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By: Zoë Karl-Waithaka - Managing Director and Partner, BCG Kenya As warnings about a strengthening El Niño mount, governments, agribusinesses and farmers across Africa are once again preparing for...
By: Charmé van der Westhuizen - New Business Development Manager at IPT When business leaders ask me where to start with AI, I often find that the pressure to act has arrived before the plan. They...
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: Bryan Hamman - Area Vice President, Africa at NETSCOUT Boards and regulators expect organisations to demonstrate control during a disruption, rather than only after it has ended. Yet, many...
By: Thabiso Tsoledi - General Manager: Risk and Business Development, CGIC South Africa entered 2026 with cautious optimism. Inflation had moderated, interest rates appeared to be stabilising, and...
There is a moment in most exit processes when a business owner receives a number larger than they expected, and every instinct says: take it. That instinct is dangerous. A term sheet tells you...
By: Neil Lund - Managing Director at Paracon by Adcorp New data suggests that South Africa’s technology brain drain is becoming more prevalent, with Johannesburg emerging as a key source of...
By: Junaid Kader - Head of Public-Private Partnerships and Infrastructure, Tsebo When the world meets in Stockholm from 23–27 August for World Water Week 2026 under the theme "Water for People and...
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: Lubabalo Cengani South Africa's mining sector is a cornerstone of the national economy. It supports hundreds of thousands of jobs and generates billions in exports. However, it continues to...
By: Takalani Netshitenzhe - External Affairs Director for Vodacom South Africa As we head towards what climate scientists are warning will be a super El Niño in 2027, I've been considering our...
By: Nitesh Singh - Financial Services and Communications, Media & Technology Lead, for Accenture South Africa For many years, digital banking was defined by one question: does your bank have an...
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: Jane Sithole MP - is Deputy Minister: Department of Small Business Development Every day, across our cities, townships and rural communities, people wake up determined to build businesses,...
By Professor: Sampson Mamphweli South Africa faced a lot of issues with security of energy supply with specific reference to the supply of electricity, leading to sustained load shedding that at...
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: Chadé Bowles - Regional SHEQ Manager at GVK-Siya Zama "Ultimately, I look forward to the day when a woman leading a high-risk construction site is no longer a headline-worthy novelty, but a...
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: Mamiki Matlawa - Group Business Development Executive at ACTOM While South Africa’s transition to a more reliable, inclusive and sustainable energy sector is too often viewed through the lens...
By: Wiaan Vermaak - CCO at Digital Parks Africa The modern data centre has become a fundamentally different environment from what it was even a decade ago. High-density computing, AI‑driven...
By: Kgomotso Lebele - Country Managing Director for Accenture, South Africa South Africa's data centre sector is expanding rapidly. New investment is creating opportunities for economic growth,...
South Africa’s manufacturing sector contributes close to 11% of the country’s GDP[1] and was one of only three industries to add jobs in the first quarter of 2026[2], yet output has contracted for...
By: Hendrik du Toit - Managing Director: Plant Services, Babcock In fabrication, maintenance and manufacturing environments, one of the most expensive activities is often the one that was never...
By:Dr Duarte F da Silva - is a capital markets strategist and managing director of Northbound Processing One morning in February 2022 a G20 central bank woke to find roughly $300bn of its reserves...
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 Hendrik du Toit, Managing Director: Plant Services, Babcock In fabrication, maintenance and manufacturing environments, one of the most expensive activities is often the one that was never planned.
By: Tim Ward - Managing Director: Equipment, Babcock For many years, equipment management was largely reactive. Fleet owners focused on keeping machines running, scheduling maintenance at fixed...
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 Bongani Mankewu - is the Director of the InfraFIN We should applaud General Bantu Holomisa's suggestion to seek cooperation with the commercial sector to bolster SANDF. He stated that these...
By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck The third article in WearCheck’s series “When Good Oils Go Bad” features a discussion around nitration.
By: Paul Eardley-Taylor, Gas Sector Lead, Standard Bank Group Gas means different things in different geographies. In the United States of America (USA), “Gas” means natural gas or gasoline. In...
By: Mignon Fishburn - Automotive Vertical Lead at C Steinweg The South African Automotive Masterplan (SAAM 2035) sets ambitious targets for production growth, localisation, competitiveness and...
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: Ntsako Baloyi - Data & AI lead for Accenture, South Africa Across South Africa, organisations are accelerating their investment in artificial intelligence (AI), deploying copilots, automation...
By: Manie de Waal - CEO of Energy Partners South African organisations have recovered more than R600 million in unverified and over-billed energy charges and closed out over 350 disputed billing...
By: Jeremy Sampson - Chairman: Brand Finance Africa Earlier this month, the retail arm of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) agreed to pay approximately US$1 billion (more than R16 billion)...
By: Brennan Heugh - Rentals and Sales Executive at Waco Modular South Africa’s private school sector is experiencing steady growth as increasing numbers of families seek alternative education...
By: Rhys Evans - Managing Director at ALCO-Safe South Africa faces a growing drug crisis that is affecting workplaces across the country. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
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