - The Department of Trade Industry and Competition (t...

South Africa may curb Shell’s oil exploration over gas-pump exit (Engineering News) South Africa’s energy ministry signaled it may grant fewer oil exploration permits to Shell...

South Africa: Trade statistics for March 2024 (SARS) South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R7.3 billion in March 2024. This surplus was attributable to expo...

US official announces business partnership with Kenya (Voice of America) About 1,300 delegates and 400 companies participated in the fourth American Chamber of Commerce summit in ...

South Africa initiates second dispute complaint regarding EU citrus fruit measures (WTO) South Africa is challenging the EU’s prohibition on the importation of South African cit...

Kenya second-hand clothes imports from China rise 86pc (The East African) The quantity of second-hand clothes imported from China, which is Kenya’s main source of the popular lo...

South Africa seeks to secure global plastics pollution treaty by balancing competing interests (Engineering News) South Africa will seek to secure a legally binding global plastic...

South Africa well placed to benefit from huge green hydrogen outlook, attendees hear (Engineering News) Green hydrogen has a massive potential future and South Africa is very well...

This Trade Report explores the transformative role of climate-backed financing in accelerating Africa’s transition to a renewable energy future. It underscores the criticality of...

Chicken industry needs no tariff rebates because there is no shortage, Sapa stresses (Engineering News) Executives from the South African Poultry Association (Sapa) met with Trade...

$10-billion Namibian green hydrogen project receives major German boost (Engineering News) Namibia’s first gigawatt scale green hydrogen project – the $10-billion Hyphen devel...

Scorching heat raises SA food inflation risk (The Herald) Dryer and hotter-than-usual weather across South Africa’s main summer crop growing regions is hurting the outlook for t...