By: Adebayo Agbaje - Access to Energy, Business Development at Schneider Electric West Africa In a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), access to energy is cited as fundamental to... 

By: Pusetso Sentle - Solutions Architect at Schneider Electric Industrial automation has long been shaped by proprietary systems and tightly coupled hardware-software architectures. However, in... 

By: John Kettlewell - Executive: Agriculture & Mining, Unitrans The 2026 Investing in African Mining Indaba carried a familiar public narrative: policy reform, geopolitical positioning and capital... 

The mining industry is undergoing significant transformation in terms of its approach to risk mitigation and management. Once characterised by a reactive mindset, today’s mining organisations are... 

By: Dustin Van Liew - SVP Global Policy, EnerGeo Alliance After years of declining investment, a shrinking productive base, and persistently high unemployment, South Africa is facing real economic... 

By: Claude Kabemba and Monica Mbugua In 2025, a tailings dam – which is designed to store waste byproducts – collapsed at the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia copper mine. It released toxic waste into the... 

In the global discourse on climate change, the transition to sustainable power is often reduced to a simple formula: “replace fossil fuels with renewables.” However, for those responsible for the... 

By Naseema Ephraim, Employee Benefits Operations Director at financial consultancy ASI Financial Services Before the shift siren sounds, many miners have already been awake for hours. Long... 

By: Niel Lourens - Vice President for Cyclones & Spirals at Multotec  The Canadian coal mining industry is facing increasing challenges. Tighter environmental regulations, rising operating costs,... 

By: Patrick Kauta - Managing Partner, CDH Namibia, and Vivien Chaplin, Head of the Mining & Minerals sector, CDH South Africa This outlook explores expected trends and developments in Namibian... 

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Utilities and municipalities are facing a pivotal challenge as the country’s legacy power grid – engineered for... 

By Kobus Vermeulen, Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric In the world of industrial automation, the spotlight has recently shifted from traditional turbomachinery to the... 

By: Dr Duarte F. da Silva - PhD (Engineering) Managing Director, Northbound Processing (Pty) Ltd The gold mining sector is undergoing a structural shift. Traditional extraction is becoming more... 

By Elijah Daniel, Country Sales Director, Process Automation & Software, English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric Today, just over 60% of Nigerians have access to grid-connected electricity,... 

By: Adesina Gbadebo - Power & Grid Segment, West Africa and Funmi Adepegba, Key Account Manager, Property Developers & Contractors: Buildings at Schneider Electric For decades, the modernisation of... 

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Digital twins’ reputation precedes, and with good reason. It is a highly effective tool that offers real-world... 

By: Shirley Webber - Managing Principle and Coverage Head for Resources and Energy at Absa CIB, and Stephen Seaka, Managing Executive for Public Sector and Growth Capital Solutions at Absa CIB In... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric For decades, Distributed Control Systems (DCS) have been the backbone of industrial automation, integral to... 

By: Mpho Mofokeng, Director - Resources and Project Finance and Craig Brewer, Managing Director: Co-Head Origination, Investment Banking, Absa CIB When gold broke through the US$4,000 mark in... 

By: Ifeanyi Odoh - Country President: East Africa at Schneider Electric Kenya’s industrial and building sectors are entering an exciting phase, undoubtedly driven, in part, of the advent of digital... 

By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Life sciences, which include pharmaceutical and biotech companies, today operate under intense scrutiny. Regulatory... 

By: Oluwamuyiwa Akinmejiwa, End User Business Leader, Secure Power Business Unit – Anglophone Africa, Schneider Electric As the largest country in West Africa by population, Nigeria has significant... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Industrial safety systems have certainly come a long way since the days of hardwired emergency shutdowns. What... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric As AI drives continues to disrupt industries across the world, the race is no longer just about smarter... 

By: Manuel Tati - Vice President, SADC region at Schneider Electric There’s no doubt that the SADC region holds tremendous promise; rich in natural resources, it has the potential to rapidly expand... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric One only has to briefly page through the annals of our industrial history, to come across truly hair-raising... 

By: Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, keeps adding to the discussion about oil additives – the latest topic is... 

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Industry’s very nature sees it producing significant amounts of waste, whether it’s heat from furnaces and... 

By: Hanno Van Niekerk, Market Leader – Sub Saharan Africa, AVEVA Steel is going green even with the current geopolitical situation, but is the shift happening as fast as it needs to? From... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric Benjamin Franklin famously said: "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest”. This could not... 

By Anoop Hariparsad, Offer Marketing Manager, MGRID, MEA at Schneider Electric Buildings are no longer passive consumers of power; edifices of almost every size are evolving into dynamic energy... 

By: Mark Freeman, Offer Manager - Digital Buildings, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric  There’s a lot to be said about circumventing a cookie cutter approach. Yes, metrics and frameworks are... 

By: Praveen Baijnath - Rand Refinery CEO As the world reflects on the G20 in South Africa and other global challenges, it is fitting that we consider the integrity of global value chains —... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Enough cannot be said about both the historical and current importance of Distributed Control Systems (DCS)... 

By: Uche Nnadi - Channel & Distribution Leader, West Africa, Secure Power at Schneider Electric Nigeria and other parts of West Africa are grappling with a critical shortage of skilled... 

By: Lindelwa Makhanya - PR student/ Administrative officer in Mining, Minerals and Geomatics Engineering The mining industry is in constant search for cost-effective and safer ways of extracting... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric The IT industry is undergoing one of its most defining shifts to date, driven by the explosive growth of... 

Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, and recognised sustainability leader, together with Enactus, the international NGO dedicated to inspiring students through...