GreenCape
Water
South Africa’s water sector ripe with investment opportunities
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Equitable access to water and sanitation for all South Africans comes with a multi-billion rand price tag. But for willing investors, and businesses in the urban water space, the opportunities are substantial.
Finance and Policy
A decade of green economy investments pays off in job creation
Sector development agency Greencape this year celebrates a decade of leveraging funding partnerships and networks to facilitate R41billion worth of investment into South Africa’s green economy.
Renewable energy
Webinar recording: Green entrepreneurship as a driver for change
GreenCape hosted a digital dialogue that unpacked green entrepreneurship in South Africa and the need to grow green SMMEs.
Renewable energy
Open source green business support services directory launches in SA
GreenCape, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF), launched an open source Green Business Support Services Directory this month.
Future Energy
The energy transition, are we there yet?
We have less than 10 years to meet SDG7, where the world will – if successful – deliver access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Business and markets
Green businesses in South Africa get one-stop info hub
Greencape and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom have launched a green business directory aimed at South African businesses.
Business and markets
South Africa: Green SMME recovery backed by the solidarity of EU
An online dialogue on the theme of green SMME recovery, hosted by the GreenCape engaged an EU delegation in South Africa.
Solar
Loadshedding forcing self-reliance and a move away from Eskom
Now that loadshedding is back, renewed attention will be focused on self-generated embedded power, which is becoming less of a pipedream in South Africa.
Smart Technologies
1,000 cleantech solution companies sought by international label
GreenCape is the South African contact point to assist local cleantech companies to apply to join the Solar Impulse Foundation 1,000 Efficient Solutions Label portfolio.
Business and markets
South Africa’s waste management strategy promotes circular economy
The South African waste management strategy will compel major metros to include and integrate the informal sector into the waste management space by 2021.