by Dianne Bayley | May 18, 2017 | Sustainability
Courtesy IT-Online.co.za Eskom and Huawei are to jointly develop smart grid solutions for the South African market. The joint innovation initiative was announced this morning at Huawei’s Fifth Global Power Summit at the African Utility Week (AUW) event in Cape Town....
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2017 | Sustainability
Retail banking , an industry founded on stability and tradition, is in the midst of a transformation. Worldwide, they are rethinking their business models in light of technological advances, the growth of online and mobile banking, fierce economic pressures, workforce...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 5, 2017 | Features, Sustainability
Eskom’s announcement in July 2016 that it would not sign any independent power producers onto the South African power grid threw a booming renewables sector into disarray. JCRA, a leading financial risk consultancy, have today released a paper in partnership with the...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 15, 2017 | Sustainability
Maintenance tips from Frank Rovelli, Probe We know car batteries contain chemicals such as sulphuric acid and have to be carefully dealt with, especially when they die. The green thing to do is to squeeze as much life out of them as possible and decrease the overall...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 19, 2017 | Sustainability
Africa’s broader energy production value chain holds enormous potential to deliver better solutions for the end user and for a reduced carbon footprint. While this development is still largely in a nascent phase, a number of innovations will drive activity in the...
by Dianne Bayley | Feb 8, 2017 | Sustainability
“The drought that has impacted many regions within South Africa for a considerable length of time now has exposed the poor, or lack of, water management (monitoring and control) ability of many water institutions, as well as the difficulties and inability of...