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,... 

By: Tumelo Chipfupa - Partner at EY South Africa  Motor Manufacturers 

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... 

By: Brighton Mwarehwa - Offer and Marketing Director – Power Systems Business Unit at Schneider Electric The well-known adage Rome wasn’t built in day certainly applies to the world’s move towards... 

By: Johan Durand  Should businesses focus on Sustainability, or ESG criteria? Energy Partners’ Johan Durand makes the case that, if companies want to thrive in today’s economic landscape, they must... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric In the early days of industrialisation, control systems were primarily mechanical and relied on manual... 

By Obinna Uche, Sales Director, Power Systems Division at Schneider Electric Anglophone West Africa West Africa is prioritising sustainability.  In countries like Nigeria, we are seeing an... 

By: Rudolph Raath - Director at Werksmans Attorneys  Solar energy remains a desirable source of electricity for businesses even "after" loadshedding, but high costs can be prohibitive. The dtic's... 

By: Dwibin Thomas - Cluster Automation Leader at Schneider Electric A recent report published  by ScienceDirect, highlights two storage technologies: battery storage (BS) which is generally... 

By: Rohan de Beer -  End User Sales Director at Schneider Electric Despite the rapid growth of cloud computing, driven by the hype around key factors such as skills, budget and security, the... 

By Anoop Hariparsad, Digital Energy BU Leader, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric The South African solar energy market has certainly gone through an exciting time, marked by surging demand,... 

By: Santosh Sookgrim - Senior Technical Advisor at the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA). In a province once synonymous with the towering chimneys and billowing smoke of coal-fired... 

By: Professor Johann Strauss - Senior Scientist at the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and Extraordinary Associate Professor in the Department of Agronomy, Stellenbosch University; and... 

By: Teslim Mohammed Yusuf - (Executive for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluations at EWSETA) and Prof. Raj. Naidoo (Head of the Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering,...