Industries

The African power construction markets are rapidly expanding as a result of renewed energy infrastructure spending in Africa. This research service maps a strategic analysis of key projects currently underway in Sub-Sahara Africa as well as recently completed projects (2006-present). It further highlights the planned projects. It also supplies inte...

This study is part of a larger research service, which tracks infrastructure across the African continent. It provides a top level overview of infrastructure development in Nigeria. More specifically, the study provides an insight into the state of current infrastructure and an analysis of key current and future infrastructure developments taking p...

The Sub-Saharan African uninterruptable power supply (UPS) market is still in the early stages of development in most African countries. From 2012 on, the market is expected to grow significantly, and this will be driven primarily by developments in the ICT sector and the unavailability of quality electricity supply. This research service, which fo...

This study is part of a research service, which tracks infrastructure across the African continent. This report, in particular, dives into the transport infrastructure sector in South Africa and analyses the current state of road, rail, port and airport infrastructure. It then goes on to explore the infrastructure development projects in the pipeli...

The African Infrastructure Tracker: South Africa's infrastructure sectors research service analyses the various infrastructure sectors in South Africa. This study includes an in-depth study of South African Social infrastructure, specifically investigating the Housing and Healthcare infrastructure sub-sectors. Within each of these sections, Frost &...

In November 2010, The South African Department of Energy released their Integrated Resource Plan (IRP2010) for electricity. The plan outlines the country's approach to developing the electricity infrastructure required to support the country over the period to 2030. This service analyses the key topics of the price path, the structure of the IRP201...

The South African electricity industry is currently in a state of high activity as a result of the challenges facing the industry in the medium term. Generation capacity is rapidly being depleted with a serious risk of load shedding before the end of 2012. As a result, serious attention should be given to the industry with a specific focus on plann...

This report provides an overview of the entire South African electricity industry in 2009. The research focuses on the evolution of the industry in order to provide context to the current crisis facing power production in South Africa. The report covers the policies, regulation, tariffs, build programmes and structures of the industry as well as fo...

This research service is an in depth analysis of the high voltage (super tension 132kV) and overhead conductor market in South Africa. The report provides a geographic and technical segmentation of the market with an in depth examination of local manufacturers and the largest end user  Eskom. The segmentation provides also provides an examination ...