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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Pretoria (UP) to create a framework for bilateral cooperation regarding research and development (R&D), technology innovation, education and training, as well as skills development. The intent is to develop South Africa’s next generation of nuclear scientists, engineers and other professionals to support the country’s development.    “Necsa’s collaboration with the [UP] ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>NUCLEAR RESEARCH</category>
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            <title>New tech holds promises for energy, medicine – WEF report</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ten new technologies, identified in international organisation the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026', are approaching a critical inflection point where advances in research are beginning to translate into large-scale, real-world applications. Many of the technologies highlighted in the report indicate that systems may become more distributed, personalised and resource-efficient over time.]]></description>
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            <title>UCT celebrates tenth birthday of institute focused on processing astronomical data</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Cape Town (UCT) has highlighted the tenth anniversary of the country’s Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA). This is a joint endeavour between UCT, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Pretoria and is hosted by UCT. The IDIA was created to meet the problem of processing, analysing, interpreting and visualising the huge amounts of data that would be produced by the next generation of radio telescope arrays. South Africa’s own world-leading MeerKAT, which became fully operational in 2018, is the most notable of these. And now the South Africa-based mid-radio frequency array of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope will soon also start operations.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>Optical infrastructure critical to Africa’s industrialisation drive</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Investment in high-capacity digital infrastructure and optical networks will become increasingly important as African countries pursue industrialisation, digital transformation and greater economic competitiveness amid growing AI adoption and rising global economic uncertainty. This was the sentiment shared by Huawei executives during the company’s OptiX Club 2026 event, held in Johannesburg on April 21.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <title>Necsa, Siemens Energy form energy technology partnership</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and energy technology company Siemens Energy have signed a nonbinding agreement to strengthen collaboration in energy, technology and innovation. The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation between the two organisations focused on supporting power generation, including new technologies such as small modular reactors (SMRs).]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Grid infrastructure requirements reshape base metals demand outlook to 2040 – WoodMac</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Research from consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) finds that the base metals required to power the global data centre boom extend far beyond the servers, cooling units and enclosures inside these facilities. The consultancy highlights, in a media release, that when grid reinforcement, transmission networks and facility-level power systems are included, total system-level metals consumption reaches an estimated three to four times the volume implied by the asset itself.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Coega Development Corporation (Coega) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have formed a partnership to advance South Africa’s innovation and industrialisation agenda. The strategic partnership is aimed at unlocking the full potential of innovation-led growth. Based in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the collaboration aims to strengthen the link between research, innovation, technology development and commercialisation, and thereby contribute to sustainable socioeconomic development.]]></description>
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            <category>INNOVATION</category>
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            <title>Researchers highlight road design, maintenance and behaviour as contributors to road incidents</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The effectiveness of the designs of roads for their actual use, the maintenance of road infrastructure to ensure its effective functioning as road users expect and the behaviour of road users all contribute to the high rate of road safety incidents in South Africa. This was noted by road infrastructure and transport engineers and researchers, who presented their research during a discussion hosted by engineering consulting company GIBB Group CEO Vishaal Lutchman, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE) on June 11.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>ROAD SAFETY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>New liver perfusion technology offers hope amid South Africa’s organ shortage crisis</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Private academic hospital the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC) has, in partnership with nonprofit organisation Surgeons for Little Lives and used-car retailer Weelee, introduced an innovative liver perfusion machine, becoming the first transplant centre in Africa to implement this technology for liver transplantation. This technology is vital to keeping donor livers viable outside the body while clinicians assess, monitor and actively improve the condition of the organ before transplantation.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>The Square Kilometre Array Observatory now has 14 members</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that France has become the international organisation’s fourteenth member. French President Emmanuel Macron signed the documents of accession in March, and the country’s membership has now come into effect. With the accession of France, the membership of the SKAO has increased by 100% since it came into being, in 2021. “After many years of contributing to the SKA project, it is a great pleasure to welcome France as a member of the Observatory,” highlighted SKAO Council chair Dr Filippo Zerbi. “As well as a national legacy of excellence in astronomy across centuries, French institutions’ expertise in supercomputing for big science makes France an invaluable partner as the SKAO progresses towards early science operations in the coming months.