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By Steven Carlini is the Vice President of Innovation and Data Center for Schneider Electric The AI factory era has arrived
By: Thabo Moloto - founder and CEO of Rootz Investments South Africa holds the richest chrome endowment on Earth, yet we cannot keep our own furnaces lit. Two decades of shipping raw ore overseas...
By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Historically, grid reliability focused on maintaining stable operations under expected conditions. Today, however,...
By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric In the largest year-over-year jump in AFCOM’s decade of research, the research group’s newest 2026 State of the...
By Junior Mining Council President Fred Arendse South Africa cannot wish away the illegal mining crisis while leaving thousands of abandoned, derelict and ownerless mines without proper security or...
By: Sian Thurtell - Commercial Director at KBC Health & Safety In high-risk industrial environments, a paper trail is often mistaken for a safe workforce. For decades, health and safety performance...
By: Sydney Higgo - Industrial Automation Business Developer & Engineer at Schneider Electric Brownfield industrial sites have for decades relied on hardware‑centric automation architectures built...
By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck The fourth article in WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series takes an in-depth look at thermal breakdown.
By: Mike Snell, Director Projects – WA & Africa, Ausenco In mining project delivery, few decisions can have a bigger impact on cost, schedule and risk than the execution strategies chosen early in...
By: Meryl Eckersley - Secure Power Sales Manager, Global Services, Southern Africa at Schneider Electric Operational continuity has become a defining measure of organisational resilience, and...
By; Nnadozie Ogbuehi - Vice President for Services, SSA at Schneider Electric As West Africa’s industrial and digital landscape expands at pace, organisations are facing a new reality:...
By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa, Schneider Electric Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and advanced analytics are accelerating demand for data centre...
By: Symphrose Ochieng - Infrastructure Segment & Power Systems Business Leader at Schneider Electric There is a lot to be said for a region that leads by example and East Africa’s renewable energy...
By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Nearly 60% of operators are expected to adopt liquid cooling within five years as AI-driven economics reshape...
By Junior Mining Council President Fred Arendse The recent emergency safety briefing at Impala Platinum's Rustenburg operations should remind us that South Africa's journey towards zero harm in...
By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric AI infrastructure has arrived, and with it the reality: power-hungry chips like NVIDIA’s Blackwell have pushed...
By: Steven Santini - Vice President for Secure Power, SSA at Schneider Electric In 1969, the world watched in awe as Neil Armstrong took “one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”, a...
By: Ifeanyi Odoh - Country President, Schneider Electric East Africa When people talk about the future of engineering in Africa, the conversation often centres on potential, the promise of a young...
By: Lubabalo Cengani The current structure of the South African economy is deeply rooted in the development of the Mineral Energy Complex (MEC) during the apartheid era. This model focused on...
By: Charles Coetzee - Buildings & C&SP Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Fast-food or Quick-Service Restaurant (QSR) operators operate within one of the most competitive spaces in...
By: Nontu Mkhize - Offer Marketing Manager: Power Services and Industry – Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Across Sub-Saharan Africa, organisations are under increasing pressure to...
By: Jacques Farmer - MD at PRISMA Training Solutions In the mining industry, the real instability often lies not underground, but in global market conditions. A volatile mix of geopolitical...
By: Faith Waithaka - Cloud and Service Provider Segment Lead for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it is rapidly becoming the...
By: Yewande Ayowole‑Oso - Regional HR West Africa & MEA Senior Talent Programme Lead, and Aurélie Memeliwando, Regional HR Central Region, SSA Talent Leader and MEA Electrifier Project Lead at...
By: Rohit Chashta - Sustainability Business Lead, Africa, SE Advisory Services at Schneider Electric In 2026, the question for South African businesses is no longer 'why' sustainability matters,...
By: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Hegazi - Business Development Leader, Energy and Chemicals, Schneider Electric East Africa With Uganda announcing that its estimate of recoverable oil and gas resources has...
By: Cecil Maartens - Account Manager MMM Segment for SSA at Schneider Electric Mining is a high-stake industry and always has been. Few other industries are under so much pressure to consistently...
By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) Oxidation - the focus of part 2 of WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series - is one of the most common chemical reactions we...
By: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Hegazy - Business Development Leader, Energy and Chemicals, Schneider Electric East Africa Tanzania’s energy and chemicals segment is projected to show tremendous growth in...
By: Charles Coetzee - Buildings & C&SP Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Buildings may be getting smarter, but too many control rooms are still anchored to yesterday’s technology,...
By: Steven Santini, Secure Power Vice President, Schneider Electric Sub-Saharan Africa The data centre industry has evolved through successive waves of innovation, from virtualisation to cloud...
By: Jacques Farmer, Managing Director of Prisma Training Solutions The South African mining sector is racing towards a major regulatory transition. The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations...
By: Ntsako Baloyi - Data & AI lead for Accenture, South Africa South Africa’s mining industry has long been defined by what lies beneath the surface – vast mineral wealth that has shaped the...
By: Cecil Maartens - Account Manager, MMM Segment for SSA at Schneider Electric Like the swing of a pendulum, mining organisations find themselves caught in a familiar rhythm: chasing higher...
By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric For decades, industrial automation was built around a simple principle: install robust control hardware, keep...
By: Rohit Chashta - Sustainability Business Lead, Africa, SE Advisory Services at Schneider Electric South African organisations’ broad environmental obligations have evolved into a number of...
By: Nnadozie Ogbuehi - Vice President for Services, SSA at Schneider Electric Across West Africa, organisations are increasingly rethinking how they manage critical assets and operational...
By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Large infrastructure projects have a stubborn reputation. Globally, major capital works such as transport corridors,...
By: Anoop Hariparsad - Offer Marketing Manager, Microgrids, MEA at Schneider Electric It might sound almost too simplistic, but for many organisations and their finance teams, monthly electricity...
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