TCL Donates Ultra-Low-Power Display System to the Youth Olympic Village, Bringing Advanced Display Technology to Everyday Use

TCL Donates Ultra-Low-Power Display System to the Youth Olympic Village, Bringing Advanced Display Technology to Everyday Use

TCL Donates Ultra-Low-Power Display System to the Youth Olympic Village, Bringing Advanced Display Technology to Everyday Use (Photo: AETOSWire) TCL, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, donated an ultra-low-power display system powered by solar energy to Université Amadou Mahtar Mbow (UAM) in Senegal. Delivering outdoor brightness at roughly half the power consumption of comparable displays,…

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Africa: Beyond Financing The Transition – Africa Needs a Financial System That Is Accountable

Africa: Beyond Financing The Transition – Africa Needs a Financial System That Is Accountable

Africa needs more climate finance — and greater accountability for the capital already at work. Just Share executive director Nicole Martens argues that banks, investors and pension funds must turn climate commitments into measurable changes in what they finance, backed by stronger regulation and scrutiny. Africa’s climate transition is an enormous investment opportunity. Renewable energy,…

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Pick n Pay rolls out AI picking system to 720 stores

Pick n Pay rolls out AI picking system to 720 stores

Pick n Pay is rolling out an AI-based store operations platform from Canadian company OrderGrid to more than 720 stores, after a pilot cut the average time it took staff to pick online orders by about 30%. The platform, which will support the retailer’s asap! online grocery service, covers real-time inventory management, demand forecasting, order…

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Top ICT tenders: Replacement sought for Housing Subsidy System

Top ICT tenders: Replacement sought for Housing Subsidy System

The Department of Human Settlements tenders for the analysis, design and development of a National Digital Human Settlements Management System. (Image source: iStock) The ICT industry will be pleased to see national government departments returning to National Treasury’s eTenders Portal with technology requirements. This follows weeks of having to depend on municipal requests for opportunities….

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Top ICT tenders: School admin system heads to the cloud

Top ICT tenders: School admin system heads to the cloud

Service providers are sought for the supply of cloud services for the South African School Administration and Management System. (Image source: iStock) It’s another quiet week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, requiring the ICT industry to turn to local government, as a wide range of metro, district and local municipalities come to the party with…

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