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>SCIENCE &amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Entries for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation to open on July 13</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The UK Royal Academy of Engineering says entries for its next Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation competition will open on July 13 and close on September 8. The 2026 shortlist of applicants includes innovators from 11 African countries, after the academy received a record number of applications from more than 30 countries.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>ENGINEERING AWARDS</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), is entering a new stage for the agency, TIA 2.0, to position the agency at the forefront of innovation and drive economic growth and sustainable development. Speaking at a media engagement, in Sandton, on June 2, TIA chairperson Loyiso Tyira explained that this was a completely new way of working for the agency, differing from TIA 1.0, by adopting a systems-based approach and a quadruple helix model of innovation, which was cognisant of the fact that a working innovation system required an all-of-society method.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>The SKA Observatory has a new head</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that its new director-general began her tenure on Monday. She is Professor Jessica Dempsey and she has replaced Professor Philip Diamond (who headed the SKA for about 14 years). Her term of office will be five years. She has taken over at a time when the SKAO is about to commence early science operations, while both of its radio telescope arrays (in South Africa and Australia) are continuing to be built “at pace”. ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>Aucamp stresses South Africa's commitment to remote research bases after Marion Island evacuation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp has assured South Africans that the country remains committed to its Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research programme, which contributes significantly to climate science, biodiversity conservation, oceanographic research and global environmental monitoring. The Minister on May 27 welcomed the 2025/26 Marion Island overwintering team back to South Africa, following their urgent evacuation after delays affecting the departure of the SA Agulhas II relief voyage.]]></description>
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            <category>ENVIRONMENT</category>
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            <title>Africa’s future in space dependent on legal, regulatory frameworks – dtic</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa’s future participation in the space economy will also depend on its legal and regulatory frameworks, highlighted Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) chief director of space affairs Nomfuneko Majaja. She was addressing the seventeenth African Regional Round of the Manfred Luchs Space Law Moot Court Competition (of which she was the African regional coordinator) at the Casa Toscana Convention Centre, in Pretoria. “Africa’s future in outer space governance will not only depend on technology and infrastructure, but equally on strong legal minds, sound policy frameworks, international cooperation and visionary leadership,” she said. “This competition therefore represents far more than a legal exercise. It is an investment in Africa’s future leadership, diplomacy, innovation, governance, and sustainable development within the global space arena.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>SPACE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 10:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa targets January 2027 for revised AI policy after earlier withdrawal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's communications minister established an independent panel of experts to review a draft national policy on artificial intelligence, after an earlier version was withdrawn when it was found to contain fictitious and potentially AI-generated references. Solly Malatsi briefed a parliamentary committee on Tuesday after pulling the earlier draft. The target publication date for public comment is January 2027, according to Jeanette Morwane, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies acting deputy director-general. The policy, released in April for public comment, sought to position South Africa as a continental leader in AI innovation while addressing ethical and economic concerns.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>The capabilities of the African geospatial information sector must be strengthened</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Worldwide, geospatial information had become a multibillion-dollar sector, and is still growing, highlighted UN Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) Geospatial Information Management Section chief André Nonguierma. But Africa accounts for only 2.7% of the global geospatial information market. (He was addressing a session on the first day of the FIG XXVIII Congress, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Monday. FIG is an abbreviation, from its original French name, of ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s education system has no shortage of policy ambition. It has strategies, data systems, institutional mandates, and a growing national agenda for digital transformation. Much of the system, however, is still fragmented, writes Mark Burke in this latest opinion article. Learner records sit in different databases. Schools, colleges, universities, funding agencies, and qualification authorities collect overlapping information through separate processes. Provinces work with uneven capacity and uneven systems. Some digital tools are improving, but mostly within institutional silos. That is the setting in which Digital Public Infrastructure, or DPI, becomes relevant. The question is whether South Africa can use the current push for digital identity, data exchange, and digital payments to make education services more coherent from school entry to post-school transitions and into work.]]></description>
