The South African broadband market has consistently shown significant growth rates of over 30% in the last two years, and according to a Frost & Sullivan report, this positive trend is expected to continue for the next two years.
Despite the expense of network infrastructure rollouts, South Africa’s top operators are still engaged in the crucial activity of increasing broadband penetration in South Africa, says the Frost & Sullivan report. The report adds that there are immense opportunities for internet service providers (ISPs) and vendors because all electronic communications network services (ECNS) license holders are currently permitted to self-provision. Read the rest of this entry »
Despite the considerable potential that exists to produce electricity using renewable energy (RE) in Southern Africa, RE projects have been largely limited to off-grid, small-scale applications. However, the renewable energy market in South Africa is expected to grow exponentially in the next few years, owing to the announcement of the renewable energy feed-in tariff made in March 2009.
The use of power rental equipment is becoming increasingly important in sub-Saharan Africa to alleviate the current electricity challenges that the region faces.
