Digitalisation
Future Energy
Top five trends accelerating industry convergence in renewable energy
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The potential for increasing renewable energy demand, combined with the electrification of transportation and oil and gas companies’ increased participation in the electricity value chain, is accelerating industry convergence.
Smart Grids
Digitisation is a ‘must’ to manage the network’s complexity
The integration of distributed resources to the electricity network opens an opportunity for utilities to move to digitisation.
Future Energy
Five ways we see Africa’s energy sector evolving
The recent Digital African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa was the perfect opportunity to hone our digital skills to present a virtual conference and the get-together turned into a snapshot of where Africa’s energy sector is at.
Smart Technologies
Cape Town’s digital tools to curb illegal power connections
Spying on illegal connection thieves via drones, geo-location apps to call out meter-tampering, and viable EVs are in Cape Town's digital toolbox.
Smart Technologies
Fireside Chat: Lucy Electric – the shift to digital
In this chat, Philip Dingle, marketing director at Lucy Electric, talks about what digitalisation means in the context of Africa’s utility landscape.
Smart Technologies
$150,000 grant will enable Rwanda Coding Academy effect activities
The AfDB has signed a grant agreement with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda to support the Rwanda Coding Academy.
Smart Technologies
3 Steps to make SA’s cities smarter rather than building new...
Why we should be making South Africa's cities smart, rather than building new smart cities to achieve better efficiencies.
Smart Technologies
How to leverage IIoT to power Africa’s smart cities and grid
Coupling infrastructure projects with IIoT from the onset will improve their optimal use as Africa develops its smart cities and smart grids.
Smart Technologies
5 Digital trends shaping solar potential in emerging markets
A digital dialogue at the Digital Energy Festival explored how digitalisation is impacting the growth of solar power within emerging markets.
Smart Technologies
South Africa: New hyperscale data centre to consume 38MW of power
Cloud services provider Teraco says construction has commenced on a new hyperscale data centre in east of Johannesburg and will use 38MW of power.