Rentia van Tonder, Global Head Power & Renewables, Standard Bank | Africa Energy Forum 2026

Ramokgopa has set out 105GW of new generation and 14,500km of transmission, and wants the towers, transformers and cables built by South African manufacturers

Kenneth Oyakhire, MD and CEO of Services in Sub-Saharan Africa for Gas Power at GE Vernova, gives his view on the mix of solutions needed, and the role that gas can play. “We need to balance aspirations for lower-carbon, more sustainable power in Africa, with the availability of affordable, reliable power for all.  To this […]

Red Rocket is expanding real-time bird detection across more of its wind farms after a successful first year at Brandvalley and Rietkloof. Sustainability and HSEQ Director Magdalena Michalowska-Logan on what the data showed, and why targeted turbine shutdowns could become standard practice at higher-risk sites.

Standard Bank's Rentia van Tonder on grid expansion, transmission and the wholesale energy market as South Africa's electricity sector decentralises, ahead of AEF 2026.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa is positioning itself as a key enabler of Africa's energy transition, with executives Phindile Masangane and Greg Fyfe telling Engineering News why bankable projects, stronger transmission and blended finance, including a proposed Credit Guarantee Vehicle, will shape the continent's infrastructure ahead of AEF 2026.

Africa has more countries than any other continent, and a power system fragmented along every border between them. At AEF 2026, the AfDB's Wale Shonibare, Africa GreenCo's Lion Mashiri and Ndola Energy's Adrian Silwimba argued that continental-scale projects only become financeable when electricity can be traded as freely as it is generated.

NTCSA moved the launch from 1 April to the third quarter after an assessment with NERSA found more work was needed on operational and regulatory readiness. The regulator granted the company its Market Operator Licence in December, and only certified participants will be able to trade.

Advisers are due within weeks to open negotiations with the banks and funders holding Eskom's high-voltage assets as security. Valuation and the treatment of municipal debt sit beside that conversation, and Eskom itself has asked that any transfer wait until risks to its finances are addressed.