About

A Leading Solar Energy Company in Africa

New Southern Energy is a leading engineering, procurement and construction company based in South Africa. We help businesses reach their energy goals by designing and constructing premium, bespoke solar energy systems.

Whether your goal is to reduce your carbon footprint, to commit to improved sustainability or to save costs, New Southern Energy helps make solar simple by providing expertise in every stage of the process.
We offer full-service commercial solar power systems for businesses across Africa. New Southern Energy is able to assist with clean energy through both microgrid and grid-tied photovoltaic solar panel solutions.

Commercial solar power systems

Your business will benefit from the vast expertise that New Southern Energy offers in the technical, professional and legislative aspects of embarking on a journey with solar energy. Our services include free initial assessments, detailed solar assessments, engineering, constructions, operation & maintenance, as well as financing. Whether you are considering a rooftop, ground mount or even a floating solar energy system, New Southern Energy is able to assist.
The solar systems we have designed for clients have featured in various media outlets.

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Create your own energy

New Southern Energy provides solar power solutions so that businesses can create their own clean energy sustainably, enabling them to benefit from significant financial savings. Commercial solar systems enable industries to operate independently and without interruption during load shedding. Additionally, these businesses benefit from lower their carbon footprints.

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Benefits of NSE

Proven Track Record

New Southern Energy has built some of the most prominent industrial solar plants on the African continent. Accordingly, we are equipped to deal with the unique challenges that are associated with various locations.

Easy, Efficient Process

We provide an A - Z service with a single point of client contact. With this approach, you will not need to manage the multiple vendors, plans or schedules that are typically involved with a project of this magnitude. New Southern Energy manages every aspect of your project so you that can continue to focus on your businesses.

Our Mission

At NSE, we believe renewable energy is a key resource in providing power to the African continent. Considering only a nominal percentage of Africa’s population has access to power, we believe our solutions can make a meaningful impact to improve the lives of millions of people across Africa. Our mission is to do just that.

  • Solutions: Development, EPC, O&M
  • Funding: DCI, PPA (highlight Pros & Cons)
  • Projects: Agriculture, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail
  • News: Blogs, Media, Case Studies

Our Vision

Africa faces some complex energy problems. Our vision is to solve some of these problems through accelerating the adoption of renewable energy through a distributed energy approach. Our team is committed in every aspect of achieving this.

Our Team

David Masureik

CEO and Founder

Tamee Soudien - Witten

Chief Financial Officer

Ryno Jordaan

Chief Technology Officer

Lee Smith

Chief Operations Manager

Simone Ledesma

Head of Finance

Jason Crawford

Regional Manager

Albertu Prins

Engineering Manager

Ilya Goryashin

Commercial Director

Ryno Bosman

Head of Projects

Stephan Rootman

Technical Manager

Tariq Waggie

Operations & Maintenance Manager

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David Masureik

An entrepreneur at heart, David founded NSE in 2010 and has steered the organisation into becoming a leading renewable energy partner in Africa. With projects now completed in eight countries, his passion for accelerating access to renewable energy across the continent has led NSE to evolve into an award-winning, vertically integrated energy provider with three focussed divisions: Assets, EPC and Operations & Maintenance. 

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Tamee Soudien - Witten

As chief financial officer, Tamee leads the business’ financial strategy, planning and management. Her expertise that includes financial management and reporting, governance, risk and controls, audit and assurance, project management , financial modelling, business & systems development, is grounded on more than twenty years of experience in senior roles in financial services and renewable energy sectors. Tamee plays a key role in the organisation’s strategic direction and has been integral in NSE’s vertical integration.

Tamee is a registered Chartered Accountant.

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Ryno Jordaan

Ryno is an electrical engineer with more than fifteen years of experience on complex energy projects that include the 50 MW CSP site at Khi and numerous grid-tied and microgrid systems, additional to several years of  general electrical design experience in the building services industry. He is highly specialised and oversees all engineering design and budgets at NSE, as well as the implementation of new technologies in the business.

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Lee Smith

Lee is a renewable energy specialist with over 10 years of experience in the solar PV sector. His experience includes energy yield analysis, technology reviews, technical due diligence, lenders technical advisor, owner's engineer, technical financial modelling, EPC and O&M contract review and contract development as well as tender development, facilitation, selection and negotiation. He oversees the strategic operations of NSE.

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Simone Ledesma

As the Head of Finance for NSE, Simone oversees the management of the company’s financial function. Her experience in financial management spans across a number of industries including financial services, hospitality and FMCGs. She is passionate about a sustainable future and believes in the potential of renewable energy to take the continent forward.

Simone is a registered Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales.

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Jason Crawford
Regional Manager (Kenya)

Based in Nairobi, Jason manages NSE’s east African business and oversees all operations in this region. With experience in risk management, project management, strategy and process implementation and forecasting in the renewable energy sector, he leads the company’s strategic partnership development, contracts and key business functions in East Africa.

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Albertu Prins

Albertu has been NSE’s engineering manager for over five years . In this role, he manages the engineering team, manages tender processes and adjudication, overseas research and development of projects as well as being NSE’s lead on project design approvals. He specialises in renewable energy and electromagnetic design of reluctance synchronous and permanent magnet machines.

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Ilya Goryashin

Ilya has spent more than twenty years building up experience in the renewable energy sectors of five countries, and commands expertise in solar lease structuring, carbon offsets, project development and financial modelling. As commercial director at NSE, he manages the company’s power purchasing agreement based energy portfolio.

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Ryno Bosman

As the leader of a dynamic execution team, Ryno oversees the development and implementation of NSE’s grid-tied and micro-grid PV systems. He is a detail-focused leader with extensive experience in rooftop and fixed-tilt & single-axis tracker ground mounted systems in South Africa. His expertise is underpinned by a solid understanding of optimizing business processes and sustainable solutions to the challenges in the renewable energy sector.

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Stephan Rootman

With close to a decade of experience in the solar industry, Stephan oversees the construction of NSE’s solar plants with specific focus on total quality management, adhering to the relevant standards and ensuring alignment between construction and engineering design. Additional to developing installation methods for all equipment, and managing the company’s construction teams, he also leads the development and implementation of quality standards within the company.

Stephan is a qualified electrician with a wireman’s license.

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Tariq Waggie

Tariq leads NSE’s division that provides client solar plants with operations and maintenance services, to ensure that they operate optimally and deliver maximum value. This includes managing our centralized platform that monitors plant performance, deploying interventions to address issues swiftly when needed, overseeing reporting and managing the technicians and cleaning teams.

Who We’ve Worked With

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