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Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies hybrid Development Dialogue on Technological Change and Innovation in Industrial Policy
- Date Tuesday, 08 October 2024
- Time 11h00 - 13h00 SAST
- Venue TIPS offices and Zoom
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Development Dialogue on Gendering Industrial Policy
Opening Remarks by Moderator: Liako Mofo (TIPS)
Presentations and discussion:
- Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Insights from Paper
- Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) – Insights from Paper
- Josephilda Hlope (DPME) – Discussant
PRESENTATIONS
Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) Women’s economic access and the limitations of “men in hard hats” industrial policy.
Neva Makgetla (TIPS) Toward an industrial policy for women
MEDIA
NEVA MAKGETLA: Women lose out with SA industrial policy
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Moderator
Liako Mofo is a senior economist at TIPS. She has worked on trade policy and regional value chains in different sectors.
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Nokwanda Maseko is a senior economist at TIPS. Her work is at the intersection of industrial policy, gender and the just transition. She previously worked as a Budget Analyst at the National Treasury, and as an Assistant Director for Industrial Policy at the Economic Development Department.
Josephilda Hlope is Outcome Facilitator responsible for Social Protection and Social Cohesion and leads engagement on the G20 Development Working Group at the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. . She served as Chief Policy Analyst in the Advisory Services Directorate Economic in the Presidency from 2008 to 2010, and was a member of the National Planning Commission Secretariat for the NDP in the Presidency from 2010 to 2014. As part of her career, she has developed evidence-based policies and programmes, streamlined monitoring and evaluation processes, and implemented innovative national development strategies.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
If you wish to join, in-person at TIPS offices, 234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa or virtually please register here.
- Date Tuesday, 13 August 2024
- Venue Zoom and TIPS offices
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Development Dialogue on The Role of Masterplans in South Africa
PRESENTATIONS
Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Outcomes of the Masterplans evaluation
Lunga Msengana (TIPS) – Insights from Masterplans Project Management Unit on lessons learned from implementation
MEDIA
SA warned to lower emissions or lose its EU export status (iol.co.za)
NEVA MAKGETLA: Towards an industrial policy for job creation (businesslive.co.za)
BACKGROUND
This Development Dialogue will evaluate some of the key lessons learned from implementation and the thinking around how we should locate master plans in our industrial policy and some of the key insights from the TIPS evaluation of Masterplans.
It will look at the issues that the project management unit are dealing with on master plans as well as successes and how to better align them with industrial policy. Including the critical role of the PMU, the implementation process and the governance structures while highlighting how we work together and better with all relevant stakeholders to revitalise South Africa’s economy and society through Master Plans.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
If you wish to join, in-person at TIPS offices, 234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Moderator
Dr Saul Levin is the Executive Director of TIPS since 2014. He has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg, with his thesis on industrial financing. Saul has held senior posts in several government departments.
Presenters
Zukiswa Kimani is the Chief Director: Industrial Policy at the dtic responsible for managing, evaluating and developing South Africa’s industrial policy. She is an expert in Industrial Policy and Sector Strategy with a demonstrated history of working in government administration. Skilled in research, policy analysis, government, strategic planning, and project management. She is an operations professional with a Master's degree focused in Development Economics and International Development from The Australian National University.
Dr. Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Dr. Lunga Msengana is the PMU Head at TIPS. He is a Professional Engineering Technologist registered with Engineering Council of South Africa, he has worked as a technician, business analyst, engineer and project manager. He has had opportunities to work for Denel, Saab Tech, Molapo Technology, and Vodacom as well as more recently as Project Portfolio Manager for Eskom.
Rudi Dicks is the Head of the Project Management Office (PMO) in the Private Office of the President. He is responsible for supporting the implementation of the Presidential Jobs Summit Framework agreement, the President’s Youth Employment Initiative as well as unblocking rgulatory challenges that impact on employment and economic growth. His previous roles have been as Deputy-Director General at the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Executive Director of the National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI) which is the research arm of COSATU.
- Date Wednesday, 10 July 2024
- Venue Tips Offices and Zoom
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) invites you to a hybrid Development Dialogue on South Africa in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Impact and Renewal
Wednesday 26 June at 09:30 – 11:00 AM (SAST)
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
PRESENTATIONS
- Saul Levin (TIPS) – Presenting South Africa In AGOA: Impact, Potential and the Case for Renewal Paper by TIPS and COSATU
- Faizel Ismail (Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance) – The Politics of Trade and South Africa
MEDIA
South Africa continues to push for long extension to Agoa well ahead of 2025 expiry - Polity 26 June 2024
RESEARCH REPORT
SOUTH AFRICA IN AGOA: IMPACT, POTENTIAL AND THE CASE FOR RENEWAL
BACKGROUND
This Development Dialogue will unpack South Africa and the United States’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Since being signed into law in 2000 and subsequently renewed, the Act has offered preferential access to the US market for most African countries, including South Africa.
