Our Team
Muhammad Taher Khan
Co-founder & Managing Director
Passionate about renewable energy and the advancement of electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa. Muhammad Taher has over 12 years experience working in teams focused on solar, wind and general electricity infrastructure projects across Africa. A registered Professional Electrical Engineer and a Masters degree in Engineering Management, he is also passionate about entrepreneurship & social upliftment. His current focus is business development and strategy.
Sainesh Ramnarain
Engineering & Projects Manager
Result driven and project minded individual with unorthodox thinking capabilities and attributes. Sainesh has background knowledge of PV solar products and attention to detail experience in PV Solar installations, commissioning, testing and maintenance. He is a Power Plant Electrical Engineer from Durban University of Technology, passionate about the generation of power and efficient methods to supply clean energy to the people. Believes in clean renewable energy distribution and knowledge for a better and brighter future.
Thabiso Msiza
Head of Mechanical Operations & SHE
Has over 6 years’ experience working on utility scale (REIPPPP), C&I (Commercial & Industrial) solar PV (Photovoltaic) projects in various roles. Involved in the execution of over 200MWp and counting to date. He has wide ranging experience and has been involved in various aspects of the project management life cycle as it relates to utility scale projects and C&I projects.
Zaheer Khamissa
Head of Electrical Operations & Maintenance
Hard working, self motivated and goal orientated, Zaheer is passionate about sustainability. Zaheer is a qualified electrician who holds a National diploma in Electrical Engineering. A team player with experience in fault finding, installations , and maintenance. Zaheer hopes to encourage efficient and sustainable use of resources in Africa.
Papie Sedibe
Principal Technical Advisor
A versatile Professional Electrical Engineer with 17 years’ experience working on energy projects across different industries. Experience covers both green-fields and brown-fields capital projects within oil and gas, mining, power utility, municipal infrastructure and renewable energy. Previous employment includes Sasol Group Technology (Secunda & Sasolburg), DRA Mining, Eskom Distribution and AECOM.
Fatima Seedat
Accounts & Administration Manager
Passionate about finance , hardworking, self-motivated and goal orientated. Fatima is a Qualified Accountant with over 14 years’ experience and have been involved in various entities. A team player assisting with financial matters and improvising internal controls for smooth operations.
Company Strengths
Our agile and experienced team is continuously growing and includes design engineers, project managers, qualified electricians, construction & QA/QC supervisors, mechanical installers, SH&E personnel, project engineers & engineering managers.
We all share a strong passion for helping people and preserving the environment for future generations. This passion, along with our extensive combined expertise, firmly rooted in both engineering and project execution, positions us perfectly to develop bespoke solutions to meet the exact needs of our clients.
In so doing, we are united in our goal to “Revolutionise Africa’s Sustainability”
- Over 50 Years of combined Project Execution & Design Experience
- Qualified and accredited on all our consulting engineering and execution projects
Achievements to Date
- Completion of over 70 consulting engineering & EPC projects between 2017-2022 to date.
- End-clients include JSE-listed companies, public-sector entities & SOEs, global IPP developers, NGOs and several agricultural & commercial business owners
- Over 20 MW of solar PV systems designed and/or installed to date
- Total project capital cost value > R500 million (2015-2022)
- 2022 Milestones: Partnership signed with UK-based project funder to offer fully-funded PPAs to South African companies
- 2021 Milestones: Officially classified as a South African QSE with 135% procurement recognition & annual revenue >R10 million
- 2020 Milestones: Accreditation with Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) and Tesla accredited installers
- 2019 Milestones: Accreditation with SAPVIA PV Greencard, and GBCSA
- 2018 Milestones: Accreditation with CIDB and Dept. Labour as electrical contractors
- Co-Founder featured as a Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African (2018).
- Won 2nd place in the Roshgold National Young Business Achiever Awards 2018.
- 2017 Milestones: Implemented ISO 9001 aligned quality management system (QMS).
- Full professional indemnity, construction all-risk and 3rd party liability insurance up to value of projects (2017).
- 100% Black-owned, 43% black female owned, Level 1 BBBEEE South African company
- Accreditation with ECSA as Professional Electrical Engineer (Pr.Eng) (2015).
Amount of CO2 saved
40 675 Tons of CO2 saved to date
Energy expenses saved
R47M in Energy Expenses Saved
BBBEE Level 1
We are a 100% South African, 100% black-owned, 43% black-female owned Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) company with 135% procurement recognition
