Energy in South Africa

What kind of month it was

• 15expansion
• 10funding and investment
• 7leadership changes
• 7deals and disposals
• 4regulatory action
• 4tenders and contracts

What happened

• 2026-11-11tender
  Calling on financiers to inspect two promising companiesESI Africa ↗
• 2026-11-11capitalmnaR340 000
  Driving a car 400 kilometres for only R85htxt.africa ↗
• 2026-11-11capitalexpansion$3.4 billion
  The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricityMIT Tech Review AI ↗
• 2026-11-11expansion$2.58 million$1.79 million
  Acecore, Supplya and Navidyn are betting Nigeria can build, lend and diveTechCabal ↗
• 2026-11-11expansionmna$4.1 billion$3 billion
  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Signed, sealed, remittedTechCabal ↗
• 2026-11-05capital
  Invest in off-grid solar as if it were infrastructureESI Africa ↗
• 2026-11-04capital$250,000$150,000
  Acecore wins TC Battlefield 2026 with Nigerian-made batteriesTechCabal ↗
• 2026-11-04capitalexpansion$310 million$155 million
  Safaricom’s cleaner energy push struggles to keep pace with growthTechCabal ↗
• 2026-10-29regulatory action
  Bronkhorstspruit water crisis prompts investigation into City of TshwaneBizcommunity Energy ↗
• 2026-10-14capital
  Why water and energy cannot be managed separatelyESI Africa ↗
• 2026-10-09expansionmna
  Ahead Of NERSA Hearings, Communities Call For Eskom Tariff Hikes To Be Rejected And Free Basic Electricity To Be IncreasedInfrastructure News ↗
• 2026-10-04capitalexpansion$20 billion$10 billion
  AI Doesn’t Run On Hype. It Runs On MegawattsInfrastructure News ↗

Named most often

• Cape Town Stadium3
• Africa Prize3
• Metro-built Hybrid Power Plant3
• Virtual Power Plant Sandbox3
• Electra Mining Africa2
• City of Tshwane2
• V&A Waterfront Circular Innovation Challenge2
• Standard Bank2
• Unconventional Business Model2
• AEW1

Counted only where the organisation is named in the headline, so this is who the month was about rather than who got a mention.