Ever wondered what the 1st year graduates get up to at Siemens? Well, I am not sure about everybody else, but what I can do is talk about my experience. Introduction When I started here at Siemens, I wondered “How the hell did I do that?, How did I, get onto the Siemens Graduate scheme?” […]

Digitalisation is rising rapidly around us. The world is changing at a drastic rate and I’m excited to be a part of it… By a pure chance encounter in 2014, as a 17-year-old working in a pub chatting with one of my ‘regulars’ who worked at Siemens, I found out about the company. Back in […]

Africa is one of the fastest urbanizing continents in the world. Approximately 40 percent of Africa’s current population lives in big cities like Mogadishu, Accra, Kinshasa, Abidjan, and Luanda, to name just a few. It’s estimated that in just over a decade from now, Africa will have 760 million urban residents and a total population of 1.2 billion citizens by 2050.

South African unions, government and industry need to recognise an entirely new category of worker. There used to be a relatively simple division in the workforce – blue collar workers performed manual labour, often unskilled and typically paid weekly wages, and white collar workers could be found in offices earning monthly salaries. The latter group were typically regarded as being more skilled.

Today’s world is faster and much more diverse than it once was. The evolutionary process, to bring the next generation of innovations to life requires an ingenious and resourceful way of thinking, combining rapid prototyping with production and social inclusion with skills development.