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By: Ajibola Akindele - Country Manager, West Africa at Schneider Electric West Africa is experiencing significant advancements in process automation, driven by key industries such as oil, gas,...
By: Premeshin Naidoo - Managing Director and Sector Head for TMT and Industrials at Absa CIB South Africa’s automotive sector stakeholders were abuzz following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent...
By: George Asamani - MD, Project Management Institute, Sub-Saharan Africa As we mark Africa Industrialisation Day, we are reminded of the transformative potential of industrialisation in reshaping...
By: Toby Campbell-Colquhoun, Head: Carbon Markets at RMB Africa, a continent blessed with abundant natural resources, is also home to a significant portion of the world's population reliant on...
By: Pretty Sibiya - Highways Engineer at WSP in Africa People’s transport choices are shaped by safety, accessibility and socio-economic factors. Many African countries lack the infrastructure...
By: Dr Ernst van Biljon - Head Lecturer and Programme Coordinator M Com in Supply Chain Management, IMM Graduate School The festive season and events like Black Friday have become centerpieces of...
By: Mamiki Matlawa - Group Business Development Executive at ACTOM Africa, a continent blessed with abundant natural resources and vast potential, stands at a critical juncture in its energy...
By: Ajibola Akindele - Country President, Nigeria, Schneider Electric West Africa It is a double-edged sword; West Africa is going through an exciting period of industrialisation but also continues...
By: Geraldine Sande - Channel Sales Leader for Schneider Electric East Africa Kenya is emerging as a leader in renewable energy on the African continent, with an impressive 90% of its electricity...
By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Some will argue that we now live in a Sci-Fi world where we dream of electric sheep and today’s technology – unlike HAL...
By Ben Selier -Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric The growth and proliferation of AI show no signs of slowing down. According to IDC, worldwide spending on AI...
By: George Jennings & Kobus van Niekerk The construction industry holiday is a period when most contractors, sub-contractors, architects, quantity surveyors, engineers, and other professionals in...
By: Cohen Appanah By 2027, global spending on digital transformation is projected to soar to USD 3.9 trillion — a sixfold increase from USD 588 billion in 2021. This astonishing growth reflects the...
By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric At any given moment, thousands of kilometres of critical assets flow through pipelines that cross veld,...
By: Ntsako Baloyi - senior manager within the Technology business at Accenture, Africa South Africa, I believe is at a talent and innovation tipping point. If we don’t act now, we risk falling even...
By: Tessa Brewis - Director in the Banking, Finance & Projects sector; Deepesh Desai, Associate in the Corporate & Commercial Law sector and Azola Ndongeni, Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker...
By: Vikash Rampathi - Segment Marketing Lead at Schneider Electric “Automation has been adopted in manufacturing plants for the last 50 years, and it is increasing day by day. The food industry has...
By: Dr Ernst van Biljon - Head Lecturer and Programme Coordinator M Com in Supply Chain Management, IMM Graduate School The Oktoberfest is more than just the largest celebration of Bavarian culture...
By: John Ratcliffe (Virtual Showroom)In today’s fast-paced and often congested work environments—whether it’s a construction site, a warehouse, or a mining operation—reversing vehicles pose a...
Author: PROFESSOR VALLY PADAYACHEE - POWER AND ENERGY EXPERT [A former Senior Executive at City Power Johannesburg and a former Executive Manager at Eskom] South Africa's electricity grid crisis...
By: Dr Ernst van Biljon - Head Lecturer and Programme Coordinator M Com in Supply Chain Management, IMM Graduate School In South Africa’s e-commerce landscape, companies such as Shein, Wish, Temu,...
By: Francois Conradie - Technology Sales Engineer, Remote Metering Solutions (RMS) In 1972, Theodore Paraskevakos, a Greek-American inventor and businessman, developed the first smart meters while...
By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Oscar Wilde famously said, “Life Imitates Art”. And whilst this saying has so many real-world applications,...
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By: Ben Selier - Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric A key challenge facing data centres today is balancing operational efficiency with limited energy...
By: Tord Johnsson - General Manager, Strategic Relations and Business, Africa at Wärtsilä Energy While South Africa recently marked 200 consecutive days without load shedding, the deeper challenges...
By: Mark Freeman, Offer Manager, Digital Buildings, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric There’s a lot to be said for vertical scalability. The ability to reproduce the benefits of a largescale...
By: Karen Keylock - National Retail Services Manager at Nedbank Commercial Banking The world has been a global village for decades. Then came the Covid-19 pandemic, which highlighted the risks and...
By: Yewande Ayowole-Oso - Talent Leader, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Marrying theory with practice, a challenge as old as the concept of employment itself. The transition from education...
By: Thabang Byl - Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric The world’s ESG reporting journey reads like a chapter from a history book. But for the sake of clarity, one should start in 1990; a...
By: Mervyn Naidoo - Group CEO at ACTOM President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent signing of the Public Procurement Bill into law marked a transformative moment for South Africa's supply chain industry and...
By: Thamsanqa Ndlovu, Head - People Development, Abdullah Moerat, Manager: People Development and Andile Luke, Chief People Officer Rapid technological advancements, the surge in data and the...
By: George Jennings & Kobus van Niekerk Liability insurance forms an integral part of practically all Contract Works and Plant All Risks insurance policies. The use of vehicles on public roads and...
By: Kristina Gubic Mounting pressure from customers for stronger ethics and increasing regulation are forcing organizations to integrate sustainable practices into business strategy. Acting...
By: Morag Evans - CEO of Databuild The increasing connectedness of the world means cyber threats have become a daily occurrence. No sector is safe as cybercriminals look to exploit any weakness to...
By: Cedric Masondo - CEO, PSG Insure Is South Africa’s infrastructure able to withstand the rapid increase in fire and flooding-related incidents being caused by changes in weather patterns? The...
By: Nimmita Maharaj - Diversity and Transformation Director, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric As we celebrate Heritage Month in South Africa, it's impossible not to be inspired by our...
By: Kristina Gubic ESG is neither a “trend” nor a “movement” as some media would have you believe.
By Olebogeng Manhe, Chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC) Ten of the world’s most dangerous professions are construction jobs. Highway maintenance in particular ranks alarmingly...
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