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 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 | Aug 5, 2019 | Sustainability
Africa’s largest wind farm, a €620 million energy masterpiece boosting 365 turbines in northern Kenya, will help the East African nation stay on track to reach its target of 100% green energy by 2020. Known as the Lake Turkana Wind Power, the 40,000 acre wind farm...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 17, 2019 | Sustainability
The Carbon Tax Act has recently come into effect in South Africa with the aim of penalising large emitters of greenhouse gases to minimise the climate risks that hydrocarbon fuels present. This, however, has a knock-on effect on consumers in the form of raised fuel...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 26, 2019 | Innovation
The recent Saphila 2019 conference, the African SAP User Group’s (AFSUG) biennial conference for SAP users, closed with a presentation from a keynote speaker who spends much of his time in the future. And this is fitting, because the job title of Tom Raftery is...
