NEWS
CIO Power Summit to be in held in
South Africa
J
ohannesburg is to host Sub-Saharan
Africa’s CIO Power Summit on February
12, which will bring together the senior
IT decision makers from the IPP, PPP and
National Power communities across the
region to focus on Information Technology
within the Power Sector.
Power generation networks have become
much more complex in recent years, thanks
mainly to the rise in renewable energy power
generation and the growing number of
small, distributed power producers. Demand
for power is also increasing in all African
countries, yet grid infrastructure is often
old and incapable of supporting additional
capacity. Equipment is both difficult and
costly to maintain, but tighter regulations
are driving the industry to be more efficient
and cleaner than ever.
The CIO Power Summit will cover all the
major topics that are hot in the industry.
From analytics to IoT, connectivity to
cybersecurity, the event aims keep up-to-
date with Digital Transformation and a
place for end users to meet with technology
companies who are developing tomorrows
technologies today.
Representatives from national power
companies, independent power producers
and solution providers will all be in
attendance, including City Power CIO
Audrey Mochela, Tebogo Makhwelo, Senior
Manager, IT Services for Eskom and ZESCO
Director of Generation Fidelis Mubiana. For
more information, visit ciopowerafrica.com.
The CIO Power
Summit will be held
in Johannesburg on
February 12
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Huawei celebrates presence of 20 years
in Sub-Saharan Africa
H
uawei has celebrated 20 years in Africa.
In 1998, the telecoms giant sent a team
from China to set up its business in Africa
and the continent was among the first few
locations Huawei chose as it started to expand.
Reflecting on the company’s remarkable
growth journey in the region, Huawei Southern
Africa President Li Peng said that the firm had
witnessed and contributed to the amazing
changes and progress that have revolutionised
the way people connect, learn and entertain.
To honour its outstanding contribution to
ICT, Dr. Siyabonga Cwele, South Africa’s
Minister for Telecommunications and Postal
Services, presented an Award of Excellence
to Huawei South Africa.
Dr. Cwele said: “Huawei has grown to be one
of the biggest technology companies today.
“We are inspired by the fact that it started
out as an SMME.”
Huawei has operated in Sub-Saharan Africa
for 20 years
“Huawei is dedicated to innovating around
the needs of our customers and continuously
pushing the boundaries of ICT to develop
a diverse range of services tailored to
local needs for the rapid growth of the
telecom industry and realisation of national
development strategies,” said Peng.
“We are committed to leapfrog the process
of building a better-connected Africa.”
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