Janet Wilhelm
FDI Tracker - Q1 and Q2 2018
Monitoring for Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2018 identified 12 projects that were not previously captured, with no major updates to existing projects.
The Johannesburg health cluster
This research report is focused on the healthcare sector in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ), in particular the medical devices sector and delves deeper to understand the problems faced by the sector and what would be required to leverage the sector for domestic growth and import substitution.
The City of Johannesburg has all the building blocks to grow, expand and develop current medical devices activity within its robust broader healthcare cluster. The cluster offers opportunities for increased city-based GDP and value-added growth, increased employment opportunities, substantial export opportunities and the opportunity to support the national government’s drive towards import substitution in a rapidly growing market segment. It appears that the national government is committed to growing the medical device sector and that any initiatives undertaken by the city would thus be in line with and support national industrial policy thinking. This is important as many of the constraints facing the sector can only be mitigated at a national level.
Big business’s hold on economic power spawns pervasive inequality
Business Day - 23 October 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
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Or read as a PDF.
Development Dialogue: Education and skills for the economy
TIPS hosted a Development Dialogue on Education and skills for the economy on November 19. Speakers were Brian Levy (UCT) and Carmel Marock (Singizi). For copies of the presentations go to Development Dialogue.
Education and skills for the economy
10:30 - 10:45: Opening and Welcome
10:45 - 12:00: Presentations:
- Brian Levy (UCT): The politics and governance of basic education: A tale of two South African provinces
- Carmel Marock (Singizi): Enhancing education, training and skills outcomes in the manufacturing sector
12:30: Lunch
This Development Dialogue aims to discuss some of the challenges and issues for consideration in how the education system impacts on industrial capacity and areas that require attention.
RSVP by email: rozale@tips.org.za
- Geraldine Reymenants (Government of Flanders)
- Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS)
- Small business development in the adaptation space
- Shakespear Mudombi and Muhammed Patel (TIPS)
- The water innovation story
- Mao Amis (African Centre for a Green Economy)
- Bulelwa Ntsendwana (EWEF Sustainable Technologies)
- Jacob Bossaer (Bosaq)
- Rori Mpete (TnM Innovations)
- Sabelo Domo (Arumloo)
- Mogale Maleka (AB Farms)
- Wolfgang von Loeper (MySmartFarm)
- Grant Prince (Fetola)
- Chantal Ramcharan-Kotze (Water Research Commission)
- Claire Pengelly (GreenCape)
- Dorah Marema (Gender CC)
- Judy Abrahams (Industrial Development Corporation)
BACKGROUND
Climate change is increasingly identified as the single most pressing challenge facing society in the 21st century. In the near future, it will have exponential and disastrous effects on economic development, social progress and environmental sustainability. Such developments render the need to adapt to expected (and unexpected) impacts paramount, in order to improve the resilience of the economy, society and the environment. Water is the primary channel through which climate change influences planetary and socio-economic ecosystems. Adaptation relies on innovative solutions. Small businesses are particularly well-suited to seize such opportunities. However, this potential remains largely unexplored. The Roundtable aims to contribute towards filling the gap between the need to adapt to climate change and the potential to bring out socio-economic development benefits in the process. It investigates the interplay between climate change adaptation and small business development in the South African context.
Mpumalanga faces the reality of coal’s demise
Business Day - 9 October 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
Read online at Business Day.
Or read as a PDF.
How will we measure effect of economic package on daily lives?
Business Day - 25 September 2018 by Neva Makgetla (TIPS Senior Economist)
Read online at Business Day.
Or read as a PDF.
Forward-looking approach to next generation sanitation and industrial development in South Africa – a briefing
A significant proportion of people still require proper sanitation services in South Africa, on the continent, and globally. Given the inadequacies in the current sanitation system, there is a huge potential market for new generation sanitation (NGS) technologies. The size of the market could be much bigger if we consider the proportion of people that do not have sanitation services, those with inadequate services, and those whose services are inappropriate (such as waterborne systems in water scarce areas). NGS has the potential to be a disruptive technology. If properly embraced, it can significantly transform the sanitation landscape and leapfrog the previously unserved and underserved communities. As a new field, there is need for the country to take front-runner advantage. Though South Africa has a strong research, development and innovation background on conventional sanitation, the country needs to be more active to capture the opportunity offered by NGS to industrialise. Efforts by various organisations to promote the development of NGS in the country are providing valuable platforms to leverage.
This policy brief highlights the opportunities and constraints for NGS in the context of industrial development in South Africa. It considers the status of NGS technologies worldwide and the possible opportunity for South Africa.
This policy brief is based on the report Forward looking approach to next generation sanitation and industrial development in South Africa. It can be accessed on the TIPS website at the following link: download main report