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APRIL/MAY 2026
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5 INDUSTRIAL NETWORKING AND ENERGY
H3iSquared: 20 Years of Engineering Reliability
SALES MANAGER
Martin Fourie
6 COVER STORY
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Power play: how Formula 1 innovation could shape the future of martin@eiapublishing.co.za
electric vehicles
EDITOR
8 AUTOMATION Justin Render
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Smart and seamlessly integrated I/O upgrade
EDITORIAL BOARD
10 DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Hans van de Groenendaal
Africa’s digital future is being built under constraint Chris Yelland
Quark
12 ICT
Edge computing under real-world conditions ADVERTISING
Mark Yelland
14 ENGINEERING 074 854 1597
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Autonomy changes the role of the engineer
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
16 ENGINEERING
Chris Grant
Engineering skills under pressure
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18 AI INTEGRATION DESIGNER
The year AI became infrastructure, and other predictions Adéle Gouws
20 CYBERSECURITY
Your next cyberattack is already inside your system
A VOICE FOR:
22 FINTECH
Fintech Q&A: Data and the future of advice in South Africa
24 CRM
The year customer service failed
26 WORKFLOW TRENDS
“Always On”: 83% of employees stay connected to work during time off,
fuelling digital anxiety

28 WOMEN IN STEM
Making sense of complexity: the people behind the systems

30 WOMEN IN STEM
“Taking up space”: a woman’s place in mining, on her own terms

32 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Stopping lightning on demand

34 EDUCATION
STEM starts with access

36 AEROSPACE
South Africa’s space sector is already capable. It just needs a bit of “TLC”

40 ICYMI: SNIPPETS FROM OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS

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