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Building Africa’s renewable
energy workforce
Employing local people Procuring locally
Achieving equitable and sustainable economic By working with local suppliers wherever possible,
growth in Africa requires an increase in long term we can boost local economic activity and
employment. As we build our wind and solar reduce our supply chain footprint. We run several
power plants, there are significant opportunities to programmes for local businesses to help them
provide secure, well-paying jobs for local people. professionalise and grow, which include topics
From the building roles at the construction stage, to like finance, accounting, and good governance.
the operational jobs in maintenance and security, INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION In some cases, this has led to us contracting
right through to the advanced engineering roles, OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERS businesses that have competed the programme,
there are opportunities at all levels. By prioritising as was the case with an air conditioning servicing
A thriving renewable energy workforce
local and skilled national workers and suppliers, we company in the town of Ceres which now provides
needs a pipeline of young people inspired
can increase the positive socio-economic impacts services to our Perdekraal East site in South Africa.
to pursue a career in green energy and
of our operations. We also run a very successful programme to help
technology. Every year we run a free
women set up their own monitoring and evaluation
programme in schools around Egypt
We invest in skills and training programmes to businesses, which go on to provide services to us -
to get young students excited about
increase community participation and ensure read more on page 30.
different renewable technologies and their
that we are building future capacity to service the
importance for a more sustainable future.
growth of the renewables industry as we expand
our operations across Africa. This year, around
In 2023 our Infinity Future Energy Leaders
44% of our operational workforce were employed
Programme was held in schools around
from the local community, and over 95% of our
Egypt. The two-day practical course
staff are nationals of the project country.
includes a visit to one of our solar parks,
so students meet solar engineers and get
real-life experience of what it’s like to work
on site, and how the solar technology works
in practice. So far, we’ve reached around
1,000 students across Egypt, and we plan to
OF OUR OPERATIONAL WORKFORCE WERE reach many more in the coming years.
EMPLOYED FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Our supplier development programme in South Africa
