Tech a bow: Not even load shedding could dim shine of SA companies who impressed at Europe's VivaTech | News24

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From overcoming crippling stages of load shedding back home to potentially landing contracts with multinational brands, SA tech companies flew the country's flag high at Europe's biggest tech show. | JKwritingz

"In terms of production, load shedding affects us and affects our supply chain. If you want to produce something and don't have electricity, your factory suffers; load shedding affects the industry significantly and will hamper production in the long term," he said.

Joshua Palm, who works at Wesgro and focuses on trade services said the vehicles have a 130km range after being fully charged, and did not need charging stations as they could be charged using electricity sockets at home.It doesn't need a fancy charging station; you can plug it into your wall. Generally, four to eight hours of charging depending on your power generation.

Palm added that he had met with huge brands"such as Alibaba and others who have shown a keen interest in partnering with the SA companies, particularly MellowVans". "We have had a few very, very interesting engagements with large European companies and could score some other clients from the Middle East and other Asia Pacific regions, so it's been super successful," said Du Preez.

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