In 2022, preferential access under AGOA has according to a TIPS and Cosatu report helped South African exporters avoid US$116 million in tariffs. While these savings are relatively small compared to South Africa’s US$14,5 billion in total exports to the US, they nevertheless play an important role for key sectors such as automotives, petrochemicals, citrus, wine, and a range of others – with 59% of manufacturing exports and 75% of agricultural exports entering the US market on a preferential basis, AGOA gives South African exports a competitive edge.
Yet despite some positive impact of AGOA, the trade measure has often failed to live up to a core objective of driving the development in a diverse range of value-added exports from Sub-Saharan Africa, and supporting the creation of quality jobs in the region. While the market access offered by AGOA is beneficial, it remains difficult for many African countries to benefit from preferences that require strong existing productive capacity. These underlying challenges have been aggravated by continued uncertainty on the renewal of AGOA. .
With AGOA’s 2025 expiry and possible renewal close on the horizon, South Africa’s continuation in the programme has been questioned.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Moderator
Nokwanda Maseko is a senior economist at TIPS. Her work is at the intersection of industrial policy, gender and the just transition. She previously worked as a Budget Analyst at the National Treasury, and as an Assistant Director for Industrial Policy at the Economic Development Department.
Presenters
Saul Levin is the Executive Director of TIPS since 2014. He has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg, with his thesis on industrial financing. Saul has held senior posts in several government departments.
Faizel Ismail is the Director of the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance where he teaches courses on global governance, trade law and trade policy. He has a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester. He previously served as the chairperson of the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC). He has served as the Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa to the World Trade Organization (WTO) (2010-2014).
Tanya van Meelis is the Head of the Policy Unit and the Labour Market Policy Coordinator at the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Tanya is an accomplished businesswoman and has served in various roles such as Chief Economist at the Economic Development Department and Acting Deputy Director General at the Transformation and Competition unit at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic)
Malose Anthony Letsoalo currently serves as Chief Director: Bilateral Trade Relation – Rest of the World in the Trade Branch of the dtic. In this position, Malose is responsible for bilateral trade relations between South Africa and all foreign countries outside the African Continent, that is with Americans, Asia, Europe, and Middle East. Prior to this position, Malose served as Minister: Economic at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington DC.
- Date Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Venue TIPS offices and Zoom
Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) hybrid Development Dialogue on
Developing the Renewable Energy Industrial Value Chain
Thursday 30 May at 13:00 – 15:00 PM (SAST).
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners
to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
PRESENTATIONS
Saul Levin (TIPS) - Greenining Industrial Policy
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair - What would it take to localise the renewable energy value chain in South Africa?
Gerald Nienaber - Case study: Modetech Services
Fazel Ernest - Insights from Labour
MEDIA
Supply-side support will be required if South Africa aims to join green industrialisation race - Engineering News 30 May 2024
POLICY BRIEF
AGENDA
Dr Saul Levin (TIPS) – Presenting on Greening Industrial Policy
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS) – What would it take to localise the renewable energy value chain in South Africa?
Gerald Nienaber (Modetech) – Case Study Modetech Services
Fazel Ernest (CEPPWAWU - Cosatu) – Insights from Labour
Background
This Development Dialogue will unpack the opportunities for South Africa in the development of renewable energy and battery storage value chains, in line with the framework of the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) and the country’s broader transition to green industrial policy. The fast-rising roll-out of renewable energy and storage technologies, both domestically and globally, presents an opportunity for South Africa to foster economic development, employment creation and social transformation.
The development of industrial value chains, leveraging South Africa’s existing manufacturing and service provision capabilities, is one such opportunity. Looking ahead, understanding the landscape of opportunities in the value chain and the necessary interventions required to realise the potential will be the focus of the dialogue.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
About the Speakers
Moderator
Muhammed Patel is a Senior Economist at TIPS. He works on TIPS's work on sustainability and just transition. Muhammed’s background spans work in industrial development, and competition and regulatory economics as well as the telecommunications and energy sectors.
Presenters
Saul Levin is Executive Director of TIPS since 2014. He has a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg, with his thesis on industrial financing. Saul was previously a chief director in the Economic Development Department (EDD) with oversight of the Development Finance Institutions reporting to EDD. He also held several senior posts in the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Department of Minerals and Energy, and Department of Trade and Industry.
