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By: Mahir Hamdulay - Equity Research: Head of Financials Research at Absa CIB South African commercial property has now delivered four consecutive years of positive capital growth, a milestone that...
By: Roelof van den Berg - CEO of Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC)
By: Nkosinathi Myataza - King Shaka International Airport General Manager For decades, bird strikes have been treated primarily as an aviation safety concern, managed within wildlife hazard...
By: Boland Lithebe - Cybersecurity lead and Shiksha Benimadho, Talent & Organisation lead for Accenture, South Africa Cybersecurity has become one of the most important enablers of business...
By: Itumeleng Mphake - researcher, Corporate Accountability and Transparency Programme, at the Centre for Environmental Rights The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) is closely monitoring, with...
BY: Nazeer Hoosen Young workers play a significant role in South Africa’s construction industry, a reality that is particularly relevant during Youth Month, which highlights the importance of...
By: Mahir Hamdulay - Equity Research: Head of Financials Research at Absa CIB South African commercial property has now delivered four consecutive years of positive capital growth, a milestone that...
By: Nigel Sun - President of Sungrow Sub-Saharan Africa The African Energy Forum runs over four days. On the fourth day, at the same venue, the forum hosts YES, the Youth Energy Summit, its sister...
By: Anthony Grieco - SVP, Chief Security & Trust Officer at Cisco In just eight weeks, we scanned 1.8 billion lines of code in over 25 coding languages across the breadth of Cisco’s portfolio, a...
By: Daniel Orelowitz – MD at Training Force South Africa’s skills development system is entering a major transition period. From 1 July, the move from legacy SETA-aligned qualifications to the...
By: Willem Weber - Mechanical Engineering Consultant for Digital Parks Africa As enterprises accelerate their adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High‑Performance Computing (HPC), many are...
By: Brigitte Da Gama - Group Chief People Officer at The SPAR Group Every year in June, as we recall how the courageous young people of 1976 helped shape our national future, it is impossible not...
By: Lionel Moyal - co-founder of Growthguru.ai. According to PwC's 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer, industries most exposed to AI are experiencing significantly higher productivity growth, stronger...
By: Donné Nieman - Sales Director at Workforce Staffing The Department of Employment and Labour’s drive to add 10,000 permanent labor inspectors is now operational across South Africa. Officially...
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: Visagen Naidoo - Mindworx Consulting South Africa has a youth unemployment crisis. Everyone knows that. What few people are talking about is that we also have a programme design crisis. For...
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: Wayne Cowie - CEO at Energy Exchange South Africa (EXSA), writes that grid expansion and battery storage technology are crucial to securing South Africa's energy future South Africa stands at a...
By: Dr Mark Nasila - Chief Data and Analytics Officer, FNB AI Strategy The recently launched Evident Insights 2026 AI Index for Banks, which assessed 25 institutions across the Middle East and...
By: Matthew George - Head of Corporate at Hamtern Financial Services Project delays in renewable energy tend to get written off as timing issues. The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Renewables...
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: Faith Madoda - Founder, TSS Petroleum Group, Kuruman South Africa’s cost-of-living crisis is often discussed in broad national terms, but in the Northern Cape it is something far more...
By: Vuyo Mafrika - Head, Global Markets, Client Solutions – Africa Regional Offices; Chewe Chumanya, Bank Manager, Absa Zambia; and Opy Ramaremisa, Head, Client Solutions, Absa CIB The El...
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: Morag Evans - CEO of Databuild In construction, instinct is still important. People who have worked in this sector for years develop a feel for where activity is moving, which regions are...
Most business owners preparing for an exit ask the same question: what is my business worth? That is the wrong question. Or rather, it is incomplete. The more powerful — and more profitable —...
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: Helgaard Müller, CEO of Credeq Africa As South Africa marks Youth Month this June, the country's most urgent economic challenge is becoming an increasingly important business issue. Youth...
By: Rentia van Tonder - Head of Power and Renewables, Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking Ahead of the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town, the central question for the continent is no...
The limits of storage-only thinking in balancing Africa’s renewable grids: Why a hybrid approach to flexibility will deliver better outcomes than batteries alone Africa’s energy transition is...
By: Heather Dugmore South Africa's largest insurers say claims for weather-related damage to solar assets have exponentially increased. As insurers tighten cover and claim conditions, the burden of...
By: Shirley Webber - Coverage Head, Resources & Energy at Absa CIB and Nikhil Kasiram, Resource and Project Finance: Power and Infrastructure at Absa CIB British power developer Gridworks recently...
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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