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            <description><![CDATA[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 disruption. The World Meteorological Organisation has forecast shifting rainfall patterns and above-average temperatures across much of the continent, with drought risks rising in Southern Africa. For economies already grappling with food insecurity and climate pressures, the potential cost is substantial. The African Development Bank estimates that a strengthening El Niño could inflict between US$10 billion and US$20 billion in economic losses across affected African countries, driven by impacts on agriculture, food security, infrastructure and public finances.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 have seen what Microsoft 365 Copilot can do, employees are already experimenting, and the organisation does not want to fall behind.]]></description>
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            <title>Modernising without disruption: The rise of software‑defined brownfield automation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Sydney Higgo - Industrial Automation Business Developer & Engineer at Schneider Electric Brownfield industrial sites have for decades relied on hardware‑centric automation architectures built for stability rather than adaptability. While these systems have served industry well, the pressures facing operators today, including ageing infrastructure, rising performance expectations and accelerating digital transformation, are exposing their limitations.]]></description>
            <author>Dimpho Madiba</author>
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            <title>Operational Resilience Requires More Than Recovery Plans</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 companies still treat resilience as being a collection of safeguards rather than a real-time operational capability.]]></description>
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            <title>The Silent Shockwave: Why Trade Risk Is Rising Across South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 were signs that economic activity was beginning to improve.]]></description>
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            <title>Four signs the highest offer isn’t the right one when selling your business</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 almost nothing about whether the acquirer can close at that price — or what your business and your legacy will look like in their hands.]]></description>
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            <title>Johannesburg’s tech brain drain raises the stakes for IT talent</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 professionals considering emigration.]]></description>
            <author>Dimpho Madiba</author>
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            <title>Almost Half of South Africa's Treated Water Never Reaches a Tap</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 Progress," the conversation will rightly focus on water scarcity, climate variability and the race for new sources of supply. For South Africa, that's the less urgent half of the story.]]></description>
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            <title>Strategic service partnerships will form the backbone of tomorrow’s data centre infrastructure</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 nowhere is this more evident than in the data‑centre space, where even momentary disruption can trigger cascading financial losses and erode hard‑won trust.]]></description>
            <author>Dimpho Madiba</author>
            <category> Business Thought Leadership</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>The value of advisory services for critical infrastructure in West Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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: infrastructure is no longer just an operational asset, it is a strategic determinant of performance, resilience, and competitiveness.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa's Mining Sector Faces an Existential Threat from Crime</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 face a serious threat from rising crime and security risks. Illegal mining has evolved into a sophisticated form of organized crime. Criminal groups operate like shadow states, stealing billions and draining important tax revenues. Mining companies are forced to redirect hundreds of millions of rands away from growth to private security. Addressing these significant security challenges is essential for restoring investor confidence, upholding the rule of law, and securing the industry's future.]]></description>
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            <title>Connectivity as critical infrastructure: What the KZN floods taught us about climate resilience </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 planning and response to climate shock events.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Why great banking apps no longer win customers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 app? Today, that question has largely been answered. Every major South African bank offers a capable mobile banking platform, digital payments, self-service functionality and online onboarding. Digital access has become an expectation rather than a differentiator.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 capacity at an eye-watering pace. But it’s a double-edged sword – the one side is creating is tremendous opportunities for innovation and economic growth, the other brings scrutiny around environmental footprint, particularly the consumption of energy and water.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Red Tape Is South Africa's Biggest Job Killer</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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, create jobs and provide for their families. Yet too often, burdens and hurdles stand in their way and block them from succeeding.]]></description>
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            <title>How Short- To Medium-term Power-system Planning Is Strengthening South Africa’s Energy Security</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 times reached stage six, which means up to six or more hours of selective power blackouts. This wiped billions of rands from the economy alongside job losses, and it threatened the entire economic system in a country that’s already grappling with high unemployment rates and various socio-economic challenges. The whole insecurity of energy supply matter was classified by government and the private sector as an energy crisis.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 posture certainly fits the bill.  Across the region countries are mobilising, demonstrating how renewables like geothermal, wind, hydroelectric and solar can become the true backbone of low-carbon electricity systems.]]></description>
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            <title>Leading with Purpose: Shaping a Stronger Safety Culture in Construction</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 standard, respected reality across South Africa," says Chadé Bowles, Regional SHEQ Manager at GVK-Siya Zama. For Bowles, reaching that reality starts with the culture built on site every day.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 infrastructure investment priorities. However, for the modern data centre operator, the shift to liquid cooling represents a considerable change in direction that will define the competitive landscape of infrastructure for the next decade. ]]></description>
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            <title>Powering the future: Why women must be central to South Africa’s energy transition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 of infrastructure and technology, the critical role of women in this shift is often overlooked.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 partnerships must be carefully planned and evaluated in light of national security requirements, affordability, procurement laws, ownership, and long-term financial implications. To investigate long-term infrastructure investment options, institutional investors, such as the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), must be included in the funding formula, he emphasized.]]></description>
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