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). He leads TIPS's work on sustainability and just transition, and is the Facilitator for the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), the industrialisation plan for South Africa’s renewable energy value chain. He has been working on inclusive development and green economy issues for more than fifteen years and has carried extensive research on the transition to an inclusive green economy from a Global South perspective, with a focus on policy frameworks, industrial development, just transition and resource security.
Fazel Ernest is a South African trade-unionist at CEPPWAWU - Cosatu who organises, facilitates, evaluates, and reports on capacity building for members in his leadership role at the union. He supports operational and strategic leadership structures and represent the union in legislative and stakeholder structures. He is deeply rooted in social solidarity with the poor, destitute and vulnerable with a background in political and community activism. He has served on numerous SETA Boards/EXCOs and is the former CHIETA Chief Operations Officer.
Gerald Nienaber is a partner of Modetech Services which is a small but growing high-tech engineering and manufacturing business which is poised to move from servicing traditional markets, such as mining, to new emerging markets, such as the renewable energy sector. He has extensive experience in several key industries in South Africa, leading the development of EOM parts and dedicated to providing OEM parts solutions for the world's most critical markets.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
FOR ENQUIRIES - Rozale@tips.org.za
- Date Thursday, 30 May 2024
- Venue TIPS office and Zoom
PRESENTATIONS
Nishal Robb (TIPS) – SA economic trends pre- and post-COVID-19: Implications for industrial policy
Itumeleng Mokoena (DNA Economics) – Trends in the global economy since 2008 and Implications for South Africa's industrial policy
Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) – Post-covid industrial policy in the context of the climate crisis
Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – The political economy of industrial policy in SA
AGENDA
Opening Remarks and Moderator: Saul Levin (TIPS)
Presentations and discussion
• Nishal Robb (TIPS) – Insights from Paper: SA economic trends pre-and post-COVID-19: Implications for industrial policy
• Itumeleng Mokoena (DNA Economics) - Insights from TIPS Paper: Trends in the global political economy and trade
• Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS) – Insights from Paper: The climate crisis
• Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Overview and presenting Insights: The political economic context for industrial policy
• Tanya van Meelis (COSATU) - Discussant
BACKGROUND
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 initiated a series of crises, ranging from supply-chain disruptions to geo-political tensions that substantially affected global markets. In South Africa, these developments aggravated joblessness and inequality, contributed to stress on network infrastructure, complicated the response to the climate crisis, and slowed overall growth. The improvement in prices for mining exports in the early 2020s provided only temporary relief.
These issues have reshaped the landscape for industrial policy in South Africa, opening up new opportunities as well as raising threats and obstacles. The development dialogue aims to promote discussion about how industrial policy has to evolve to address these new realities. To support the debate, TIPS researchers will present research undertaken over the past year that aimed to define the challenges more clearly, with in-depth dives into trends since 2020 in economic growth and employment; the climate crisis and policy responses to it; global trade and power relationships; and the local political economic context.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Moderator
Saul Levin is the Executive Director of TIPS. He previously worked as a Chief Director in the Economic Development Department (EDD) with oversight over the Development Finance Institutions reporting to EDD.
Presenters
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Nokwanda Maseko is a senior economist at TIPS. Her work is at the intersection of industrial policy, gender and the just transition. She previously worked as a Budget Analyst at the National Treasury, and as an Assistant Director for Industrial Policy at the Economic Development Department.
Nishal Robb is an economist at TIPS. Nishal has worked on a range of topics, including the history of South Africa’s labour-intensive clothing industry; the impact of poor school safety on education; the financialisation of South African firms and implications for structural transformation; and illicit financial flows, tax havens and industrial development in South Africa.
Itumeleng Mokoena is an economist at DNA Economics. He has worked on several projects across different sectors including financial services, government and manufacturing.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners
to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
- Date Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Venue Hybrid
Presentations
Muhammed Patel (TIPS): Green H2: a potential export commodity in a new global marketplace
Jason Bell (CREDD): Insights from green hydrogen for sustainable (re)industrialisation in South Africa paper
Sören Scholvin (UCN): Green hydrogen and linkage-based development in Chile
Bruce Young (Wits Energy Centre): TIPS Development Dialogue Green hydrogen and industrial policy slides
Background
This Development Dialogue seeks to unpack whether green hydrogen is really the technology of the future and its commercial viability. As well as to understand global demand and some of the miss information in the industries for carbon neutralisation.
Globally, countries are mobilising resources to deal with the climate crisis. Climate change stands to impact countries collectively, with the impacts most severely felt by the vulnerable in society. Countries, including South Africa, have to think carefully about improving their resilience to the direct physical impacts of climate change and the effects of the transition. Part of the response involves transforming notorious, high-emitting industries, such as energy and petrochemicals, towards cleaner production.
