Loyiso Tyabashe

Group CEO South African Nuclear Energy Corporation

Mr Loyiso Tyabashe is the Group Chief Executive Officer of the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), appointed in January 2021. He is a professional engineer with over 20 years technical and leadership experience in the nuclear industry. Tasked with setting up and overseeing a turnaround strategy, he has seen Necsa stabilising and moving to profitability within three years of joining the company.
He started his engineering career in the automotive industry and then joined Eskom’s nuclear business, working in various strategic roles in Engineering, Operations, Maintenance Planning and Execution, Internal Oversight, and Project Management. In the course of his career, Mr Tyabashe has acquired vast global nuclear experience from the leading international nuclear organisations such as Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through participation in various energy- and nuclear-related programmes and as a participant in global panel discussions. He is a member of the World Nuclear University Alumni Board.
Mr Tyabashe holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Cape Town (UCT), as well as the Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) qualification from UCT’s Graduate School of Business.

2024 Agenda Sessions

DISRUPTIVE DISCUSSION - Nuclear energy: Enjoying a renaissance

Nuclear energy: Enjoying a renaissance

There is (almost) global political consensus that nuclear presents a scalable, non-intermittent and zero-carbon solution – is Africa in agreement?
Over 30 countries are now working with the International Atomic Energy Agency to explore introducing or expanding nuclear power capacity, and forecast nuclear-generation capacity to double by 2050 – what percentage of this will come from Africa?
Rapid advances in technology are opening a space economy with the commercialisation of space travel, the development of space stations powered by Pebble Bed Modular Nuclear Reactors, and the development of new propulsion technology based on nuclear to power spaceships on intergalactic travel into deep space.
The total market capitalisation of global stocks is US$44 billion, as opposed to US$150 billion just before Fukushima in 2007. With new uranium investment funds are emerging, this all augurs well for the yellow mineral.

Wednesday 07 February 16:10 - 16:50 Disruptors Stage

Disruptive Discussions

Add to calendar 02/07/2024 16:10 02/07/2024 16:50 DISRUPTIVE DISCUSSION - Nuclear energy: Enjoying a renaissance

Nuclear energy: Enjoying a renaissance

There is (almost) global political consensus that nuclear presents a scalable, non-intermittent and zero-carbon solution – is Africa in agreement?
Over 30 countries are now working with the International Atomic Energy Agency to explore introducing or expanding nuclear power capacity, and forecast nuclear-generation capacity to double by 2050 – what percentage of this will come from Africa?
Rapid advances in technology are opening a space economy with the commercialisation of space travel, the development of space stations powered by Pebble Bed Modular Nuclear Reactors, and the development of new propulsion technology based on nuclear to power spaceships on intergalactic travel into deep space.
The total market capitalisation of global stocks is US$44 billion, as opposed to US$150 billion just before Fukushima in 2007. With new uranium investment funds are emerging, this all augurs well for the yellow mineral.

Disruptors Stage Africa/Johannesburg

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