A hidden charge in your electricity bill is being scrapped

A hidden charge in your electricity bill is being scrapped

Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa Energy regulator Nersa will be required to publish a rolling 10-year electricity price forecast, and Eskom and municipalities will be barred from recovering unpaid customer debt through tariffs, under a revised pricing policy that goes out for public comment on Friday. Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa outlined the revised electricity pricing policy…

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The projects leading Eskom’s 32GW renewables charge

The projects leading Eskom’s 32GW renewables charge

Eskom’s group executive for renewables, Rivoningo Mnisi, has put names and numbers to the projects that will come first under the new Eskom Green business, laying out a pipeline that runs from a solar plant already in the ground to a Komati solar-and-battery hybrid, a skills-transfer phase and, ultimately, utility-scale plants of at least 500MW…

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Women lead charge of IP, tech training ecosystem

Women lead charge of IP, tech training ecosystem

Women made up the majority of South Africa’s public IP and tech transfer training regime. (Image source: 123RF) Some 3 100 intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer professionals have been trained over the past 15 years, with women accounting for more than 55% of participants. This is according to the National Intellectual Property Management Office…

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Africa: Pope Leo and the Global Charge for Ai Regulation

Africa: Pope Leo and the Global Charge for Ai Regulation

Less human control of AI weaponry increases the appetite for wars, without their ending in sight, the Pontiff cautioned. From being experimental tools of technology companies in the West, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an advanced mechanism redefining human existence from the way it has been for centuries. The corporate world’s massive restructuring, leading to…

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Africa: Pope Leo and the Global Charge for Ai Regulation

Africa: Kagame Urges Africa to Take Charge of Its Future

President Paul Kagame has called on African countries to take greater responsibility for the continent’s development, saying progress will depend less on external promises and more on collaboration among Africans themselves. Speaking during a plenary session on green industrialisation and energy transition at the inaugural Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi on Tuesday, May 12, Kagame…

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Africa: Pope Leo and the Global Charge for Ai Regulation

West Africa: Barrow Receives U.S. Embassy Chargé D Affaires, AU Sahel Delegation

In a closed-door meeting, President Adama Barrow received the United States (US) Embassy Charge d Affaires, Eugene Young, in Banjul. Their discussion centred on the friendship and partnership between the US and The Gambia in various areas of development, including migration, business opportunities, transitional justice, and support through multilateral organisations such as the International Monetary…

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