Given South Africa’s high dependency on coal, and the combustion of coal being associated with high CO2 emissions, South Africa will have to transform key value chains towards more sustainable production. This transformation not only protects the country’s resources from future climate events but also secures South Africa’s future in the global marketplace. The hydrogen economy offers one potential and complementary pathway to a sustainable future. South Africa’s rich endowment of ideal weather conditions for solar and wind power generation, technological capabilities around the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, and access to platinum resources, place the country at an advantage for developing the hydrogen value chain and being a key supplier into the global hydrogen market.
While green hydrogen development has gone through a number of historical waves of interest, the current momentum is being driven globally, with a number of countries developing hydrogen roadmaps and strategies to capitalise domestically and in the global marketplace.
This provides South Africa with a window of opportunity to investigate and develop a domestic hydrogen economy, attract investment into developing a new capability, and benefit from this heightened interest in the creation of a new export product. Developing this sector has many potential benefits for the country.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
About the Speakers
Presenters
Muhammed Patel is Senior Economist at TIPS. Muhammed’s background spans work in industrial development, and competition and regulatory economics as well as telecommunications and the energy sectors.
Jason Bell is an Economist and Researcher at the Centre for Competition Regulation and Economic Development. He is interested in political economy and industrial development issues, focusing on the role of regulation, governments and institutions in fostering growth and the evolution and distribution of power. his sectoral focus covers metals, machinery and equipment, development finance institutions, automotives, climate change and green hydrogen in South Africa.
Bruce Young is Senior Lecturer, Africa Energy Leadership Centre, Business School, University of the Witwatersrand. He is a Chemical Engineer with broadly based business development and technical experience related to the global petrochemical industry with specific expertise in petrochemicals. Expertise in chemical opportunities associated with Fischer Tropsch technology and synthesis gas processing. Specific expertise in formulating business unit technology strategy to support the business strategy. Significant commercial experience relating to technology and licensing agreements. Experienced in mergers and acquisitions in the chemicals business area.
Sören Scholvin is a professor at the Department of Economics, Catholic University of the North, in Antofagasta, Chile. He is affiliated with the Policy Research in International Services and Manufacturing (PRISM) unit at the University of Cape Town. Sören's research interests are extractive industries, global value chains and regional development.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners
to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
- Date Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Venue Hybrid
More electricians and fewer pump attendants – here's how EVs will shake up SA's job market - News24 11 February 2024
NAACAM outlines NEV opportunities for local component manufacturers - NAACAM News
- Gaylor Montmasson-Clair (TIPS) - Overview on the Electric Vehicles White Paper- Insights from Industry
- Renai Moothilal (NAACAM) - Insights from Industry
- Alex Mashilo (Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Wits) - Insights from Labour
- Lesego Moshikaro-Amani (TIPS) - Presenting on the Skills Paper
- Chintan Daftardar and Avinash Dubedi (WRI) - India Case Study
to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
- Date Monday, 05 February 2024
- Venue Online via Zoom
TIPS Development Dialogues 2023
Medical Devices Value Chain
Monday 23 October 2023 at 11:00 AM – 13:00 PM.
11:00 Opening and welcome by Moderator: Dr Michelle Mulder (SAMRC)
11:10 – 12:20 Presentations and discussion:
- Dr Julius Mugwagwa (STEaPP) (University College London) – Presenting the IEJ Research Paper on Localising Medical Manufacturing in Africa
- Liako Mofo (TIPS) – Presenting on the South African Medical Devices Masterplan – Value Chain Analysis Study
- Victor van Vuuren (HolaVic) – Discussant: Insights from Manufacturers and Industry
12:20 – 12:50 Discussion
12:50 – 13:00 Closure
Presentations
Victor van Vuuren (HolaVic) - Medical devices
Dr Julius Mubwagwu (STEaPP) (University College of London) - Localisation of medical manufacturing in Africa
Media
Regulation and certification remain key for medical devices manufacturing in Africa - Schalk Burger, Engineering News 24 August 2023
Research
Localisation of medical manufacturing in Africa - Institute for Economic Justice November 2022
Background
South Africa is a large procurer of medical devices and pharmaceutical projects, with a well- established health care system and network. The COVID-19 pandemic as well as supply-chain disruptions highlighted the need to have domestic capacity in producing medical products. Further, building on the established demand for this sector, localisation of medical products would strengthen industrial capacity, create employment and reduce trade deficits.
This Development Dialogue will engage on the latest evidence for the development of domestic and Africa-wide capacity in the production of medical devices and products.
