July Ndlovu

This week we profile July Moyo, CEO of Anglo American Coal South Africa and chairperson of the World Coal Association 

Etienne Jooste

This week we profile Etienne Jooste, chief operating officer at Londani Coal, a coal mining company  

Christopher Eibl

This week we profile Christopher Eibl, GM of ESAB South Africa, a supplier of ESAB welding and cutting products 

Juliano Vargas

This week we profile Juliano Vargas, CEO of Zest WEG Group Africa, an electrical equipment manufacturer and distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa  

Natalie Jantjies

This week we profile Natalie Jantjies, digital transformation director at Heineken South Africa, which sells, markets and distributes beers and ciders in the South African market 

Liz Gorbunov

This week we profile Liz Gorbunov, GM and chief marketing manager: light commercial vehicles and sports utility vehicles at automaker Nissan Africa  

Derek Halstead-Cleak

This week we profile Derek Halstead-Cleak, CEO of Kwikspace Modular Buildings, Africa’s largest manufacturer of prefabricated and modular buildings. 

Lucas Tseki

This week we profile Lucas Tseki, CEO of Concor, a provider of diversified infrastructure, building and opencast mining services 

Michael van Niekerk

This week we profile Michael van Niekerk, CEO of ASP-Fire, a fire prevention company 

Mark Dytor

This week we profile Mark Dytor, CEO of explosives and speciality chemicals company AECI 

Siyabonga Mbanjwa

This week we profile Siyabonga Mbanjwa, regional MD: Southern Africa at SENER, which is involved in energy, including renewable energy, power and oil and gas, as well as infrastructure, including... 

Adelino Barbosa

Full Name: Adelino de Oliveira Barbosa Position: COO of Konica Minolta South Africa, a provider of imaging, printing, document management and software software 

Tim White

This week we profile Tim White, CEO of property and construction solutions company Profica  

Tebogo Raaleka

This week we profile Tebogo Raaleka, national product specialist: structural steels at Macsteel, a manufacturer, merchandiser and distributor of steel and value-added steel products 

Regulatory excellence key to oil, gas success

African oil and gas regulators need is an organisational culture that is committed to high performance in the advancement of public values, writes Chilenye Nwapi   

Tumi Mphahlele

This week we profile Tumi Mphahlele, CEO of IG3N, a startup that assembles lithium-ion phosphate batteries that are used mostly in solar photovoltaic installations 

Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix

Germany-headquartered multinational Siemens foresees countries in the Middle East increasing renewables’ share of their hydrocarbons-heavy energy mix by five percentage points in the coming decade.... 

Xolile Sizani

This week we profile Xolile Sizani, CEO of Servest, a provider of integrated facilities management solutions across the African continent 

Nazmi Adams

This week we profile Nazmi Adams, CEO of Weldamax, which is involved in industrial gases and welding distribution 

Edwin Ludick

This week we profile Edwin Ludick, MD of AEL Intelligent Blasting, a developer, producer and supplier of commercial explosives  

Siemens to launch industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai

Technology and engineering multinational Siemens has been contracted to conduct an industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai – the first in the Middle East – which it aims to be... 

Epiroc releases underground drill bit

Mining, infrastructure and natural resources equipment group Epiroc has introduced an underground drillbit that will match the capacity of the latest technology in drill rigs and boost the... 

Tim Frankish

Full Name: Timothy Mark Frankish Position: MD of SolarSave, an innovative solar photovoltaic solutions company that offers its clients a capital-expenditure-free rent-to-own model 

Aubrey Lekwane

This week we profile Aubrey Lekwane, MD of Bombardier Transportation in South Africa. Bombardier Transportation a global mobility solutions provider. It covers the full spectrum – from trains to... 

Murtaza Moulvi

This week we profile Murtaza Moulvi, head of financial markets (South Africa) and sales (Southern Africa) at banking group Standard Chartered Bank 

Exxaro to have full ownership of renewables company Cennergi

Diversified resources company Exxaro Resources has concluded an agreement with Khopoli Investments, a subsidiary of Tata Power Company, to acquire Khopoli’s 50% shareholding in Cennergi for... 

Foreign mining investors responding to Zimbabwe’s ‘come hither’ mantra

When Robert Mugabe was forced to resign as Zimbabwe’s President in November 2017, the country had been estranged from much of the Western world for more than a decade, depriving it of much-need... 

Thuli Njapha

This week we profile Thuli Njapha, MD of Norconsult Iyanda, a black-women-owned South Africa-based professional services company that provides engineering and consulting services 

Foreign mining investors responding to Zimbabwe’s ‘come hither’ mantra

When Robert Mugabe was forced to resign as Zimbabwe’s President in November 2017, the country had been estranged from much of the Western world for more than a decade, depriving it of much-need... 

Colin Ford

This week we profile Colin Ford, MD of Lubrication Engineers, and importer and distributor of enhanced lubricants and equipment 

Ben Churr

This week we profile Ben Churr, business head at Goscor Industrial & Construction Equipment, an industrial and construction equipment rental and sales company  

Pherdy le Roux

This week we profile Pherdy le Roux, MD of construction company GVK-Siya Zama Building Contractors  

George Mothema

This week we feature George Mothema, chairperson of Aviation Coordination Services, a leading provider of hold baggage screening and cargo screening services and common user terminal equipment... 

Petrus Pienaar

This week we profile Petrus Pienaar, CEO of Nyeleti Consulting Engineers 

Dawie Strauss

This week we profile Dawie Strauss, MD of Superior Pressure Solutions (Spress), a company that is involved in the manufacture, sales and maintenance of high-pressure equipment supplied to the... 

Annali May

This week we profile Annali May, CEO of Prowalco, which is involved in the manufacture, supply and maintenance of liquid-fuel-dispensing equipment used in the oil industry 

Graham Whitty

This week we profile Graham Whitty, CEO of EMVA, an importer and distributor of industrial stainless-steel pipe, fittings, flanges, round bar and valves. 

Jean-Claude Lasserre

This week we profile Jean-Claude Lasserre, sub-Saharan Africa CEO for Saint-Gobain, which manufactures and distributes materials and solutions that can be found in buildings, transport,... 

Siegfried Kreutzfeld

This week we profile Siegfried Kreutzfeld, CEO of Zest WEG Group Africa, whose offering includes low- and high-voltage electric motors, vibrator motors, variable-speed drives, soft starters, power... 

Rob Adam

This week we profile Rob Adam, MD of the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, which operates the MeerKAT radio telescope and is building the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope