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• Siemens South Africa and EE Business intelligence collaborate to host a virtual Grid Edge Symposium that will introduce the power of Grid Edge technologies
• Discover how Grid Edge solutions could revolutionize the South African energy landscape
• Grid Edge technologies will play an instrumental role in decarbonizing the global energy system

The global energy system is being transformed, becoming more decentralised, utilising more renewables and turning electricity consumers into prosumers (consumers and producers) of electricity; but this change creates challenges at the interface between the grid and consumers – the grid edge.

• ABInBev’s Maluti Mountain Brewery adopts Siemens Braumat 
• Improved flexibility and customization in reducing beer loss
• Cost efficiency to meet current market demands, with no loss of quality.

As a long-standing technology partner to Anheuser-Busch InBev (known as ABInBev), the world’s largest brewer, Siemens South Africa recently migrated Maluti Mountain Brewery in Lesotho from an old automation system in the brewing area to a central control and monitoring station which will combine the Brewhouse and Cellars. 

• Siemens hosts Virtual Smart Mining Forum to explore new trends and the impact of technology on the mining sector.
• Launch of a Hackathon to universities to participate using the low-coding platform, Mendix.
• Siemens hosts an Enterprise and Supplier Development forum to promote sustainability and skills development in mining 

With its motto, “On the road to the digital future”, Siemens will be hosting its virtual Smart Mining forum from the 3rd to the 5th of August 2021. This is an insightful, strategic event that explores the impact of technology and how it can sustainably drive transformation within the African Mining Industry. 

• A 100-bed modular solution donated to Cecilia Makiwane Hospital 
• The modular solution will be equipped with Siemens Healthineers medical technology 
• The modular hospital will be powered with a solar modular configuration to enable a decentralized and clean power supply

At a ribbon cutting ceremony, Siemens South Africa, the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and the Solidarity Fund officially handed over a separate 100-bed modular hospital solution to the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane. This extension will help alleviate the negative impact caused by the coronavirus on the medical system and improve access to healthcare, even beyond the pandemic.  

• Sabine Dall'Omo appointed Deputy Chairperson of the NEPAD Business Foundation, one of Africa’s prominent platforms for bringing governments and businesses together
• Sabine will be responsible for mobilising private sector resources towards development activities
• The NBF is working with the SADC Secretariat on the SADC Regional Gas Masterplan which is in line with Siemens’ focus on reducing carbon emissions in Africa

South Africa’s pursuit of being a key player in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) received a massive boost as the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Siemens South Africa entered into a partnership to empower the country’s economy and citizens with digital skills.

• Siemens Digital Industries strengthens its partnership with its automation portfolio in Nigeria
• GIL Automation appointed as a Value Added Reseller

In support and contribution to the development of industry in Africa, Siemens has revised its business approach for sustainable business development and competitiveness. The Siemens Approved Partner Program offers a comprehensive combination of Siemens products and value-add services. This is embedded in a distribution business model, which is and remains a vital pillar in our go-to-market strategy, through the globally mobilised Siemens Digital Industries (DI) Value Added Reseller Program.

• Siemens and HELIOZ collaborate to provide safe drinking water in Sudan
• Siemens will sponsor a “WASH” campaign to provide water to marginalized Sudanese residents 
• Easy-to-use solution for water dis­infection, WADI will be implemented

Siemens has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with HELIOZ, a Social Enterprise company that’s active in the field of water disinfection and development of climate proj­ects, to provide safe drinking water to the marginalized Sudanese residents of Khartoum, where there is no access to potable water. 

• Digitalization and automation solutions provide companies in discrete and process industries with the necessary flexibility for new conditions
• The Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit showcased concrete and future-oriented solutions 
• The Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit had around 12,000 registrations from Customers and Partners with already 6,300 live attendees on the day of the event

The current situation creates major challenges for industrial companies worldwide – and shows that digitalized and highly automated production is more important than ever when it comes to gaining a competitive edge. This is the only way that companies can react to current and future challenges with the required degree of flexibility. Successful solutions were presented at the Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit by Siemens on July 16. As part of the conference, representatives from numerous companies from the discrete and process industries discussed strategies and technologies for future success under these new conditions. The focus was on topics such as the horizontal and vertical integration of the value chain with simulation and optimization from product creation through to servicing and from field level to the cloud. Other topics included online and remote solutions as well as edge and cloud computing, additive manufacturing, industrial 5G and artificial intelligence.   The Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit had around 12,000 registrations from Customers and Partners with already 6,300 live attendees on the day of the event. The Summit is now also available to be viewed on demand at http://www.siemens.com/digital-enterprise-summit.