The Development Dialogue draws on recent TIPS research on the medical devices value chain in South Africa, IEJ research on localising medical manufacturing in Africa, and insights from the current process to develop a South African medical devices masterplan.
About the Speakers
Moderator
Dr Michelle Mulder is Executive Director in Grants, Innovation and Product Development at the South African Medical Research Council. She has a doctorate in Medical Microbiology from the University of Cape Town and has post-doctoral experience in a start-up biotechnology company emanating from the University of Cambridge (UK). She has consulted extensively in technology innovation and has been involved for the last 18 years in the strategic management and commercialisation of the SAMRC’s intellectual property and in capacity building in these areas in Southern and East Africa. She currently serves as a board member of two SAMRC-linked companies and is a member of the NHLS Research and Innovation Committee.
Presenters
Liako Mofo is a senior economist at TIPS. She holds a master’s degree in development economics from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom and has more than 16 years of experience in economic research, policy development and analysis, development of national strategic development plans, sector-specific investment plans and project cycle management in the public sector, and development in the regional and international context.
Dr Julius Mugwagwa is an Associate Professor of Health Innovation and Public Policy UCL STEaPP – Science Technology Engineering and Public Policy, University College London (UCL). His specialties and interests are local and global health; innovation systems; funding and governance of science, technology and innovation; health system strengthening; pharmaceutical and biotech sectors; cross-national technology governance; policy analysis; and project management.
Victor van Vuuren is Director: HolaVic Consulting (Pty) Ltd consulting globally. After completing a law degree Victor started his working career at the South African Department of Justice. Thereafter he moved into the private sector as a corporate legal advisor and human resources director at executive level in large corporates. Victor later helped establish a unified South African business federation, Business Unity South Africa, and was appointed as the first Chief Operations Officer.
For more information, please contact TIPS via email at: daphney@tips.org.za
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers,
and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic)
and the Institute of Economic Justice (IEJ) which will co-host the seminar.
- Date Monday, 23 October 2023
- Time 11:00-13:00
- Venue Online via Zoom
Presentations
Lesego Moshikaro-Amani (TIPS) - Paving the path for a local battery industry in South Africa
Kgashane Mohale (IDC) - Battery value chain - IDC segmental approach (Slide)
Media
Media article: Battery industry set to boom - Business Times (Sunday Times) 22 October 2023
Media article: SMMEs can enter the battery energy value chain - Vutivi Business News 19 October 2023
Media article: Opportunities, challenges for South Africa in LIB, VRFB industries - Engineering News 18 October 2023
Research
Report: Opportunities to develop the lithium-ion battery (LIB) battery value chain in South Africa (2021) - Gaylor Montmasson Clair, Lesego Moshikaro and Lerato Monaisa (TIPS)
Policy Brief : Opportunities to develop the lithium-ion battery value chain in South Africa (2021) - Gaylor Montmasson Clair, Lesego Moshikaro and Lerato Monaisa (TIPS)
Report: Localising vanadium battery production for South Africa's energy security (2023) - Lesego Moshikaro and Lebogang Pheto (TIPS)
Policy Brief: A review of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) market demand and costs - Lesego Moshikaro (TIPS)
Background
The demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS) is on the rise in various sectors, including stationary applications and transportation. BESS plays a critical role in advancing the transition towards decarbonisation. In addition, battery storage systems are pivotal in seamlessly integrating renewable energy sources into the energy landscape. The increasing demand for batteries and their constituent minerals stems from the global push to decarbonise the automotive industry and ensure a reliable energy supply through renewables coupled with energy storage.
South Africa's large production and reserves of battery materials make it well-positioned to actively participate in the battery value chain. Developing a local battery value chain presents numerous economic opportunities for South Africa. There is a notable trend where batteries are predominantly consumed in the regions where they are manufactured. This is evident in the automotive industry and in countries' strategic investments in battery value chains to ensure their energy supply security. South Africa has the minerals and a market for batteries, but it's essential to stress the need for support in advancing both market development and the growth of industrial capacity for battery production.
Given this, the question arises: how can the country effectively engage in this value chain and contribute value to upstream activities within the value chain? TIPS research delves into this issue, focusing on the beneficiation processes these minerals can undergo to support the growth of battery industries, emphasising local capabilities throughout the value chain and offering recommendations on areas in which the country can competitively engage. The report also explores ways in which industrial policy can play a more substantial role in supporting emerging and high-tech industries, and how South Africa can establish a thriving local battery industry, underscoring the significance of sustaining demand.
About the Speakers
Moderator
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). He leads TIPS's work on sustainability and just transition. He is the Facilitator for the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), the industrialisation plan for South Africa’s renewable energy value chain.
