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The symbiotic relationship between OEMs and SIs that is key to IT project delivery
By: Ben Selier - VP of Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric While businesses tend to turn directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or vendors when embarking on IT...
Ultra-compact UPS helps protect data
A new compact, modular, scalable, and redundant 500 kW to 1 250 kW 3-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) that includes enhanced cybersecurity, software, and safety features is now available....
Alternating between power supplies at the flick of a switch
A new changeover switch product range allows users to manually changeover between two power supplies or circuits, such as grid supply to generator or photovoltaic system. The Resi9 changeover...
AI in 2025 - reshaping work and workforce dynamics
By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric As 2025 unfolds, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is dramatically transforming the labour landscape, bringing forth...
By: Taru Madangombe - Vice President: Power and Grid for Middle East and Africa at Schneider Electric To listen to a symphony is one of the world’s great gifts. The culmination of instruments,...
Financing green mining in Africa: opportunities and models
By: Johan Pretorius - MMM Segment Lead, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Today, Africa holds approximately 30% of the world’s total mineral reserves. Indeed, from the copper belts of Zambia...
Microgrids in buildings are crucial to pioneering the future of energy management
By: Anoop Hariparsad - Digital Energy Business Unit Leader for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Microgrids are emerging as a game-changing concept, particularly within commercial and...
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Barloworld grows cash pile as earnings fall, final dividend scrapped
Industrial equipment company Barloworld has reported a sharp increase in free cash flow for the 12 months to September 30, even as earnings declined and the company cancelled its final dividend....
Marokane wants South Africa’s grid plan to be coupled to larger regional plan
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has called for South Africa’s Transmission Development Plan (TDP) to be complemented by a “regional TDP” to support the development of the grid infrastructure required to...
TIA welcomes appointment of a new board
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, has welcomed the appointment of a new board of directors by Science, Technology and...