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Sifting out the fly-by-nights in solar solutions for homes – PowerPulse

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In the sixth episode of the Standard Bank PowerPulse podcast series, BizNews founder Alec Hogg is joined by Kevin Ssemwogerere, Corporate Venturing Lead in Wholesale Clients Digital for the Standard Bank PowerPulse platform, Nafisa Fareed, the Chief Executive of Power4Less and Nick Roche, Chief Product Officer at Rubicon Cape Town, to discuss how the PowerPulse platform is going to be extended to residential homes. As many South Africans are looking for alternatives to power their homes and to make them less reliant on Eskom, there are tips on how to sift through the many new suppliers to the solar PV market and the booby traps to watch out for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Nov 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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