South Africa Highlights
South Africa | Impact of loadshedding
Variable
Impact
Data
demand
.
Acceleration of data traffic growth from 30% in 1H23 to 42% in 1H24
Average network (R1) availability
98%
95%
97%
Operating
costs
• R300 million additional operating costs in FY23, largely related to diesel
Some incremental network opex spend in 1H24
30%
• Lap significant increase in loadshedding in 2H24
42%
45%
Capital
expenditure
.
• Invested R4 billion in capex to address energy resilience from FY20-23
Peak spending in FY21, with FY23 at RO.7 billion
94.5%
67.7%
72.4%
1H23
2H23
1H24
•
Expect to spend around R1 billion FY24 on energy resilience
Avg grid availability*
--Data traffic growth
Network
performance
.
Loadshedding negatively impacts network performance
Improved R1 (network availability) in 1H24
.
Network NPS leadership
*Average AC grid availability across
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