We spoke with Mandy Rambharos, General Manager: Just Energy Transition office, Eskom about the energy transition in Africa, and the role that women leaders in the sector can play in ensuring a just, reliable, inclusive and sustainable energy transition for South Africa and for the greater African continent.
She shared with us the mandate of her office, the opportunities and challenges the energy transition presents, as well as some more personal insight into the woman behind the title.
Don’t let finance hinder you from generating your own power. It is a fact that businesses take a hard knock when power cuts become persistent. Admittedly the solution, backup power, is costly. So how do C&I firms stay clear of rolling blackouts. It is high time businesses consider generating their own power! However, funding resources for self-generating onsite projects are often a challenge for small enterprise. Download this webcast, which presents available options on funding and regulation for onsite power generation to support businesses. This webinar unpacks: Financing trendsRisk analysis & opportunitiesRegulation Speakers: Peter Page, Investment Associate at responsAbility Investments AG, SwitzerlandJack Radmore, Energy Programme Manager at GreenCape, South AfricaNiveshen Govender, Chief Operating Officer at SAPVIA, South Africa ...
70-90% of African cities are walking but without adequate infrastructure It causes huge fatalities and risk of safety How city planners can develop a safe zone for pedestrians? Which cities and countries are trying to do things differently? What challenges are city planners faced with in trying to change infrastructure for walking? How can cities overcome these challenges? Speaker: Chris Kost, Africa Program Director at Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Africa (Kenya) ...
Fleet operators constitute the bulk of brand-new motor vehicle purchases across the continent. Fleet operators will play a pivotal role in the electrification of fleets because they are repeat customers – require consistent maintenance and service as well as car renewals. Is Africa running behind or ahead of the timeline to electrify its fleets? A comparison between two cities A strategy to go fully electric Shaping policy and the government’s role in early electric vehicle adoption Understanding the resistance shown by the informal public transport sector How data is the key to Africa’s EV evolution Speakers: Simisola Elegba, Bus System Engineer at LAMATA (Nigeria) Vuyisile Majola, CEO at Ubunye Capital (South Africa) ...
