Tag: technology
Technology, innovation driving City’s energy security initiatives
The Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen, delivered the welcome address at Africa Tech Week and outlined the City’s steps to mitigate up to four stages of Eskom's...
Smart new technology to thwart solar panel thieves
A highly efficient industrial network is coming to rescue of the solar industry as solar panels, inverters and batteries are being targeted by thieves and threatens to destabilise the industry.
The use...
Nicole Junkermann, Randi Zuckerberg and the future of Web3
In 1999, 278 million people used the internet globally, roughly four per cent of the world’s population. Over dial-up connections, it took one hour to download an album. And yet today,...
Nedbank highlights the power of technology for small businesses
by Alan Shannon, Executive for Small Business Services and Private Clients at Nedbank
For many small businesses, one of the obstacles to implementing new technology is a mindset that resists change. Many...
Shoprite makes a strategic investment in local technology start-up
The Shoprite Group made its second minority investment in a South African tech start-up this year.
In the most recent transaction, the retailer is among a group of companies, led by Buffet...
Festo participates at the eLearning Africa Conference and Exhibition
FESTO Didactic recently participated in the largest and most comprehensive knowledge-sharing event for technology-enhanced education, training and skills on the African continent; eLearning Africa Conference and Exhibition. This three-day conference that...
Finding the truth about ERP in real-world applications
Never has there been a better time to deploy an Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution than right now. However, as knowledge of this business software has grown so too have the ERP misconceptions, which...
Is the construction industry ready for 3D printing?
WITH around 20 per cent of South Africa’s urban households living in informal settlements, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent announcement that government is to pilot 3D printed homes certainly sounds like good...
How digital services help deliver exceptional building performance
ALTHOUGH there are varying opinions about the strategies building owners and managers should employ to recover from the effects of the pandemic, its structural effects, and resulting economic disruption, “business as...
Robotic welder offers flexibility
AEROKLAS Duys, an automotive manufacturing supplier for Ford in Silverton, the company required something unique for its rear bumper step assembly of the Ford Ranger and the VW Amarok. “At first,...
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Transport Month panel discussion tackles Cape Town’s congestion conundrum
The City’s Urban Mobility Directorate kicked off Transport Month with a panel discussion around Cape Town’s congestion conundrum at the Concourse in the Civic...