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Brayfoil wins Green Energy Africa Summit clean-energy pitch competition

Following the win, the Brayfoil team hosted several meetings with potential investors on the sidelines of the GEA Summit

South African clean-energy start-up Brayfoil Technologies has won the Energy Investment Village pitch competition held during the Green Energy Africa (GEA) (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com/) Summit here this week. Brayfoil (www.Brayfoil.com) is a company designing turbine blades that change shape to reduce loads, enabling larger, more efficient, more reliable and affordable devices. The…

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Rekindling the Passion and Energy

New Eskom board chairman Mpho Makwana shared his views on the just transition, securing South Africa’s energy needs, and getting Eskom fired up again

New Eskom board chairman Mpho Makwana gave an interview on the side-lines of the Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com/) in Cape Town. Speaking only days after the new Eskom board was appointed, he shared his views on the just transition, securing South Africa’s energy needs, and getting Eskom fired up…

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Private power booms as green energy attracts finance

International investors are also being attracted by Africa’s renewable-energy opportunities

Private power is booming. This was the message from Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) CEO Emrie Brown at the Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com/), taking place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from October 4-5. Brown was speaking during a successful first day of the Summit, which drew hundreds of…

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The role of Utility, Challenges of Creditworthiness, Infrastructure, and Capacity (By Ana Hajduka)

Ahead of the Green Energy Africa Summit 2022, Africa GreenCo CEO Ana Hajduka shares her expertise on the role of the utility. Hajduka is speaking at the summit under the sub-theme “Creating Scale and Regional Marketing, How Can Power Pools and Cross Border Harmonization Support.”

Ana Hajduka, CEO, Africa GreenCo The lack of creditworthy offtakers is a key factor deterring investment in Renewable Energy (RE) in SADC region, resulting in a vicious circle of falling investment, higher cost of capital, and poor power system performance. This both slows and limits the pipeline of RE Independent…

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PWK Waste Management and Recycling to Reveal Upcycled Oil Canister Products at Green Energy Africa Summit 2022

Energy Investment Village gives real opportunities to start-ups

The Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com/) will give start-up companies an opportunity to connect with industry leaders and government officials through its Energy Investment Village, which features a selection of the most compelling local clean-tech projects. The companies will have the chance to pitch to energy leaders holding potential…

Green Energy Africa Summit
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Brayfoil to Showcase its Wind Turbine Blades at Green Energy Africa Summit 2022

Energy Investment Village gives real opportunities to start-ups

The Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) (GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com) will give start-up companies an opportunity to connect with industry leaders and government officials through its Energy Investment Village, which features a selection of the most compelling local clean-tech projects. The companies will have the chance to pitch to energy leaders holding potential…

Green Energy Africa Summit
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Zimi Charge to Present its Mobile Charging Stations at Green Energy Africa Summit 2022

Energy Investment Village gives real opportunities to start-ups

The Green Energy Africa Summit (GEAS) (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com) will give start-up companies an opportunity to connect with industry leaders and government officials through its Energy Investment Village, which features a selection of the most compelling local clean-tech projects. The companies will have the chance to pitch to energy leaders holding potential investments worth…

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Pitching event to expose clean-tech start-ups to international investors worth USD100-billion

Following an initial - and detailed - application process, a shortlist of candidates will make their way to the pitching event in October

On 5 October 2022, as part of Green Energy Africa Summit (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com), South African clean-tech start-ups and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to pitch to a room full of international and local investors with the potential to funding investment opportunities. As an initiative of the Hyve Group, the company behind…

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Financial innovation driving green-energy innovation

GEAS will bring together developers in the early stages of the green energy journey with potential investors looking to get in on the ground floor on real projects driving Africa’s energy transition

Finding solutions for Africa’s transition to a more sustainable energy mix will require significant innovation in the area of green technology. But what is sometimes overlooked is that a transition to a renewables-based economy will also take major financial innovation. Raising the capital required to fund renewable-energy projects, such as…

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Africa’s wind energy industry expected to diversify as interest to harness the continent’s wind grows (By Paul Sinclair)

More recently, natural resources and extractive industries have provided an additional driver of wind energy adoption in Africa

By Paul Sinclair, Vice President of Energy & Director of Government Relations, Africa Oil Week and Green Energy Summit Africa (https://GreenEnergyAfricaSummit.com) Outside of a limited number of countries, wind turbines have remained a rare sight in Africa. But this is not for lack of potential. In 2020, a study by…