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            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Pretoria (UP) has awarded South African radio astronomer Professor Justin Jonas an honorary doctorate, in honour of his contributions to radio astronomy and associated engineering in the country. The degree was bestowed by UP’s Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering. Jonas is currently director of the Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies at Rhodes University. (He gained all his degrees at Rhodes.) He was a major force behind the development of the country’s world-leading MeerKAT radio telescope array and the South African contribution to the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope array, currently under construction.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 16:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa evacuating sub-Antarctic base after fuel delay</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa said it’s evacuating researchers at a sub-Antarctic Marion Island base after the Iran war delayed fuel deliveries needed for the operations. The “urgent evacuation of the overwintering team” was ordered after the SA Agulhas II, an icebreaking polar-supply ship, got held up in Cape Town for weeks waiting for the fuel, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, said in a statement. The station requires polar diesel that doesn’t freeze in extreme cold. South Africa blamed the Iran war for the disruption in an earlier statement. The most industrialised nation on the continent has replaced some of the oil products that it imports from the Middle East with US supplies, but the switch has still resulted in disruptions that reverberate as far as the remote base. The SA Agulhas II departed on Thursday to pick up the team and is expected to arrive on May 18. Marion Island is one of three South African bases located in remote areas.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In conjunction with commercial unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI), integrated security solutions provider Fidelity Services Group has developed a repeatable security blueprint using the DJI Dock 3 – an automated, smart, all-weather dock that enables a drone to operate “entirely independently” for security, inspection or emergency purposes. The DJI Dock 3 is an automated docking and deployment platform that houses the aircraft, manages charging, performs system readiness checks and allows for remote mission execution from a controlled environment.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Opinion: The Political Economy of Digital Public Infrastructure Adoption in Digital Identity Systems</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has emerged as the dominant framework through which states pursue digital transformation, Mark Burke notes in this opinion article. Proponents describe it as a "societal operating system", functioning through a set of shared, interoperable digital systems built on open standards that enable population-scale service delivery across health, finance, and social protection. The architecture is presented as an "architecture of opportunity" - as open, inclusive, ...]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Global ecosystem data network that South Africa helped create is now operational</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Research Foundation (NRF) has highlighted that the global FLUXNET Shuttle data system became fully operational last week, and that the South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON) played an important role in its creation and is a significant contributor to it. FLUXNET Shuttle collects flux data from regional networks around the world, in real time, and makes this data available to researchers around the globe. “Flux data is the direct measurement of the exchange of carbon, water, and energy between land and atmosphere from tropical forests to Arctic tundra,” explained the NRF. “It measures turbulent, vertical, and horizontal air movements (“eddies”) to understand how ecosystems such as forests, farms, or water bodies interact with the air, acting as sources or sinks for greenhouse gases.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>UCT researchers release South African languages AI model</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have developed a curated multilingual dataset, MzansiText, covering the 11 official written languages, as well as a language model, called MzansiLM, trained on this dataset. MzansiLM is believed to be the first publicly available, decoder-only language model designed to support all 11 official written languages in a single system, the UCT team says.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 08:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Combination of data, people and ecosystems to provide competitive advantages – WEF</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/combination-of-data-people-and-ecosystems-to-provide-competitive-advantages-wef-2026-04-29</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The next wave of competitive advantage will come not from individual breakthrough technologies, but from the ability to combine and scale multiple technologies across entire operating systems, says global finance organisation World Economic Forum (WEF). As AI, robotics, advanced materials, spatial computing and next-generation energy systems mature simultaneously, the organisations and countries moving fastest to apply these technologies together in intelligent systems are already pulling ahead, says the WEF 'Technology Convergence: The New Logic for Competitive Advantage' report.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Adcock Ingram Critical Care, Olympus partner to expand medical innovation in Southern Africa</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/adcock-ingram-critical-care-olympus-partner-to-expand-medical-innovation-in-southern-africa-2026-04-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Adcock Ingram Critical Care (AICC), a manufacturer and supplier of hospital and critical care products in Southern Africa, and global medical technology company Olympus have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen their focus on improving patient care. The partnership will expand access to Olympus’ advanced endoscopy solutions and broader medical and surgical technologies across South Africa and the rest of the Southern African region.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Flotation polishing integral to wastewater improvement</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is gaining traction as a post-biological polishing step in municipal wastewater treatment, improving effluent consistency by removing fine solids, algae and nutrient loads that conventional clarification often misses under variable conditions, says water technology company Xylem strategy and marketing manager Chetan Mistry. It is well established as an effective post-biological polishing step, particularly for the removal of fine suspended solids, algae and particulate-bound nutrients such as phosphorus.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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When integrated correctly, DAF complements biological treatment by stabilising final effluent rather than replacing biological nutrient removal</image_title>
