Ms Mabet Van Rensburg:

There is nothing like the crisis we have had to bring innovation to the forefront. Being African, we are pretty resilient in overcoming challenges. There is a lot happening in terms of research co-operation between the universities and institutes. For instance, I know that energy is one of the areas that has been identified under the THENSA partnership. Various universities across Ireland are working with our universities in South Africa. Areas like solar, green hydrogen and wind are all receiving a lot of attention and much of that then filters up into Eskom on our side and the ESB on the Irish side. We all realise that without looking at renewables, the world is going to struggle. In a way, Eskom has forced us to work and get onto this a lot quicker than we probably would have had Eskom been working. There is a lot of co-operation taking place in research and technology and we are coming to see how we can improve and get those sectors up and running a lot quicker.