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Schneider Electric at Ramaphosa’s WEF Roundtable

3rd Quarter 2018 News & events

Schneider Electric participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Regional Roundtable with President Cyril Ramaphosa and members of the South African government held on 28 June 2018 in Johannesburg. Highlighting the need to develop and strengthen partnerships between the private and public sector, the Roundtable provided a forum for business and government to engage on critical topics for South Africa’s future development, including health, security, workforce, higher education, youth skills and governance. Caspar Herzberg, president of the Schneider Electric Middle East & Africa region co-chaired ‘Taskforce 8: How to create jobs for youth’. 

Caspar Herzberg.
Caspar Herzberg.

“We believe in investing in people, as the backbone of the economy, and we place significant focus on vocational training and on the job training,” says Herzberg. For Schneider Electric, access to energy, education and basic connectivity is a basic human right. Our foundations are built on the principle that the digital economy and real economy are intertwined. Without energy, there can be no digitisation – everything we do is powered by energy.

“As leaders in the digital transformation of energy management and automation we support South Africa in its quest to provide safe, reliable and sustainable energy. Schneider Electric’s commitment to South Africa and its development remains firm, and it has been an honour and privilege to sit down with the country’s top leaders to work through the challenges and opportunities ahead of us,” he concludes. 

For more information contact Jason Ullbricht, Schneider Electric SA, +27 11 254 6400, [email protected] www.schneider-electric.co.za



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