Presenters
Lesego Moshikaro-Amani is Senior Economist at TIPS. Her expertise lies in industrial policy, battery energy storage value chains and the emerging sector of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in South Africa, including a strong emphasis on skill development within the NEV industry. Other areas of focus include skills development for industry and promoting employment.
Mikhail Nikomarov is an entrepreneur and African energy leader committed to resolving the continent’s electricity shortage. He co-founded Bushveld Energy to provide large-scale energy storage solutions across the African continent. The company develops energy storage projects and is also localising manufacturing of vanadium redox flow batteries in South Africa. Mikhail also serves as the Chairman of the South African Energy Storage Association (SAESA) and chairs the Energy Storage Committee for Vanitec, the global organisation of vanadium producers.
Kgashane Mohale is Senior Industry Specialist: Industrial Development leading in Innovation and Strategy at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC). He has experience in leadership, strategy design and execution, manufacturing and production management, business improvement, consulting, entrepreneurship, business development, commercial and engineering from various organisations. He currently develops strategies and investment products for IDC to develop and invest in new or priority sectors/value chains like the battery value chain – from mining through chemical and components, cell manufacturing and application and renewable energy localisation, focusing on wind and solar.
Ian de Vries is both CEO and CTO at Balancell, a technology startup. He leads on technology, hardware and software development, battery electromechanical integration, cell manufacturer selection, battery design, overall IoT software system architecture, including data flow, data structures, and battery data analysis. He has expertise in cell chemistry, battery management algorithms, product design to meet the highest safety standards and insights into the next generation needed for IoT software platform system architecture, data structures, and predictive algorithms.
For more information, please contact TIPS via email at: natasha@tips.org.za
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners
to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
- Date Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- Venue Hybrid
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Presentations
Dr Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Services in industrial policy
Dr Justin Visagie and Prof Ivan Turok (HSRC/UFS) – The Role of Services in the Economy Reflections on TIPS Working Paper
Services and inclusive industrialisation – Neva Makgetla with Nokwanda Maseko and Itumeleng Mokoena (TIPS)
Background
Industrialisation cannot take off without adequate services such as logistics, engineering, finance and security, as well as human and social capital development. Moreover, the service sector generates around two thirds of the GDP and employment, and six out of seven jobs for women. An effective industrial policy, then, should incorporate measures to maximise the contribution of the service industries to inclusive industrialisation. To assist in understanding the role of the service industries in inclusive industrialisation in South Africa, this Development Dialogue provides a chance to engage on a recent TIPS paper that summarises the main debates around the role of services in industrial policy.
About the Speakers
Chair
Thandi Phele is Chief Director in dtic, sectors branch at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and a TIPS board member. Since her appointment, she has been providing thought leadership to South African industrial policy and driving key programmes aimed at industrialisation and localisation. Key among these, she continues to lead the development and implementation of various masterplans led by the dtic: Automotives; Retail-Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather; Poultry; Sugar; Steel and Metal Fabrication; and Furniture.
Presenters
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Dr Justin Visagie is a Senior Research Specialist in the Inclusive Economic Development (IED) research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and University of the Free State (UFS). Dr Visagie has expertise in microeconomic data analysis and has worked on a wide array of cross-sectional and longitudinal household datasets. His recent research projects cover issues of regional economic development, city-region economies, tradable services, spatial inequality and inclusion, social mobility, urbanisation, housing and migration.
Prof Ivan Turok holds the SARChI in City-Region Economies at the University of the Free State and is Distinguished Research Fellow at the HSRC. Prof Turok has extensive international experience of research on city and regional economic development, tradable services, urbanisation, housing, and labour markets.
PROGRAMME
14:30 Opening and welcome by Moderator: Thandi Phele (the dtic)
14:40 – 15:40 Presentations
- Dr Neva Makgetla (TIPS) – Key findings on Services paper
- Dr Justin Visagie (HSRC/UFS and Prof Ivan Turok (HSRC/UFS) – Presentation on Recognising the role of tradable service exports in the South African economy
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners
to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
For more information please contact TIPS via email at: daphney@tips.org.za
The Development Dialogue will be held in a hybrid format allowing for both in-person
and virtual participation. The in-person event will be held at the TIPS Offices
(234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria) - space is limited
- Date Tuesday, 03 October 2023
- Venue Hybrid
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 'missed the boat' on some localisation opportunities, but higher value industries can be pursued
Article by Natasha Odendaal, Engineering News 29 August 2023
Research
Localisation and industrial policy: Scopes, debates and instruments - Neva Makgetla (TIPS)
TIPS Imports localisation and supply chain disruption study Fourth Quarter 2022 - Nokwanda Maseko (TIPS)
The Imports localisation and supply chain disruption study is published quarterly: copies available here.