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            <title>NMU centre acquires new microscopes to boost condition monitoring services to industry</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Nelson Mandela University (NMU) Faculty of Science's Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (CHRTEM) has received the first of two new scanning electron microscopes (SEMs) from manufacturer Japan Electron Optical Laboratories (JEOL). A second, larger SEM is scheduled for delivery in May.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>SCIENCE &amp; TECHNOLOGY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sky Robots advances drone-based security solutions for high-risk environments</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Integrated aerial security company Sky Robots has highlighted its growing role in strengthening security and surveillance across high-risk environments, with unmanned aerial systems that enable faster response times, improved situational awareness and more cost-effective monitoring solutions for a range of public- and private-sector applications. Lumkile Nkomfe tells us more.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The launch of a new avocado oil processing plant for emerging agroprocessing company Ecovado – founded by local entrepreneur Hulisani Mudau – was announced in March. The new facility was developed in partnership with global heat exchanger manufacturer Alfa Laval Middle East, South and East Africa (MESEA).]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agricultural automation and AI solutions platform Farmflex which has been shortlisted as a nominee for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation – created by farming solutions company Lema Agriventures – is “revolutionising” the way in which smallholder farmers conduct farming practices and business processes. Its digital platform, equipped with AI, Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors and analytics solutions, helps farmers improve productivity, resilience and profitability by affording them access to and use of real-time information, practical recommendations and automated support, says Farmflex founder and Lema Agriventures CEO Mochesane Mpali.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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AI, IoT and automation are incorporated into the Farmflex solution to improve productivity, resilience and profitability through the use of real-time information, practical recommendations and automated support</image_title>
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            <title>AI, ‘human touch’  blend improves  insurance process</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the insurance sector matures across Africa, the focus is shifting from simple digitalisation to the sophisticated application of AI and hyper-personalisation, with efforts to increase the preservation of empathy at the claims stage, says insurance provider Hollard South Africa. In a press release, the company notes that, as technological capabilities expand, the fundamental question is whether an algorithm AI agent can really replace the empathy required during a crisis or loss, or if its role should be strictly confined to back-office and non-client-facing process optimisation.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Huawei supports growth through automation, AI</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In progressing its automation and AI solutions globally, information and communications technology (ICT) company Huawei launched the ACT Pathway in Barcelona, Spain, last month.  The framework was developed to systematically embed industrial intelligence within organisations.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Huawei's range of AI and automated product and service offerings include automated guided forklifts for warehouse operations</image_title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In fusing automation and AI with real-time operations through its latest Tower model – an innovation that leverages digital twin technology – energy solutions company Schneider Electric is enabling optimisation for logistics, rail and seafaring operations. The company is helping logistics and transport companies mitigate the challenges of South African ports, rail systems and roads, including congestion and the state of infrastructure.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Multi-circuit aerospace  heat exchanger designed  in ‘record time’</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The launch of a complex, multi-circuit aerospace heat exchanger designed, simulated and validated within two weeks by composite mechanical component manufacturer Sintavia has successfully denoted the acceleration of next-generation heat exchangers powered by AI computing company Nvidia. Sintavia in March announced that it had integrated Nvidia’s RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition to design, simulate, and validate a complex aerospace heat exchanger in only two weeks – a process that would have taken months previously.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Science &amp; Technology</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa said billionaire Elon Musk could use equity-equivalence programmes to meet South Africa’s racial-equity rules and roll out his Starlink internet service locally, pointing to US firms that comply through alternative investments rather than ownership. Mines and telecommunications operators such as Musk’s Starlink are, however, subject to licensing regulations that require 30% ownership by Black citizens, limiting the use of such alternatives. Communications Minister Solly Malatsi of the Democratic Alliance party has proposed extending equity-equivalence structures to the sector, but some lawmakers overseeing the industry in December called for him to withdraw the policy, with Ramaphosa’s African National Congress “deeply concerned” with the plan.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Incorporating the practical realities of engineering and infrastructure projects into classroom learning resources can meaningfully augment the engineering and technical skills pipeline, and support Africa’s infrastructure development, says Maukq and Company founder Angel Mokgokolo. Maukq and Company is developing a framework that connects schools with real engineering projects across sectors such as mining, energy and infrastructure development.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering consultancy Lubisi Consulting Engineers is strengthening its digital engineering capabilities through targeted investments in three-dimensional (3D) modelling and building information modelling (BIM) training. The firm highlights this as being key to help improve design accuracy, coordination and project delivery across infrastructure projects. The adoption of advanced engineering software reflects the growing complexity of modern infrastructure projects and the need for faster, more reliable design processes, says Lubisi Consulting Engineers MD Chalmers Pagiwa.]]></description>
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