by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2019 | Innovation
Manufacturing companies like Sheffield Manufacturing in Durban are increasingly turning to solar as a way to supplement energy needs, go green and bring costs down, says Lance Green of SolarSaver, a provider of customised rooftop solar photovoltaic solutions through a...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 11, 2019 | Innovation
Location technology can transform South Africa’s transport system – but don’t expect to see self-driving cars on our roads any time soon. What’s more relevant is the need for the public and private sectors to work together more closely to unlock the significant social...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 10, 2019 | Innovation
Without technological constraints, more people from across Africa are free to innovate and create on the global stage; democratisation of energy is necessary to enable Africans to move into the digital age, writes Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 9, 2019 | Innovation
There are several questions that must be answered before embarking on an AI journey, writes Johan Steyn, Portfolio Lead at IQbusiness, and Chair: Special Interest Group – AI and Robotics at IITPSA. At a conference where I was speaking recently, a delegate asked me....
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 4, 2019 | Innovation
Africa is as capable of embracing the huge potential of this technology as the rest of the world, even within the limitations of existing infrastructure and complex connectivity challenges. Industries have adopted 2G, 3G and 4G in incremental steps as these...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 3, 2019 | Innovation
The potential to increase Africa’s agricultural yields through the strategic use of data could place the continents’ farmers at the heart of tomorrow’s global economy. “New technologies readily available to Africa’s farmers mean that the continent is finally at the...