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WHY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN AFRICA ARE CHALLENGED BY DECARBONISATION

Many industrial customers in Africa do not know where to start and this comes down to key aspects of production management and process improvement that can be shown to drive sustainable operations. Companies are recognising they must amend the way they do things and one of the realisations is you cannot do it alone and will need to collaborate. AVEVA has this concept of radical collaboration, which says you cannot solve the problem by yourself, explains Sue Quense.
The oil and gas industry, or the energy industry, has an obligation to continue to provide energy to the world while they are trying to decarbonise. They are all working hard to figure out how to move; some are going faster, and some are going slower and are working around challenges.
The industry is looking at their existing operations, and while they are planning, they are working to optimise and minimise emissions from their operations. They are also working on the technologies of the future and being able to move to newer and cleaner technology.
The pace of sustainability is different around the world, and different industries are facing different challenges.
Drivers and inhibitors
There are a couple of things that contribute to adoption and inhibition. One of which is you cannot change what
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