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Tokollo Tau

Tokollo Tau

Principal of Power & Renewables Finance at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB), South Africa.

Jun 19, 2026

11:13
And like I say, de-risking projects, which for you from a banking perspective makes their role very important, I'm sure.
11:19
Yes.
11:20
When the market was initially opened up, what we're seeing was that the private generators that we were funding, they were entering into bilateral agreements with certain mines.
11:33
And this process was slow and cumbersome because a mine is not necessarily versed in contracting for long-term electricity and a generator is not necessarily being efficient.
11:48
by looking for multiple customers.
11:50
Their efficiency comes from the ability to permit, get the project constructed, get it to financial close and get it operational.
11:59
So it is efficient that they have an intermediary, which is this aggregator that they can contract to as the generator.
14:46
This is what's needed to move the dial, right? This is where Nedbank makes a difference and participates.

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