Winstone Jordaan Winstone Jordaan was building charging infrastructure before South Africa had electric cars to plug into it. GridCars began developing its backend platform in 2010. The first EVs arrived in 2013. In this episode of Watts & Wheels with Wills, the GridCars founder tells William Kelly why the hardware was never the hard part….
Internationally recognised after Beyoncé wore her designs, Ivorian designer Loza Maléombho is now looking beyond fashion. Through Pokou, she is combining Baoulé history, local craftsmanship and artificial intelligence to build an African-owned creative universe spanning clothing, film, art, architecture and digital experiences. On the fourth floor of a building in Treichville, one of Abidjan’s busiest…
Reacting to the ruling, Trump posted that he was “pleased” the “baseless” lawsuit had failed to halt construction. “We are living in the Golden Age of America, and this Building will be one of the Greatest ever constructed in Washington, DC,” he said. Trump has long argued that the White House needs a larger events…
The United Arab Emirates has become a major economic and strategic force in Africa, through investments in key sectors and a growing involvement in conflicts on the continent – prompting some to describe its approach as imperialist. Through investments in ports and mining, as well as military involvement and support for various players in various…
Last week, during a discussion with African vaccine manufacturers, one manufacturer asked me a deceptively simple question: Can the African Medicines Agency help make it easier for a manufacturer to reach multiple African markets without navigating a completely separate process in every country? It is a question I have encountered throughout my career as a…
Oluchi Chibuzor Africa’s energy story is entering a pivotal chapter. The question is no longer whether the continent has the resources or ambition to industrialise, but whether it can build the infrastructure, mobilise investment and forge the partnerships required to turn that potential into sustained economic growth. That question was at the heart of the…
Hercules Ragoleka visited the ITWeb studio to discuss how Telkom is a technology and infrastructure leader modernising South Africa’s mobile networks to be smarter, more energy efficient and more resilient, while expanding access and supporting the digital economy. #Telkom Connectivity sits at the centre of how South Africans work, build businesses and entertain themselves, and the opportunities riding…
Only an integrated approach to value addition will elevate African economies, create new jobs and leapfrog development stages. Industrial policy expert and former CEO of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers Phyllis Wakiaga says that without a well thought-out and executed industrialisation and value addition policy, African countries will continue lagging in development. “You get the…
For most operations leaders, a point-of-sale system is where a transaction ends. A customer taps a card, a receipt prints, the sale closes. Fatima Khota, business unit manager for Rectron’s Automation and Data Capturing division. Image supplied Facilities management sits somewhere else entirely, in a different department, often a different budget line, dealing with a…
Demis Hassabis. Ludovic Marin/Reuters Google has announced a leadership overhaul of its AI division, with AI chief Demis Hassabis leaving his main managerial role and several leaders of its Gemini model, including veteran engineer Jeff Dean, departing the company. The shake-up comes during a pivotal juncture for Google DeepMind: the flagship version of its latest Gemini…
