Sithobile Khoza is an Energy Analyst at GreenCape, where she works on energy sector market intelligence with a focus on export markets, trade, and manufacturing within the renewable energy sector. She also supports the implementation of the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), focusing on the localisation of renewable energy component manufacturing and value chain mapping for components both in the RE and sustainable mobility. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics and has experience across energy research, forecasting, regulatory affairs, and trade policy. Before joining GreenCape, she was a Power & Renewables Analyst at BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, where she developed long-term power market forecasts for Sub-Saharan African countries, with a particular focus traditional power sources, solar, wind and BESS. Her earlier roles include working in Government Affairs at the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa, where she supported public-private partnership, legislative and trade policy work, and at NERSA, where she contributed to regulatory impact assessments, regulatory benchmarking and harmonisation exercises. Her work continues to bridge policy, industry, and research in support of a just energy transition.