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The Money Show - Bruce Whitfield interviews Gaylor Montmasson-Clair, TIPS Senior and the facilitator of the South Africa Renewable Energy Masterplan (Sarem).
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TIPS In the News
16 August 2023
South Africa shoots itself in the foot
BusinessTech - 15 August 2023
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TIPS In the News
17 August 2023
Brics: South Africa push to fix trade disparity
Business Times (Sunday Times) - 13 August 2023 by Khulekani Magubane
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22 August 2023
Localisation: When does it make sense?
Opening and welcome by Moderator: Saul levin Presentations Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) – Findings from the Imports Localisation and Supply Chain Disruption Study Dr Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Localisation and industrial policy Dr Tebogo Makube (the dtic) – Presentation to the TIPS localisation Development Dialogue Media South Africa…
- Date Tuesday, 29 August 2023
- Venue Hybrid
- Organisation TIPS
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Development Dialogue Seminars
27 August 2023
Inequality still at the heart of SA agriculture
Business Day - 22 August 2023 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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TIPS In the News
27 August 2023
Construction Has Started At Africa’s First Dedicated Gigawatt-Hour Battery Factory In Cape Town
CleanTechnica - 23August 2023 - by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai
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27 August 2023
Concerns over how IDC plans to channel money to SMMEs
Vutivi Business News - 24 August by Anna Majavu
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The TIPS Development Dialogue on Localisation: When does it make sense? was held on Tuesday 29 August. The main speakers were Neva Makgetla (TIPS), Nokwwanda Maseko (TIPS) and Dr Tebogo Makube (the dtic). Information about the dialogue and speakers as well a copy of the video recording, the presentations and research available here
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Announcements
29 August 2023
Ed's note: SAREM, ambitious but realistic
ESI Africa - 28 August 2030 by Nicolette Pombo-Van Zyl
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TIPS In the News
30 August 2023
South Africa 'missed the boat' on some localisation opportunities, but higher value industries can be pursued
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01 September 2023
Export Tracker - Q1 2023
South Africa’s merchandise exports declined by 0.8% year-on-year, amounting to R484 billion (constant rand terms) in the first quarter of 2023, while imports saw an increase of 15.1%. This resulted in a trade deficit (R1.2 billion) which was last experienced in the first quarter of 2019. The fall in exports…
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TIPS Export Tracker
06 September 2023
The Real Economy Bulletin - Second Quarter 2023
Main Bulletin: The Real Economy Bulletin - Second Quarter 2023 In this edition GDP growth: The GDP grew 0.6% in the second quarter of 2023, a slight improvement over the previous quarter and maintaining the return to pre-pandemic levels after the extraordinary drop in the second quarter of 2020. Growth was driven by a 5% increase in investment by private business and state-owned companies, likely reflecting the rapid expansion in off-grid, largely renewable generation. Read more. Employment: Employment climbed rapidly from the second quarter of 2022 to the second quarter 2023, adding 780 000 positions. Almost all of the net job gains were in…
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Quarterly Bulletin
15 September 2023
Pursuing a coal-to-liquids boon despite the costs
The Jakarta Post - 2 September 2023 by Muhammed Patel (TIPS)
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TIPS In the News
15 September 2023
‘South African industrial jewel’ repositions as manganese becomes key battery material
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TIPS In the News
15 September 2023
SA is letting mining’s next biggest thing slip from its grasp
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TIPS In the News
15 September 2023
TIPS Forum 2023
TIPS hosted its Annual Forum 2023 in August on the theme Industrial Policy in an era of global structural change: Implications for Southern Africa. Copies of the papers and presentations available here. If you missed the sessions you can watch the recordings here: TIPS Forum 2023 videos. TIPS FORUM 2024 - CALL FOR PAPERS Small Business, Inclusive Growth, and Industrial Policy in South Africa30-31 July 2024 Find out more or submit your paper >>>
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15 September 2023
African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE) 2023
The seventeenth edition of APORDE took place in September. The programme included three public seminars, both in person and online, including the Annual Alice Amsden Memorial Lecture. If you missed them you can watch them here: APORDE public seminars. APORDE 2024 - Call for Participants APORDE is a high-level training programme in development economics which aims to build capacity in economics and economic policy-making. The course is run for two weeks and consists of lectures and seminars taught by leading international and African economists. This call is directed at talented economists, policy makers, academics and civil society activists who, if selected, will…
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