Across East Africa, smart meters and AI promise cleaner, more reliable power, but digital tools cannot optimise a grid too weak to carry the load. Schneider Electric’s Symphrose Ochieng sets out why operators should strengthen physical infrastructure first, then add digital capability in phases.
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Mining companies across Africa are embedding decarbonisation into operational strategy, driven by investor, regulatory and customer pressure to reduce emissions while improving resilience.
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Edge computing promises lower latency, stronger reliability and real-time responsiveness across Africa, yet its rollout keeps colliding with one stubborn obstacle, power. Steven Santini explores how renewable microgrids, smart energy management and the right partnerships could turn the continent’s energy gap into its biggest edge opportunity.
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Ageing servers and unsupported operating systems are quietly eroding the stability of process plants that rely on distributed control systems. Kobus Vermeulen of Schneider Electric explains how virtualising the DCS environment can break the hardware obsolescence cycle without disrupting operations.
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Schneider Electric’s Johan Potgieter explains how digital twin technology and virtual commissioning can reduce the cost and risk of large infrastructure projects.
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s wastewater operators face mounting pressure to keep ageing plants running smoothly and meet tougher environmental standards, all while lacking visibility into the health of their medium-voltage (MV) drives and other critical rotating assets. Adding predictive analytics, digital twins and enterprise dashboards enables optimisation across multiple sites, ensuring every drop moves safely and efficiently through the water cycle.
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Schneider Electric specialists explain how mining and heavy industry can turn environmental, social and governance commitments into measurable decarbonisation results.
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Canninah Dladla of Schneider Electric reflects on Africa’s development momentum, from its youth dividend and clean energy investment to the promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area, arguing that the continent’s growth will be built from within rather than imported from outside.
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Many bottling plants lack specific visibility into energy use, relying on aggregate data that obscures efficiency opportunities. Without accurate data, energy cannot be effectively managed.
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As AI investment accelerates globally, Africa is increasingly being viewed as the industry’s next major growth frontier. The continent’s AI ambitions will ultimately depend on its ability to solve one critical challenge: infrastructure readiness.
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Africa has some of the world’s strongest renewable resources. Yet more than 600 million people still lack reliable access to electricity. The path forward requires execution.
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For mining companies across sub-Saharan Africa, the competitive gap is becoming harder to close through conventional methods alone. One of the clearest areas of value is predictive and prescriptive maintenance. AI and advanced analytics now allow mines to move from reactive to predictive operations.
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