2023 Energy Investment Village open for pitches

The Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) has announced the launch of the 2023 Energy Investment Village (EIV), a deal-pitching event for African clean-tech starts-ups and energy projects. The EIV is now open for entries from emerging African energy businesses and will culminate in a Lion’s Den-type pitching event during the GEAS to be held in Cape Town on October 11.
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SolarAfrica uses Ford Silverton project as springboard into national solar rollout

Building on its R170-million investment pledge at the South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) in 2020, solar photovoltaic (PV) energy solutions company SolarAfrica has continued to roll out solar PV projects throughout the country. This year’s SAIC is set to take place on April 13 in Sandton.
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Treasury assures transparency, accountability not compromised with Eskom’s financial exemption

Following backlash after a special government gazette was issued by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana on Friday, which revealed that Eskom would be exempt from declaring its irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, Treasury has asserted that transparency and accountability are not compromised with the move. Godongwana has granted a partial exemption to the ailing power utility from disclosing irregular spending in its annual financial statements, for three years.
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