AI a core component of Eskom’s future

How Eskom Is Serving A Nation In Transition: Leveraging AI, Drones And Huawei Partnership

South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, is undergoing one of the most significant technology resets in its 104-year history. With load shedding costing an estimated R1 billion per stage per day in lost economic output, the stakes could not be higher. Speaking at the Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 event in Sandton, Eskom Group Chief Technology and Information Officer Len De Villiers laid out a bold vision for how the utility is harnessing artifici…

AI a core component of Eskom’s future

Kathy Gibson reports from Huawei SA Connect 2026 in Sandton – Africa’s biggest energy provider Eskom is in the midst of a major technology reset. Group chief technology officer Len de Villiers says the scope of the challenge is huge: with 42 000 staff members and 18 operating divisions – including the big operations of generation, distribution and transmission, the organisation serves 60-million end user customers through 7-million intermediarie…