Background
Localisation has increasingly come to the fore in South Africa’s industrial policy initiatives, including all of the published Master Plans except agriculture. It effectively uses trends in imports to signal when demand could support competitive local production. This Development Dialogue provides a chance to engage on the latest evidence on the effectiveness of localisation strategies in easing constraints faced by local producers when competing with foreign suppliers. To that end, it draws on recent TIPS papers that review the conceptual framework for localisation and identify goods that South Africa now imports but could possibly manufacture competitively.
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy. TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
The Development Dialogue will be held in a hybrid format allowing for both in-person and virtual participation.
The in-person event will be held at the TIPS Offices (234 Lange Street, Nieuw Muckleneuk, Pretoria) - space is limited.
For more information please contact TIPS via email at: daphney@tips.org.za
About the Speakers
Nokwanda Maseko is a senior economist at TIPS and has previously worked as a Budget Analyst at National Treasury and an Assistant Director at the Economic Development Department (EDD) focused on industrial policy.
Dr Neva Makgetla is a senior economist at TIPS. Makgetla has published widely on the South African economy and worked for many years in government.
Dr Tebogo Makube is Chief Director: Industrial Procurement at the dtic. Before joining the dtic, Dr Makube was the Programme Manager: Fiscal Policy at the Financial and Fiscal Commission. Prior to that he was Director: Provincial Infrastructure at the National Treasury. He has also held research and management positions at the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) and Nokusa Consulting. He is also a Board Member of Proudly South African.
- Date Tuesday, 29 August 2023
- Venue Hybrid
- Organisation TIPS
Presentations
A Framework For Financing Investments in A Just Transition - Sandy Lowit, TIPS Research Fellow
A Transition for Whom? - Anda David, Senior Researcher Agence Francaise de Development (AFD)
Research
Full Report with Annexures: A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A Framework for Financing Investments in a Just Transition
This report has been made possible by the support of the African Climate Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.
Media
TIPS sets out to create a South Africa-focused Just Transition Transaction Framework - Engineering News 21 August 2023
Launch
Opening - Gaylor Montmasson Clair, Senior Economist, TIPS
Welcome - by Shameela Soobramoney, CEO, National Business Initiative (NBI)
A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A First Iteration - Sandy Lowitt, Research Fellow, TIPS
Challenges and Questions faced by the Project Management Unit in the possible future allocation of JETP funding - Neil Cole, JEPT Project Management Unit
Insights on project and investment selection taking social outcomes into account - Anda David, Senior Researcher, AFD
Anglo American’s Approach to the Just Energy Transition - Hermien Botes Head of Sustainability Relations Anglo American
Presentations
A Framework For Financing Investments in A Just Transition - Sandy Lowit, TIPS Research Fellow
A Transition for Whom? - Anda David, Senior Researcher Agence Francaise de Development (AFD)
Research
Full Report with Annexures: A Just Transition Transaction Framework: A Framework for Financing Investments in a Just Transition
This report has been made possible by the support of the African Climate Foundation and the European Climate Foundation.
Background
The South African Just Transition Financing discourse has been dominated by issues of global north and local private sector fund mobilisation and the unlocking of existing funding commitments. More recently, researchers and decision makers have been thinking about the deployment of such funds (when and if) they begin to flow. Just Transition fund deployment will require decision making about capital allocation to projects and investments. In order to achieve this, decision-makers will need to have a method by which to test what will constitute a Just Transition Transaction and how to rank just transition transactions against each other.
The launch of TIPS’s research on a Just Transition Transaction Framework: A First Iteration introduced the content of the framework and the process for improving the framework overtime through learning by doing and evidence collection and analysis. The first iteration of the framework will be continuously improved through testing, evidence gathering and analysis and further iterations will be developed to increase acceptability and applicability with an evolving set of stakeholders. TIPS events bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
About the speakers
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at TIPS. He leads TIPS's work on sustainability and just transition. He is the Facilitator for the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), the industrialisation plan for South Africa’s renewable energy value chain. Gaylor is also a Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED).
Shameela Soobramoney is the CEO of the National Business Initiative (NBI), an independent coalition of the local and multinational businesses focusing on taking action to achieve social and environmental sustainability underpinned by good governance. She joined the NBI in 2023. She was previously the Chief Sustainability Officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (the JSE) As a sustainability specialist she has, inter alia, been a key contributor to the JSE’s work into climate change, the potential for a local market to trade in carbon credits and environment-related products, the development of a Green, Social and Sustainability bonds framework, impact investing, the JSE’s sustainability, innovation and CSI strategies as well as the annual sustainability investor briefing/showcase sessions.
