With South Africa’s energy landscape undergoing significant transformation, a new economic opportunity is emerging in a place few had considered seriously before: tourism. At a recent high-level discussion hosted by Nedbank and the NEPAD Business Foundation, under the auspices of the SADC Tourism Alliance, key stakeholders across industry and corporates explored how tourism can significantly mitigate the socio-economic impacts of South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET).

City Lodge Hotels proudly highlighted its successful incubation of 47 SMEs, with 16 already integrated into its national supply chains, providing critical services such as waste management and landscaping.

Pictured above are Chief Operating Officer of City Lodge Hotels, Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo (centre), Larisha Naidoo, Head of Zimele at Anglo American (left), and Dr Nirmala Reddy, Nedbank’s Strategy Specialist for Enterprise Development (right).

Read the full article here: https://www.nepadbusinessfoundation.org/a-new-economic-engine-for-south-africas-just-energy-transition/