Nova Economics

We are very pleased to welcome Tessa Hubble to the Nova Economics team. Tessa joins us as an analyst in our Stellenbosch office. She recently completed her master’s in economics at Stellenbosch University, including a semester abroad at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. During her studies, she chose electives in health, labour, behavioural, and discrimination economics, as well as economic history, to explore how different economic fields intersect and impact industries. She has a strong academic background and a keen interest in the intersection of economics and societal issues.

The team Nova Economics taking full advantage of a rare sunny afternoon in midst of this rainy Cape winter to get moving, get outdoors and to cultivate a little healthy competition 😊 🎾🏓

Welcome, Prince!

We are delighted to welcome Prince Changole to our team at Nova Economics. Prince joins our strategy and economic consulting practice as a consultant. He graduated with a PhD in Economics from Stellenbosch University in 2022, where his research focused on investigating the impact of merger adjudication in South Africa, highlighting the inclusion of public interest considerations. Prince has consulted on various projects relating to both development and competition economics and is highly skilled in microeconomic principles. His expertise are data analysis (with significant experience in building and managing large datasets), economic modelling, evidence synthesis and competition economics.

Very pleased to see that the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust awarded its first “New Frontiers Research Award”. We are proud to have been given the opportunity to contribute to the research and design of this generous multi-year award. One that gives exceptionally talented early-to-mid-career researchers based in SA, the freedom and flexibility to pursue bold ideas and push the boundaries of knowledge in their fields of study. https://lnkd.in/d7FKdHvn. Peter Searle Kay Walsh #rewardexcellence #suportlocaltalent #innovation #economicdividends

See the attached for the comments we submitted on the DMRE's draft integrated resource plan for 2023. We focus on the electricity demand projections - this is a key component of IRP planning because it is key to assessing how much new generation capacity may be required, which types of generation resources are required to meet changing demand and how much transmission and distribution networks should be expanded and where. Our main concern is that the IRP 2023 supply scenarios seemed to have been based on one very optimistic forecast of future electricity demand - the IRP must at minimum consider a range of possible demand outcomes. We also demonstrate that econometric forecasts can provide a very useful 'sense check' to end-use/bottom-up approaches. https://lnkd.in/dxuTDmnm

We are very pleased to announce the addition of Peter Meihuizen to our team! Peter joins our niche strategy and economic consulting practice as an analyst. He recently completed a masters degree in economics at Stellenbosch University. During his studies he developed a keen interest in issues relating to socio-economic development in Southern Africa. His masters research focused on the examining the effects that load shedding has had on indoor pollution  in low-income households in the Western Cape.