Sandy Lowitt is a Research Fellow at TIPS. She has worked in the Provincial and National Government in matters related to Industrial Strategy and policy, as well as economic infrastructure projects such as the Gautrain. She is currently active in the Just Transition Finance space.
Neil Cole is Finance Manager at the JETP Project Management Unit. He has more than 20 years professional experience in the field of Public Finance and international financial relations. Between 2001 and 2013 he worked for the National Treasury of South Africa in senior management positions in the Budget Office and in the International Economic Policy divisions. While at the Treasury, Neil represented South Africa on the committees that drafted the Accra Agenda for Action and the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. He currently teaches a course on public finance for social protection at the International Training Centre of the ILO. Neil joined the JETP Secretariat in July 2022. His undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications cover public administration/policy, politics.
Anda David is a senior researcher and the lead economist on inequality at the French Development Agency (AFD). She holds a PhD from Paris Dauphine University, specialising in development economics, with a focus on migration and labour markets. Her current research is centred on inequality and sustainability. Between 2004 and 2015, she regularly collaborated with various international organisations active on these issues such as OECD, ILO and World Bank. Anda David joined AFD’s research division in December 2015 and is currently the scientific coordinator of the AFD-EU Research Facility on Inequality. Since January 2021, she is based at the AFD regional bureau for Southern Africa in Johannesburg.
Hermien Botes is Head of Sustainability Engagement for Anglo American where she has worked for the past 15 years in various sustainability roles including human rights, strategy, ESG reporting and systems. Hermien’s current role involves engagement with civil society, human rights and two special projects – gender-based violence and the just energy transition. In late 2019, Hermien led the launch of Anglo American’s Living with Dignity programme, which includes a comprehensive suite of initiatives to tackle sexual and gender-based violence in mines and mining communities. Hermien was also a co-author of Anglo American’s Sustainable Mining Plan – now in its fifth year of implementation.
PRESENTATION
CBAM in Africa: A challenge and an opportunity - Seutame Maimele, TIPS Economist: Sustainable Growth
RESEARCH
TIPS Policy Brief: The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and implications for South African exports - by Lerato Monaisa and Seutame Maimele
MEDIA
Media article: SA's low carbon taxes will send money to EU coffers - Denene Erasmus, Business Day 27 July 2023
Background
The Development Dialogue provides a chance to explore the latest evidence in Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from the global south. CBAM is a carbon border tax on embedded GHGs of carbon-intensive products imported into the European Union (EU). In 2019, the (EU) introduced the Fit for 55 policy package. The policy package aims to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Included in the policy package is the CBAM.
As of the 16th of May 2023, the regulation on CBAM was finally published in the official journal of the European Union, after it was finally adopted as law on the 10th of May 2023. The adoption of CBAM and CBAM like measures will have an impact on the global south countries. These measures will not only disrupt global trade flows, but they will also divert climate change responsibilities to the global south, and impact welfare of these economies.
This dialogue will focus on issues that arise from the introduction of these green trade (climate change) policies, specifically looking into CBAM, and how global south countries (including BRICS) can respond to these issues.
About the Speakers
Moderator
Gaylor Montmasson-Clair is a Senior Economist at Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). He leads TIPS's work on sustainability and just transition. He is the Facilitator for the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), the industrialisation plan for South Africa’s renewable energy value chain.
Presenters
Seutame Maimele is a Sustainable Growth Economist and a Research lead on Climate Change and Trade at Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS).
Max Gruenig is a Senior Policy Advisor at the E3G Washington Office, focusing on US-EU climate diplomacy in a global context.
Panellists
Prof. David Luke is a professor in practice and strategic director at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. Specialising in African trade policy and trade negotiations.
Kekeletso Mashigo is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She is currently Counsellor Economic and Legal at the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland, representing South Africa in various WTO Committees. Prior to that she was Head of Legal in the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s (the dtic) Trade Policy Division, responsible for legal opinions and disputes on international trade and investment issues. She has occupied various roles and was also previously Director: Multilateral Organisations at the dtic; seconded by the dtic as an Investment Expert to the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Investment Division; responsible for SA-EU Trade relations; and has also worked at South Africa’s National Treasury in the Legal Tax Design Unit focused on international and business tax policy.
For enquiries please contact Natasha@tips.org.za
TIPS Dialogues bring together academics, policymakers, civil society organisations, workers, and practitioners to
discuss important issues and share ideas on industrial policy.
TIPS is partnering with the Department of Trade Industry and Competition (the dtic).
- Venue Hybrid