Tag: Green economy
Empowering South Africa’s youth through green entrepreneurship
By Poovi Pillay, Executive Head: CSI at Nedbank
The unemployment crisis facing South African youth is a national emergency that demands innovative solutions. With a staggering 45.5% unemployment rate among young individuals aged 15–34...
Obrist Group Plans Gigaplants for methanol production as a climate-positive global energy source
THE German-Austrian industrial group Obrist Group is planning to build so-called gigaplants, a type of giant solar park that will not supply electricity, but green methanol. During production, more climate-damaging CO2...
The Atlantis Special Economic Zone for green technologies
If we are going to have a future that is sustainable (and perhaps even regenerative), then that future will need manufacturing processes and systems that are sustainable. Technology undoubtedly has a...
Ramaphosa opens Mining Indaba with call for collaboration
Investing in African Mining Indaba 2024 opened Monday 5 February in Cape Town with a record 11,000 registered delegates from 126 countries, and 8,000 delegates attending on the first day.
South Africa’s...
Funding sustainable growth in Africa
The key to Africa’s energy transition is connecting investors to the opportunities in the continent’s emerging renewables sector. Foreign direct investment can be the secret to our success.
Developing a new global...
EWSETA weighs in on discussion around the role of skills at Financial Mail Green...
The Financial Mail’s Green Economy Conference which took place as a hybrid event on Thursday, 24 August 2023 under the theme ‘clean and green – powering a sustainability fuelled future’ brought...
Construction begins for Africa’s first dedicated gigawatt battery storage plant in Cape Town
The start of construction on a facility that will be home to Africa’s first dedicated gigawatt battery storage manufacturing plant was a landmark moment, said Alderman James Vos, the City’s Mayoral...
Training professionals for a Green Economy
THE National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) invites companies interested in improving their resource efficiency and saving money to register their in-house representatives and/or consultants for upcoming NCPC-SA training courses.
Since...
The biggest obstacle to sustainability is wishful thinking – Part 2
This is the second part of the article published in CBN August where Stefano Marani -Renergen CEO myth busts some oft repeated ’irrefutable’ energy ‘facts’.
IN this article I have argued that...
Copper is the new oil: Green economy could be a boon for Africa’s copper...
A recent research note from Goldman Sachs asserts that one particular commodity – found in several Africa countries – could be among the envisaged green economy’s most significant beneficiaries. It appears decarbonisation of...
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Neurodiversity: Unlocking the potential behind every mind
International Performance Coach and Public Speaker, Alvin Govender, speaks frankly in this open letter about Neurodivergence and its benefits in the workplace.
A ‘buzzword’ over...