From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report.
Sashnee Moodley:
Cummins Africa has added a compressed natural gas engine technician training programme to its training centre in Kelvin View, in Gauteng, to support the use of CNG in the region and the continent. Schalk Burger has the details.
Schalk Burger:
Power generation and engine service and support firm Cummins Africa will train its own and clients’ technicians to maintain and repair the new compressed natural gas-powered engines, as well as its older engines. Cummins Africa power generation director Alok Joshi highlights some of the main benefits for the company’s customers in Africa.
Cummins Africa power generation director Alok Joshi:
Schalk Burger:
Cummins Africa senior trainer and certified compressed natural gas trainer Dewald Lombaard provides an overview of the engine and how companies can repower their engines to run on compressed natural gas.
Cummins Africa senior trainer and certified compressed natural gas trainer Dewald Lombaard:
Sashnee Moodley:
Other news making headlines this week.
Cabinet sets up ‘Broadband War Room’ amid policy, spectrum uncertainty
And, ‘Transformational’ deal to change Aveng Grinaker-LTA’s look-and-feel
Amid extended delays in the finalisation of South Africa’s ICT policy and a legal dispute over the auctioning of broadband spectrum, Cabinet has announced the formation of a ‘Broadband War Room’ to address the uncertainty.
Minister in The Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe:
South African construction and engineering group Aveng expects to conclude an empowerment transaction within months to further transform its Aveng Grinaker-LTA business, which is on the cusp of moving into the black for the first time since 2011.
Aveng CEO Kobus Verster:
That’s Creamer Media’s Real Economy Report. Join us again next week for more news and insight into South Africa’s real economy.