Prospects for Women in the Power and Energy Industry
Written by Dr. Omowunmi Mary Longe, IEEE PES WiP Representative, South Africa Senior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg We live in a time and season of history where early career seekers only want to pursue a career in a field where they are sure will…
Student Branch in Africa Bags Chapter of the Year Award
The IEEE Kenyatta University (KU) Students Branch (KUSB) puts Kenya on the limelight on the global scale What is the Chapter of the Year Award? CHAPTER OF THE YEAR AWARD isn’t just any award. It is the most prestigious award a chapter can get from…
Registration Opens for the 7th IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference Virtual Edition
Smart Village’s global community will be sharing the lessons that it has learned through the 10 year initiative. It will also figure out new solutions to overcome challenges faced. What is PowerAfrica Conference? The IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica Conference is a premier conference that provides an…
IEEE Region 8 members engage the HAC/SIGHT initiative for COVID-19 Projects
The African continent shows the way with 6 projects already to be funded It hasn’t been long ago that here in IEEE Region 8 Today we shared with you that IEEE HAC and IEEE SIGHT, two of IEEE’s humanitarian programs joined forces prioritizing proposals that…
The role of Action for Industry (AfI) in Africa
Action for Industry (AfI) in Africa helps to strengthen industry activities in African sections. Why Action for Industry? There is a distinctive drop in the number of IEEE members during the transition from student membership to young professionals. Why is this the case? One of…
Enhancing and Retaining Women in Power and Engineering. How do we take part?
IEEE PowerAfrica 2019 PES Women in Power Panel Session The demand for energy supply is progressively on the rise in this age. We are at a time when many activities that we rely on are machines operated. Indeed the Industrial Revolution is here with us….
In the Air With Zipline’s Medical Delivery Drones
Commercial operations in Rwanda prove the company can deliver emergency blood packs in minutes, rather than hours Rwanda is known as the land of a thousand hills, and our car seems to go over every one of them as we drive from the small town of…
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